[gnote] Fix English usage and grammar throughout help pages
- From: Adam Dingle <adamd src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnote] Fix English usage and grammar throughout help pages
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 13:33:32 +0000 (UTC)
commit 1758b021fe6583b50b9eb8257d82ba242933d802
Author: Adam Dingle <adam yorba org>
Date: Fri May 17 09:32:22 2013 -0400
Fix English usage and grammar throughout help pages
help/C/gnote-addin-bugzillalink.page | 4 +-
help/C/gnote-addin-fixedwidth.page | 5 +-
help/C/gnote-addin-html.page | 9 ++--
help/C/gnote-addin-notedirwatcher.page | 4 +-
help/C/gnote-addin-noteoftheday.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-addin-print.page | 5 +-
help/C/gnote-addin-replacetitle.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-addin-sync-local.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-addin-sync-webdav.page | 12 +++---
help/C/gnote-addin-tableofcontent.page | 68 +++++++++++++++---------------
help/C/gnote-addin-timestamp.page | 7 +--
help/C/gnote-addin-underline.page | 6 +-
help/C/gnote-addins-preferences.page | 4 +-
help/C/gnote-bulleted-lists.page | 16 ++++----
help/C/gnote-common-problems.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-creating-notes.page | 14 +++---
help/C/gnote-deleting-notes.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-editing-notes.page | 34 +++++++-------
help/C/gnote-hotkeys.page | 12 +++---
help/C/gnote-introduction.page | 22 +++++-----
help/C/gnote-links.page | 8 ++--
help/C/gnote-notes-preferences.page | 26 ++++++------
help/C/gnote-searching-notes.page | 16 ++++----
help/C/gnote-synchronization.page | 12 +++---
help/C/gnote-template-notes.page | 26 ++++++------
help/C/gnote-working-with-notebooks.page | 49 ++++++++++-----------
26 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-bugzillalink.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-bugzillalink.page
index 201d139..421d84b 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-bugzillalink.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-bugzillalink.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="editing-notes#note-content"/>
<link type="topic" xref="addins-preferences"/>
- <desc>Insert Bugzilla Links</desc>
+ <desc>Insert Bugzilla links</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
</info>
<title>Bugzilla Links Add-in</title>
- <p>Allows you to drag a Bugzilla URL directly into a <app>Gnote</app> note. The bug number is inserted as
a link with a little bug icon next to it.</p>
+ <p>This add-in lets you drag a Bugzilla URL directly into a <app>Gnote</app> note. The bug number is
inserted as a link with a little bug icon next to it.</p>
<p>In the preferences, you can add special icons for certain hosts.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-fixedwidth.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-fixedwidth.page
index dcb5da5..b8e66d0 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-fixedwidth.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-fixedwidth.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="editing-notes#note-content"/>
- <desc>Use a Fixed Width Font</desc>
+ <desc>Use a fixed-width font</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
</info>
<title>Fixed Width Add-in</title>
- <p>The fixed width style allows text to use a fixed width font. To change existing text, first select
the text you want to modify. Then select the <gui>Fixed Width</gui> option from the <gui>Text</gui> menu. You
can also select the <gui>Fixed Width</gui> option from the Text before you start typing to have the text you
type be in a fixed width style.</p>
- <p>The Fixed Width option is a feature provided by the Fixed Width Add-in.</p>
+ <p>The <app>Fixed Width</app> add-in allows text to use a fixed width font. To change existing text,
first select the text you want to modify. Then select <gui>Fixed Width</gui> from the <gui>Text</gui> menu.
You can also select <gui>Fixed Width</gui> from the menu before you start typing.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-html.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-html.page
index ff71888..4495ab3 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-html.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-html.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
- <desc>Export Notes to HTML format</desc>
+ <desc>Export notes to HTML</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
</info>
<title>Export to HTML</title>
- <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon. When this add-in is installed, the option <gui>Export to
HTML</gui> is present in <gui>Tools</gui> menu.</p>
- <p>You can create an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) document from one or more notes by selecting this
option.</p>
- <p>After selecting this option, you will be presented with a dialog that allows you to choose where to
save the HTML file. Enter the destination filename and click <gui>Save</gui> to save the file, or
<gui>Cancel</gui> to abort the operation.</p>
- <p>To export any notes for which a link exists in the current note, select the <gui>Export Linked
Notes</gui> check box.</p>
+ <p>When the <app>Export to HTML</app> add-in is installed, the command <gui>Export to HTML</gui> is
present in the <gui>Tools</gui> menu, which you can open using the <media type="image"
src="figures/gnote-tools.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon.</p>
+ <p>To create an HTML document from one or more notes, select this command. You will see a dialog that
lets you choose where to save the HTML file. Enter the destination filename and click <gui>Save</gui> to save
the file, or <gui>Cancel</gui> to abort.</p>
+ <p>To export any notes linked to by the current note, select the <gui>Export Linked Notes</gui> check
box.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-notedirwatcher.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-notedirwatcher.page
index 8eb6b17..f207bb2 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-notedirwatcher.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-notedirwatcher.page
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
</info>
<title>Note Directory Watcher</title>
- <p>This addin allows you to work with notes on a file system while <app>Gnote</app> is running. When
enabled, this addin monitors note files for changes and reloads them, once any change is detected. This way
external change to a note file is automatically reflected in <app>Gnote</app>.</p>
- <p><app>Gnote</app> stores notes into <file>~/.local/share/gnote</file> folder. With this addin enabled,
you can perform actions at file system level on this directory, such as synchronizing contents with some
other location, while <app>Gnote</app> is running.</p>
+ <p>This add-in lets you work with notes on the file system while <app>Gnote</app> is running. When
enabled, this add-in monitors note files for changes and reloads them when any change is detected. This way
any external change to a note file will automatically be reflected in <app>Gnote</app>.</p>
+ <p><app>Gnote</app> stores notes in the <file>~/.local/share/gnote</file> folder. With this add-in is
enabled, you can perform actions at the file system level on this directory, such as synchronizing note files
with some other location, while <app>Gnote</app> is running.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-noteoftheday.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-noteoftheday.page
index c986fae..587db0e 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-noteoftheday.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-noteoftheday.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
<link type="topic" xref="addins-preferences"/>
- <desc>Template Note</desc>
+ <desc>A "Today" note</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
</info>
<title>Note of the Day</title>
