[gnome-system-monitor/mallard-help: 16/30] small additions



commit 953d5982799e305a1240bbc6d758f47c050b040e
Author: Mike Hill <mdhillca gmail com>
Date:   Tue Aug 23 19:08:31 2011 -0400

    small additions

 help/C/mem-swap.page       |   19 +++++++++++++++----
 help/C/memory-map-use.page |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/mem-swap.page b/help/C/mem-swap.page
index 6c386b3..8372e7a 100644
--- a/help/C/mem-swap.page
+++ b/help/C/mem-swap.page
@@ -23,12 +23,23 @@
  slowly if it's swapping too much.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>Swap memory or <gui>swap space</gui> is the on-disk component of the virtual
+ memory system. It is pre-configured as a <gui>swap partition</gui> or a
+ <gui>swap file</gui> when Linux is first installed, but can also be added
+ later.</p>
+
+ <note><p>Disk access is <em>very</em> slow compared to memory access. The
+ system runs more slowly if there is excessive swapping, or <gui>thrashing</gui>,
+ when the system is unable to find enough free memory. In this situation the only
+ solution is to add more RAM.</p></note>
+
+  <p>To see whether swapping,
+ or <gui>paging</gui>, has become a performance issue:</p>
 
   <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p></item>
+    <item><p>The <gui>Memory and Swap History</gui> graph shows memory and swap
+ use as percentages.</p></item>
   </steps>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/help/C/memory-map-use.page b/help/C/memory-map-use.page
index 3629c9b..234bd0d 100644
--- a/help/C/memory-map-use.page
+++ b/help/C/memory-map-use.page
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
     <p>Explain how to use the Memory Map feature.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>To display the <link xref="memory-map-what">memory map</link> of a process:</p>
 
   <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click the <gui>Processes</gui> tab.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Select the desired process in the <gui>process list</gui>.</p></item>
+    <item><p>Click <gui>Memory Maps</gui> in the <gui>View</gui> menu.</p></item>
   </steps>
 
 </page>


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