- <p>This add-in automatically creates a "Today" note for jotting daily thoughts down. The current date is
used as a basis for the title of the note. As an example, the title of a "Today" note created on February 28,
2007, would be, "Today: Wednesday, February 28 2007".</p>
- <p>If you leave a "Today" note unmodified, the Note of the Day Add-in will automatically delete the
note.</p>
- <p>To customize the content of the default "Today" note, create a new note and change the title of the
note to be, "Today: Template". Change the content of the template note to whatever you like. When new "Today"
notes are created, it will then use the content of your "Today: Template" note.</p>
+ <p>This add-in automatically creates a "Today" note for jotting daily thoughts down. As an example, a
"Today" note created on February 28, 2013 would be called "Today: Thursday, February 28 2013".</p>
+ <p>If you leave a "Today" note unmodified, the add-in will automatically delete the note.</p>
+ <p>To customize the content of the default "Today" note, create a new note and change the title of the
note to "Today: Template". Change the content of the template note to whatever you like. New "Today" notes
will then use the content of your "Today: Template" note.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-print.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-print.page
index 81e72ea..0e7df29 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-print.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-print.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
- <desc>Print Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Print notes</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
</info>
<title>Print</title>
- <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon. When this add-in is installed, the option <gui>Print</gui> is
present in <gui>Tools</gui> menu.</p>
- <p>When the <gui>Print</gui> option is selected, a standard <gui>Print</gui> dialog will be presented
and a note can be printed.</p>
+ <p>When the <app>Print</app> add-in is installed, the <gui>Print</gui> command is present in the
<gui>Tools</gui> menu, which you can open using the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon. This command opens a standard <gui>Print</gui> dialog which
lets you print a note.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-replacetitle.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-replacetitle.page
index 2ec3ed3..3f7ee98 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-replacetitle.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-replacetitle.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
- <desc>Rename note title</desc>
+ <desc>Rename a note</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
</info>
<title>Replace title</title>
- <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon. When this add-in is installed, the option <gui>Replace
title</gui> is present in <gui>Tools</gui> menu.</p>
- <p>When the <gui>Replace title</gui> option is selected, the note title will be replaced by currently
selected text in any application.</p>
- <p>Alternatively, you can use <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>R</key></keyseq> shortcut.</p>
+ <p>When the <app>Replace title</app> add-in is installed, the command <gui>Replace title</gui> is
present in the <gui>Tools</gui> menu, which you can open using the <media type="image"
src="figures/gnote-tools.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Replace title</gui> command replaces a note's title with the currently selected text (from
any application).</p>
+ <p>Alternatively, you can use the <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>R</key></keyseq> shortcut.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-local.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-local.page
index db219f2..c1acd5b 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-local.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-local.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="notes-preferences#sync-addins"/>
<link type="guide" xref="synchronization#configuration"/>
- <desc>Synchronize to local folder</desc>
+ <desc>Synchronize to a local folder</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Aurimas Cernius</name>
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
</info>
<title>Local Folder Synchronization</title>
- <p>This type of synchronization allows you to set local folder as synchronization storage.</p>
- <p>To configure this type of synchronization, select "Local Folder" in <gui>Service</gui>
drop-down and then select the desired folder as <gui>Folder Path</gui>.</p>
+ <p>This type of synchronization lets you use a local folder as synchronization storage.</p>
+ <p>To configure this type of synchronization, select <gui>Local Folder</gui> in the <gui>Service</gui>
drop-down and then select the desired folder as the <gui>Folder Path</gui>.</p>
<figure>
<title>Local Folder Synchronization configuration</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-syncprefs-local.png" mime="image/png"/>
</figure>
- <p>After selecting the desired folder click the <gui>Save</gui> button. Use the <gui>Clear</gui> button to
turn synchronization off.</p>
+ <p>After selecting the desired folder, click the <gui>Save</gui> button. Use the <gui>Clear</gui> button
to turn synchronization off.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-webdav.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-webdav.page
index 8c963f6..0d6757f 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-webdav.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-sync-webdav.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="notes-preferences#sync-addins"/>
<link type="guide" xref="synchronization#configuration"/>
- <desc>Synchronize to WebDAV share</desc>
+ <desc>Synchronize to a WebDAV share</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Aurimas Cernius</name>
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
</info>
<title>WebDAV Synchronization</title>
- <p>This type of synchronization allows you to set WebDAV as synchronization storage.</p>
+ <p>This type of synchronization lets you use a WebDAV server as synchronization storage.</p>
<p>To configure this type of synchronization:</p>
- <list>
- <item><title>select "WebDAV" in <gui>Service</gui> drop-down</title></item>
- <item><title>enter the URL to your share</title></item>
- <item><title>enter username and password</title></item>
+ <list type="numbered">
+ <item><p>select "WebDAV" in the <gui>Service</gui> drop-down</p></item>
+ <item><p>enter the URL to your share</p></item>
+ <item><p>enter your username and password</p></item>
</list>
<figure>
<title>Local Folder Synchronization configuration</title>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-tableofcontent.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-tableofcontent.page
index 81fa12d..09aaf7e 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-tableofcontent.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-tableofcontent.page
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
- "Table of Content" is a Note add-in for Gnote.
- It lists Note's table of content in a menu.
+ "Table of Contents" is a Note add-in for Gnote.
+ It lists a note's table of contents in a menu.
Copyright (c) 2013 Luc Pionchon <pionchon luc gmail com>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
-->
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
type="topic"
- id="addin-tableofcontent">
+ id="addin-tableofcontents">
<info>
<revision
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
date="2011-03-08" revision date
-->
<license href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.1.html";><p>
- This <em>help topic</em> is licensied under the
+ This <em>help topic</em> is licensed under the
<link href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.1.html";>
GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1</link> (GFDL).
It means that you are free to copy, distribute and/or modify this document, under some conditions.
@@ -71,31 +71,31 @@
</info>
-<title>Note's Table of Content</title>
+<title>Adding a Table of Contents</title>
<desc><em>Navigate long structured notes</em></desc>
<note><p>
This is an add-in to <app>Gnotes</app>.
When this add-in is installed,
- there is a <gui>Table of Content</gui> entry in the <gui>Tools</gui> menu.
- See <link xref="addins-preferences"/> to know how to activate an add-in.
+ there is a <gui>Table of Contents</gui> entry in the <gui>Tools</gui> menu.
+ See <link xref="addins-preferences"/> to learn how to activate an add-in.
</p></note>
-<section id="nuttshell"><title>In a nutshell</title>
+<section id="nutshell"><title>In a nutshell</title>
<list type="numbered">
<item>
- <p>a header is a full line of text, formatted with <gui>Bold+Huge</gui> or <gui>Bold+Large</gui></p>
+ <p>A header is a full line of text, formatted with <gui>Bold+Huge</gui> or <gui>Bold+Large</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>select a full line and set it has a header with
- <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>1</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>2</key></keyseq>
+ <p>Select a full line and give it a header with
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>1</key></keyseq> or <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>2</key></keyseq>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>open the table of content with <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>1</key></keyseq></p>
+ <p>Open the table of contents with <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>1</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
</list>
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@
<section id="navigating"><title>Navigating through long notes</title>
<p>
-When writting a long note, it may become difficult to navigate through.
+A long note may become difficult to navigate.
It is then natural to structure the note by marking sections and subsections with headers.
</p>
<p>
This add-in makes it easy to navigate through long structured notes.
-Once you have set headers in your note, the table of content of the note will show in a menu.
-Then you can jump directly from the menu to the selected header.
+Once you have set headers in your note, the table of contents of the note will show in a menu.
+Then you can jump directly from the menu to any header.
</p>
</section>
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ Then you can jump directly from the menu to the selected header.
<section id="setheaders"><title>Structuring your notes with headers</title>
<p>
-A header is simply a complete line with a specific text formatting:
+A header is simply a complete line with specific text formatting:
</p>
<list>
- <item><p>headers of level 1, for sections, are lines formatted with a <gui>Bold+Huge</gui> font</p></item>
- <item><p>headers of level 2, for subsections, are lines formatted with a <gui>Bold+Large</gui>
font</p></item>
+ <item><p>level 1 headers, for sections, are lines formatted with a <gui>Bold+Huge</gui> font</p></item>
+ <item><p>level 2 headers, for subsections, are lines formatted with a <gui>Bold+Large</gui> font</p></item>
</list>
@@ -133,33 +133,33 @@ A header is simply a complete line with a specific text formatting:
<list>
<item>
- <p>use the commands <gui>Level 1 Header</gui> and <gui>Level 2 Header</gui>,
- in the <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Table of Content</gui></guiseq> menu</p>
+ <p>use the commands <gui>Level 1 Header</gui> and <gui>Level 2 Header</gui>
+ in the <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Table of Contents</gui></guiseq> menu</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>use the keyboard shortcuts <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>1</key></keyseq> for headers of level 1,
- and <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>2</key></keyseq> for headers of level 2</p>
+ <p>use the keyboard shortcuts <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>1</key></keyseq> for level 1 headers,
+ and <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>2</key></keyseq> for level 2 headers</p>
</item>
</list>
-<p>Alternatively, on a new line, activate the command and then enter the header title.</p>
+<p>Alternatively, on a new line, activate a header command and then enter the header title.</p>
-<p>You can actually even use the normal formatting commands from the <gui>Text</gui> menu:
+<p>You can even use the normal formatting commands from the <gui>Text</gui> menu:
<gui>Bold</gui>, <gui>Large</gui> and <gui>Huge</gui>, and their respective keyboard shortcuts.
If, for example, your header line is already formatted as <gui>Huge</gui>, then you just need to make it
also <gui>Bold</gui> to turn it into a header of level 1.
- See <link xref="editing-notes"/> to know how to set text style.
+ See <link xref="editing-notes"/> to learn how to set text styles.
</p>
</section>
-<section id="showtable"><title>Showing the table of content</title>
+<section id="showtable"><title>Showing the table of contents</title>
-<p>You can access the table of content, either:</p>
+<p>You can access the table of contents either:</p>
<list>
-<item><p>in the <guiseq><gui>toolbar</gui><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Table of Content</gui></guiseq>
menu</p></item>
-<item><p>in the <guiseq><gui>contextual menu</gui><gui>Table of Content</gui></guiseq>
(<keyseq>right-click</keyseq> on the note window)</p></item>
+<item><p>in the <guiseq><gui>toolbar</gui><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Table of Contents</gui></guiseq>
menu</p></item>
+<item><p>via <guiseq><gui>context menu</gui><gui>Table of Contents</gui></guiseq>
(<keyseq>right-click</keyseq> on the note window)</p></item>
<item><p>in a <gui>popup menu</gui>, with the keyboard shortcut
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>1</key></keyseq></p></item>
<p>Then you can navigate up and down with the <gui>arrow keys</gui> and jump to the selected header with
<key>enter</key>. Or just <keyseq>click</keyseq> with your mouse on the header to jump to.</p>
</list>
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ A header is simply a complete line with a specific text formatting:
<section id="troubleshooting"><title>Troubleshooting</title>
<terms>
- <item><title><em style="strong">One header does not show in the table of content</em></title><p>
- there might be some characters in the header line, like whitespaces, which are not formatted as a
header. Make sure that <em>the whole line</em> is formatted as a header. See <link xref="#setheaders"/>.</p>
+ <item><title><em style="strong">One header does not show in the table of contents</em></title><p>
+ There might be some characters in the header line, such as whitespace characters, which are not
formatted as a header. Make sure that <em>the whole line</em> is formatted as a header. See <link
xref="#setheaders"/>.</p>
</item>
- <item><title><em style="strong">There is an empty line in the table of content</em></title><p>
- an empty line, possibly with whitespaces, is formatted as a header. Jump to this line, and delete the
area.</p>
+ <item><title><em style="strong">There is an empty line in the table of contents</em></title><p>
+ An empty line, possibly including whitespace, is formatted as a header. Jump to this line and delete the
area.</p>
</item>
<item><title></title><p>
@@ -184,4 +184,4 @@ A header is simply a complete line with a specific text formatting:
</section>
-</page>
\ No newline at end of file
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-timestamp.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-timestamp.page
index af13ae9..b246f26 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-timestamp.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-timestamp.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="editing-notes#note-content"/>
<link type="topic" xref="addins-preferences"/>
- <desc>Insert Current Time</desc>
+ <desc>Insert current time</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
</info>
<title>Insert Timestamp Add-in</title>
- <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"> </media> icon. When you click the Tools icon on the toolbar present on your
note, a menu will appear.</p>
- <p>When the <gui>Insert Timestamp</gui> add-in is installed, the Tools menu will have a <gui>Insert
Timestamp</gui> option available.</p>
- <p>Click on this option to insert current date and time.</p>
+
+ <p>When the <gui>Insert Timestamp</gui> add-in is installed, the <gui>Tools</gui> menu will include a
<gui>Insert Timestamp</gui> command. You can open this menu using the <media type="image"
src="figures/gnote-tools.png" mime="image/png" style="right"> </media> icon. Select this command to insert
the current date and time.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addin-underline.page b/help/C/gnote-addin-underline.page
index 04271bf..84075d1 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addin-underline.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addin-underline.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="editing-notes#note-content"/>
- <desc>Underline Text</desc>
+ <desc>Underline text</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
<p>To underline the selected text, use one of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Click on <gui>Text</gui> and select <gui>Underline</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Press the key combination <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
</list>
<p>To remove underline, select the underlined text and use one of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Click on <gui>Text</gui> and select <gui>Underline</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Press the key combination <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>U</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
</list>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-addins-preferences.page b/help/C/gnote-addins-preferences.page
index 75ba558..a246a13 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-addins-preferences.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-addins-preferences.page
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
</info>
<title>Add-in Preferences</title>
- <p>You can activate or deactivate add-ins in this tab. To do this, select an add-in and click the
<gui>Enable</gui> button. The button will be disabled and the <gui>Disable</gui> button will be enabled,
which can now be used to disable add-in.</p>
- <p>Some add-ins have preferences. They can be accessed by selecting add-in and pressing the
<gui>Preferences</gui> button.</p>
+ <p>You can activate or deactivate add-ins in this tab. To do this, select an add-in and click the
<gui>Enable</gui> button. Use the <gui>Disable</gui> button to disable an add-in.</p>
+ <p>Some add-ins have preferences, which you can access by selecting an add-in and pressing the
<gui>Preferences</gui> button.</p>
<figure><title><app>Gnote</app> Addin Preferences</title>
<desc><app>Gnote</app> Add-ins window</desc>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-preferences-add-ins.png" mime="image/png" style="right">
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-bulleted-lists.page b/help/C/gnote-bulleted-lists.page
index c71197a..834b1fc 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-bulleted-lists.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-bulleted-lists.page
@@ -20,30 +20,30 @@
<title>Bulleted Lists</title>
<section id="begin-a-bulleted-list"><title>Begin a bulleted list</title>
-<p>You may begin a bulleted list by using one of the following methods</p>
+<p>You may begin a bulleted list in any of the following ways:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Select <gui>Bullets</gui> from the <gui>Text</gui> menu.</p></item>
-<item><p>Begin a line with a single dash character <key>-</key> followed by a space, type some text and
press <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
+<item><p>Begin a line with a single dash character <key>-</key> followed by a space. Then type some text
and press <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
<item><p>Press the key combination <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Right</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="end-a-bulleted-list"><title>End a bulleted list</title>
-<p>End a bulleted list by doing one of the following</p>
+<p>You can end a bulleted list by doing one of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Select <gui>Bullets</gui> from the <gui>Text</gui> menu.</p></item>
<item><p>Press <key>Enter</key> on a blank bulleted line.</p></item>
<item><p>Select <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> from the Text menu in succession until the current line is no
longer part of the bulleted list.</p></item>
-<item><p>Using the key combination <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> in succession until the
current line is no longer part of the bulleted list.</p></item>
-<item><p>Using the key combination <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Left</key></keyseq> in succession until the
current line is no longer part of the bulleted list.</p></item>
+<item><p>Press <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq> repeatedly until the current line is no
longer part of the bulleted list.</p></item>
+<item><p>Press <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Left</key></keyseq> repeatedly until the current line is no longer
part of the bulleted list.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="increase-indentation">
<title>Increase Indentation</title>
-<p>To increase the line indentation in a bulleted list with the mouse</p>
+<p>To increase the line indentation in a bulleted list with the mouse:</p>
<list><item><p>Select <gui>Increase Indent</gui> from the Text menu.</p></item></list>
-<p>To increase the line indentation in a bulleted list with the keyboard</p>
+<p>To increase the line indentation in a bulleted list with the keyboard:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Press the <key>Tab</key> key.</p></item>
<item><p>Press the key combination <keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Right</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
<section id="decrease-indentation">
<title>Decrease Indentation</title>
-<p>To decrease the line indentation in a bulleted list with the mouse</p>
+<p>To decrease the line indentation in a bulleted list with the mouse:</p>
<list><item><p>Select <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> from the Text menu.</p></item></list>
<p>To decrease the line indentation in a bulleted list with the keyboard:</p>
<list>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-common-problems.page b/help/C/gnote-common-problems.page
index efb5337..e7f1f7e 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-common-problems.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-common-problems.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#common-problems"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Frequently Asked Questions</desc>
+ <desc>Frequently asked questions</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
<list>
<item><title>Does <app>Gnote</app> work with <app>Tomboy</app>?</title><p>You can import
<app>Tomboy</app> Notes. An add-in has to be activated.</p>
</item>
- <item><title>I can not find the Gnote status icon</title>
- <p>You can activate the <app>Gnote</app> status icon using a command from <app>terminal</app>:
<cmd>gsettings set org.gnome.gnote use-status-icon true</cmd>.</p></item>
+ <item><title>I can't find the Gnote status icon.</title>
+ <p>You can activate the <app>Gnote</app> status icon using a command in <app>Terminal</app>:
<cmd>gsettings set org.gnome.gnote use-status-icon true</cmd>.</p></item>
<item><title>How to automatically start <app>Gnote</app> when I log in?</title>
- <p>To start Gnote automatically when you log into GNOME, run <app>gnome-session-properties</app></p>
+ <p>To start Gnote automatically when you log into GNOME, run <app>gnome-session-properties</app>.</p>
</item>
</list>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-creating-notes.page b/help/C/gnote-creating-notes.page
index 0e7b98e..aa88647 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-creating-notes.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-creating-notes.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-notes"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Creating Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Creating notes</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
<title>Creating Notes</title>
- <p>In <app>Gnote</app>, you can create new notes using one of the following methods:</p>
+ <p>In <app>Gnote</app>, you can create new notes in any of these ways:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Click on application menu and select <gui>New Note</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>In <app>Gnote</app> window click the toolbar item <gui>New</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>When in search mode, right click in notes list and select <gui>New Note</gui>. This one will
create note in currently selected notebook.</p></item>
- <item><p>If <gui>Status Icon</gui> is enabled, click on it and select <gui>New Note</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Use keyboard shortcut <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Select <gui>New Note</gui> in the application menu.</p></item>
+ <item><p>In the <app>Gnote</app> window, click the toolbar item <gui>New</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>In the main window, right click in the note list and select <gui>New Note</gui>. This will
create a note in the currently selected notebook.</p></item>
+ <item><p>If the status icon is enabled, click on it and select <gui>New Note</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Use the keyboard shortcut <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
</list>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-deleting-notes.page b/help/C/gnote-deleting-notes.page
index 06fa0fc..46760bb 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-deleting-notes.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-deleting-notes.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-notes"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Deleting Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Deleting notes</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
</info>
<title>Deleting Notes</title>
- <p>You can delete note in few ways:</p>
+ <p>You can delete a note in either of two ways:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Right click in the list of notes and select <gui>Delete</gui>. This will delete all selected
notes.</p></item>
- <item><p>When note is opened, press the <gui>Delete</gui> button on toolbar.</p></item>
+ <item><p>When a note is open, press the <gui>Delete</gui> button on the toolbar.</p></item>
</list>
- <p>In all cases a dialog box will pop up asking if you want to permanently delete the note and its
contents. Click the <gui>Delete</gui> button to discard the note permanently, or <gui>Cancel</gui> to abort
the process. Links to this note from other notes will still exist, but will re-create the note upon
activation.</p>
+ <p>In both cases a dialog box will pop up asking if you want to permanently delete the note and its
contents. Click the <gui>Delete</gui> button to discard the note permanently, or <gui>Cancel</gui> to abort.
Links to the deleted note from other notes will still exist, but will re-create the note upon activation.</p>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-editing-notes.page b/help/C/gnote-editing-notes.page
index 84ab2cc..b9b7abc 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-editing-notes.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-editing-notes.page
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-notes"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Editing Notes Content</desc>
+ <desc>Editing note contents</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
<title>Editing Notes</title>
- <p>Notes are opened in the same window by replacing search with note content.</p>
- <p>At the top of the note there are two toolbars. The above one has items for going back to search mode
and for creating new note. The lower one contains several buttons and text. Directly below this toolbar is
the content area of the note.</p>
+ <p>When you open a note, <app>Gnote</app> will replace the note overview with the note's contents.</p>
+ <p>At the top of the note you will see two toolbars. The upper one has buttons for going back to search
mode and for creating a new note. The lower toolbar contains several buttons. Directly below this toolbar is
the note's content area.</p>
<figure>
<title><app>Gnote</app> window displaying note</title>
<desc><app>Gnote</app> Note</desc>
@@ -27,39 +27,39 @@
</media>
</figure>
- <p>The note can be edited by clicking in the content area and using the keyboard to add and remove
content. The first line is considered the title of the note. By default this is populated with the text "New
Note N". The title is changed by clicking in the content area on the first line and using the keyboard to
change the title. By default, focus is given to the content area upon creation of a new note, so you can
immediately start editing the note without the need to click on the content area with the mouse.</p>
- <p>Formatting text within your notes can be done using the <gui>Text</gui> button. The <gui>Text</gui>
button will display a menu with several options from which you can choose. Each menu item is explained
next.</p>
+ <p>To edit the note, click in the content area and type. The first line is considered the title of the
note. By default this is populated with the text "New Note (number)". To change the title, click on the first
line and use the keyboard to change the title.</p>
+ <p>Use the <gui>Text</gui> button to format text within your notes. This button displays a menu with
several commands:</p>
<list>
<item><title>Undo</title>
- <p>Support for “Undo” is available in <app>Gnote</app> through this menu item. The Undo function
allows you to revert previous changes made to your note during the current session. To undo your last change
using the keyboard, use the standard keybinding, <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Undo</gui> command reverts changes made to your note during the current session. To undo
using the keyboard, press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Redo</title>
- <p>The “Redo” function is used to put back changes that were removed using the “Undo” feature. To
redo your last change using the keyboard, use the standard keybinding,
<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Redo</gui> command puts back changes that were removed using the <gui>Undo</gui>
feature. To redo your last change using the keyboard, press
<keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Bold</title>
- <p>To make text within your note bold, first select the text you want to modify. Then select the
Bold option from the <gui>Text</gui> menu. You may also use the keybinding
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq> after selecting the text.</p>
+ <p>To make text bold, select it and then select the <gui>Bold</gui> command from the <gui>Text</gui>
menu or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>B</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Italic</title>
- <p>To make text within your note italic, first select the text you want to modify. Then select the
Italic option from the Text menu. You may also use the keybinding
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>I</key></keyseq> after selecting the text.</p>
+ <p>To make text italic, select it and then select the <gui>Italic </gui> command from the
<gui>Text</gui> menu, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>I</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Strikeout</title>
- <p>The strikeout style will put a line through the selected text. To add a strikeout, select the text
and then select the <gui>Strikeout</gui> option from the <gui>Text</gui> menu. You may also use the
keybinding <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>S</key></keyseq> after selecting the text.</p>
+ <p>The strikeout style will put a line through the selected text. To add a strikeout, select text and
then select the <gui>Strikeout</gui> command from the <gui>Text</gui> menu or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>S</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Highlight</title>
- <p>The highlight style will put a different background around the selected text. To add a highlight,
select the text and then select the <gui>Highlight</gui> option from the <gui>Text</gui> menu. You may also
use the keybinding <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq> after selecting the text.</p>
+ <p>The highlight style will put a different background around the selected text. To add a highlight,
select text and then select the <gui>Highlight</gui> command from the <gui>Text</gui> menu or press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Font size</title>
- <p>There are actually four options in this part of the menu: Small, Normal, Large, Huge. Each one of
these options represents a font size to use for the selected text in the note. To modify the font size,
select the text and then select one of <gui>Small</gui>, <gui>Normal</gui>, <gui>Large</gui>, <gui>Huge</gui>
options from the Text menu.</p>
+ <p>There are actually four options in this part of the menu: Small, Normal, Large, and Huge. Each
option represents a font size to use for the selected text. To modify the font size, select text and then
select <gui>Small</gui>, <gui>Normal</gui>, <gui>Large</gui>, or <gui>Huge</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Bullets</title>
- <p>Select the Bullets option from the Text menu to begin or end a bulleted list. If the cursor is
inside a bulleted list, the <gui>Increase Indent</gui>, <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> options will be
enabled.</p>
- <p>With the cursor on a bulleted list line, select the <gui>Increase Indent</gui> option to shift the
current line to the right or the <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> option to shift the current line to the left.</p>
- <p>For more information on bullets, <link xref="bulleted-lists"/>.</p>
+ <p>Select the <gui>Bullets</gui> command from the Text menu to begin or end a bulleted list. If the
cursor is inside a bulleted list, the <gui>Increase Indent</gui> and <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> options will
be enabled.</p>
+ <p>With the cursor on a bulleted list line, select the <gui>Increase Indent</gui> command to shift
the current line to the right or the <gui>Decrease Indent</gui> command to shift to the left.</p>
+ <p>For more information on bullets, see <link xref="bulleted-lists"/>.</p>
</item>
<item><title>Find in This Note</title>
- <p>Use this to search for text within the current note. A small find bar will open up at the bottom
of the note. To open the find bar using the keyboard, use the standard keybinding,
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. Enter text to find. After entering text, the matches will be
highlighted. Click <gui>Next</gui> to highlight the next match and place the cursor there. Click
<gui>Previous</gui> to move to the previous match.
-To close the find bar, click X (Close Button) on the far left or press the <key>Escape</key> key.</p>
+ <p>Use this command to search for text within the current note. A small find bar will appear above
the note. To open the find bar using the keyboard, press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq>. Enter
the text to find and press <key>Enter</key>. Matches will be highlighted. Click <gui>Next</gui> to highlight
the next match and place the cursor there. Click <gui>Previous</gui> to move to the previous match.
+To close the find bar, click the X (close button) on the far left or press the <key>Escape</key> key.</p>
</item>
</list>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-hotkeys.page b/help/C/gnote-hotkeys.page
index 1a30e56..8bd72ab 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-hotkeys.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-hotkeys.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="notes-preferences#advanced"/>
- <desc>Gnote Hotkey Settings</desc>
+ <desc>Gnote hotkey settings</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
</info>
<title>Hotkeys</title>
- <p>The hotkeys tab allows you to set global key combinations to perform different functions in
<app>Gnote</app>. In order to set key combinations, you must have the Listen for Hotkeys checkbox enabled.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>hotkeys</gui> tab lets you set global key combinations to perform different functions in
<app>Gnote</app>. In order to set key combinations, you must have the <gui>Listen for hotkeys</gui> checkbox
enabled.</p>
<list>
- <item><title>Show notes menu</title><p>Enter the key combination to open the notes menu.</p></item>
- <item><title>Open "Start Here"</title><p>Enter the key combination to open the “Start Here” note,
which is preinstalled with Gnote.</p></item>
- <item><title>Create New Note</title><p>Enter the key combination to create a new note.</p></item>
- <item><title>Open "Search All Notes"</title><p>Enter the key combination to open the search.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Show notes menu</title><p>Enter a key combination for opening the notes menu.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Open "Start Here"</title><p>Enter a key combination for opening the “Start Here” note,
which is preinstalled with Gnote.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Create New Note</title><p>Enter a key combination for creating a new note.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Open "Search All Notes"</title><p>Enter a key combination for opening a search.</p></item>
</list>
<figure>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-introduction.page b/help/C/gnote-introduction.page
index ec4efcb..6b11d00 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-introduction.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-introduction.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#introduction"/>
- <desc>Introduction to the <app>Gnote</app></desc>
+ <desc>Introduction to <app>Gnote</app></desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@
</info>
<title>Gnote Introduction</title>
- <p><app>Gnote</app> is a desktop note-taking application for GNOME. It is simple and easy to use, and
allows you to organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. Gnote has some very useful editing
features to help you customize your notes, including</p>
+ <p><app>Gnote</app> is a desktop note-taking application for GNOME. It is simple and easy to use, and
lets you organize the ideas and information you deal with every day. Gnote has useful editing features to
help you customize your notes, including</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Highlighting Search Text</p></item>
- <item><p>Inline Spell Checking</p></item>
- <item><p>Auto-linking Web and Email Addresses</p></item>
- <item><p>Undo/Redo Support</p></item>
- <item><p>Font Styling and Sizing</p></item>
- <item><p>Bulleted Lists</p></item>
+ <item><p>highlighting search text</p></item>
+ <item><p>inline spell checking</p></item>
+ <item><p>auto-linking web and email addresses</p></item>
+ <item><p>undo/redo</p></item>
+ <item><p>font styling and sizing</p></item>
+ <item><p>bulleted lists</p></item>
</list>
<figure>
- <title><app>Gnote</app> main window</title>
- <desc><app>Gnote</app> main window</desc>
+ <title>The <app>Gnote</app> main window</title>
+ <desc>The <app>Gnote</app> main window</desc>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-search-all-notes.png" mime="image/png" style="right">
- <p><app>Gnote</app> main window.</p>
+ <p>The <app>Gnote</app> main window.</p>
</media>
</figure>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-links.page b/help/C/gnote-links.page
index fb55db9..bbff690 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-links.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-links.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#organizing-notes"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Linking to Other Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Linking to other notes</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
</info>
<title>Links</title>
- <p>The <gui>Link</gui> button allows you to create a link to a new note from within the current note.
For example, if your note contains the phrase “FinalExam”, you can select this text with the mouse and click
the <gui>Link</gui> button to create a new note with the title “FinalExam”. A link will also be created in
the current note that can be clicked to open the new “FinalExam” note.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Link</gui> button creates a link to a new note from within the current note. For example, if
your note contains the phrase “FinalExam”, you can select this text and click the <gui>Link</gui> button to
create a new note called “FinalExam”. The selected text will become a clickable link to this new note.</p>
<note style="advanced">
- <p>Changing the title of a note will update links present in other notes. This prevents broken links
from occurring when a note is renamed.</p></note>
+ <p>Changing a note's title will update links present in other notes. This prevents broken links from
occurring when a note is renamed.</p></note>
<section><title>Backlinks Add-in</title>
- <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"> </media> icon. When backlinks add-in is installed, the <gui>Tools</gui> menu
will contain an item <gui>What links here?</gui>, which provides a sub-menu with all notes, containing link
to current note.</p>
+ <p>The Tools button is represented by the <media type="image" src="figures/gnote-tools.png"
mime="image/png" style="right"> </media> icon. When the <app>Backlinks</app> add-in is installed, the
<gui>Tools</gui> menu will contain an item <gui>What links here?</gui>, which provides a sub-menu listing all
notes containing a link to the current note.</p>
</section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-notes-preferences.page b/help/C/gnote-notes-preferences.page
index 22376c0..112fc57 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-notes-preferences.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-notes-preferences.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#customizing"/>
- <desc>Gnote Settings</desc>
+ <desc>Gnote settings</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
<section id="editing">
<title>General preferences</title>
<p>To set preferences for <app>Gnote</app>, select <gui>Preferences</gui> from the application menu.</p>
- <p>There are three categories of preferences, <gui>General</gui>, <gui>Hotkeys</gui> and
<gui>Add-Ins</gui>. Preferences for each tab will be described below.</p>
- <p>The general tab will allow you to set preferences related to application behaviour and editing notes.
There are few checkboxes on this tab, which can either be turned on or off.</p>
+ <p>There are three categories of preferences, <gui>General</gui>, <gui>Hotkeys</gui> and
<gui>Add-Ins</gui>.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>General</gui> tab lets you set preferences related to application behaviour and editing
notes. There are a few checkboxes on this tab:</p>
<list>
- <item><title>Use Status Icon</title><p> Enable this checkbox to show <app>Gnote</app> status icon when
running. In this mode <app>Gnote</app> will remain present even after all it's windows are closed. Recently
used notes and other windows can be opened from menu, that appears after clicking or right-clicking status
icon.</p></item>
- <item><title>Spellcheck While Typing</title><p> Enable this checkbox to underline misspellings in red,
and provide suggestions in the right click context menu.</p><p>The spellcheck option is only available if you
have the GtkSpell package for your distribution installed.</p></item>
- <item><title>Highlight WikiWords</title><p> Enable this checkbox to create links for phrases
ThatLookLikeThis. Clicking on the link will create a new note with the title corresponding to the link
text.</p></item>
- <item><title>Enable auto-bulleted lists</title><p>Enable this checkbox, if you want create bulleted
list by starting lines with dash character <key>-</key>. Read more about <link
xref="bulleted-lists"/>.</p></item>
- <item><title>Use Custom Font</title><p> Enable this checkbox to set a custom font to be used in your
notes. If this option is disabled, the default system font will be used.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Use status icon</title><p> Enable this checkbox to show the <app>Gnote</app> status icon
when running. In this mode <app>Gnote</app> will remain present even after all its windows are closed. Wehn
you click the status icon, a menu appears that gives you quick access to recently used notes and other
windows.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Spellcheck while typing</title><p> Enable this checkbox to underline misspellings in red
and provide suggestions in the right click context menu.</p><p>The spellcheck option is only available if you
have the GtkSpell package for your distribution installed.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Highlight WikiWords</title><p> Enable this checkbox to create links for phrases
ThatLookLikeThis. Clicking on a link will create a new note with a title corresponding to the link
text.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Enable auto-bulleted lists</title><p>When this preference is enabled, you can create
bulleted lists by starting lines with a dash character <key>-</key>. Read more about <link
xref="bulleted-lists"/>.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Use custom font</title><p> Enable this checkbox to set a custom font to be used in your
notes.</p></item>
</list>
<figure><title><gui>Preferences</gui> window</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-preferences-editing.png" mime="image/png"
style="right"></media><desc>Editing Gnote Preferences</desc>
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@
</section>
<section id="sync-advanced">
<title>Advanced</title>
- <p>Clicking <gui>Advanced</gui> button in <gui>Synchronization</gui> tab of <gui>Preferences</gui>
dialog brings another dialog for setting up conflict resolution.</p>
+ <p>The <gui>Advanced</gui> button in the <gui>Synchronization</gui> tab of the <gui>Preferences</gui>
dialog brings up another dialog for setting up conflict resolution.</p>
<figure>
<title>Advanced Synchronization Settings</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-syncprefs-advanced.png" mime="image/png"/>
</figure>
- <p>This dialog lets you choose what to do, when a conflict occurrs. A conflict happends, when the note
is modified before synchronizing and it has been also modified on other device (and synchronized to
synchronization storage). You can select one of these options:</p>
+ <p>This dialog lets you choose what to do when a conflict occurrs. A conflict happens when a note has
been modified both on the local machine and on another device. You can select one of these options:</p>
<list>
- <item><title>Rename existing note by appending "(old)" to it's title and download the one
from storage</title></item>
- <item><title>Replace existing note by the one from storage, losing all modifications</title></item>
- <item><title>Get the choice for each conflicting note individually</title></item>
+ <item><p>Rename the existing note by appending "(old)" to its title and downloading the
one from storage</p></item>
+ <item><p>Replace the existing note by the one from storage, losing all modifications</p></item>
+ <item><p>Ask about each conflicting note individually</p></item>
</list>
</section>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-searching-notes.page b/help/C/gnote-searching-notes.page
index f54b893..f873863 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-searching-notes.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-searching-notes.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-notes"/>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
- <desc>Searching Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Searching notes</desc>
<credit type="author">
<name>Pierre-Yves Luyten</name>
<years>2011</years>
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@
<title>Exploring Notes</title>
- <p>The main window of <app>Gnote</app> shows an overview of all your notes. By default in search mode
window will display the notes in the order that they were last modified. Click the <gui>Note</gui> or
<gui>Last Changed</gui> column headings to change the sort order. Click the column heading a second time to
toggle between ascending and descending order.</p>
- <p>You can find specific notes by entering text into the search field at the top of the window. The list
of notes will be automatically updated to list only the notes which have matching text.</p>
- <p>To open a note, do one of the following:</p>
+ <p>The main <app>Gnote</app> window shows an overview of all your notes. By default the window will
display notes in the order in which they were last modified. Click the <gui>Note</gui> or <gui>Last
Changed</gui> column headings to change the sort order. Click a column heading a second time to toggle
between ascending and descending order.</p>
+ <p>You can find specific notes by entering text in the search field at the top of the window. The note
list will automatically update to include only the notes which have matching text.</p>
+ <p>To open a note, do any of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Double-click on a note.</p></item>
- <item><p>Right-click in the list of notes and select <gui>Open</gui> from the context menu that appears.
This will open all selected notes each on it's own window.</p></item>
- <item><p>Right-click in the list of notes and select <gui>Open in New Window</gui> from the context
menu. This will open all selected notes each on a new window leaving original window as is.</p></item>
- <item><p>Select one or more notes in a list and then press the key combination
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
- <item><p>If <gui>Status Icon</gui> is enabled, click on it and select note from menu. This menu is
limited to certain amount of notes and is filled in by pinned and recently updated notes.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Right-click in the list of notes and select <gui>Open</gui> from the context menu. This will
open all selected notes, each in its own window.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Right-click in the list of notes and select <gui>Open in New Window</gui> from the context
menu. This will open each selected note in a new window, leaving the original window as is.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Select one or more notes in a list and press
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>If the status icon is enabled, click it and select a note from the menu that appears. This menu
is limited to a certain number of notes and includes pinned and recently updated notes.</p></item>
</list>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-synchronization.page b/help/C/gnote-synchronization.page
index 91767a8..d150b8d 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-synchronization.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-synchronization.page
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
- <desc>Synchronize Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Synchronize notes</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Aurimas Cernius</name>
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
<title>Synchronization</title>
<section id="description">
<title>About synchronization</title>
- <p><app>Gnote</app> allows you to synchronize notes accross multiple machines, so that you could use it
on multiple devices and work with the same notes on all of them.</p>
- <p>In order to use synchronization, you have to configure it first in <app>Gnote</app> configuration
dialog.</p>
- <p>Notes are synchronized to one location, common to all <app>Gnote</app> installations. This location
stores the history of your notes. When synchronizing, each <app>Gnote</app> instance uploads new and updated
notes to this location, downloads new and updated notes on other installations. The synchronization location
also contains information on deleted notes: when synchronizing, <app>Gnote</app> publishes all deleted notes
and deletes the ones, that are published as such. This way multiple <app>Gnote</app> installations can keep
the same set of notes.</p>
+ <p><app>Gnote</app> lets you synchronize notes across multiple machines, so that you can use it on
multiple devices and work with the same notes on all of them.</p>
+ <p>In order to use synchronization, you have to configure it first in the <app>Gnote</app> configuration
dialog.</p>
+ <p>Notes are synchronized to one location, common to all <app>Gnote</app> installations. This location
stores the history of your notes. When synchronizing, each <app>Gnote</app> instance uploads new and updated
notes to this location, and downloads new and updated notes from other installations. The synchronization
location also contains information on deleted notes: when synchronizing, <app>Gnote</app> publishes all
deleted notes and deletes the ones that have been published as such. This way multiple <app>Gnote</app>
installations can keep the same set of notes.</p>
</section>
<section id="configuration" style="2column">
<title>Configure synchronization</title>
</section>
<section id="usage">
<title>Synchronize</title>
- <p>To synchronize, select <gui>Synchronize Notes</gui> from application menu. This item is only
available, if synchronization is configured.</p>
- <p>After selected the <gui>Synchronize Notes</gui> menu item, a progress dialog will be displayed, which
will let you know, when synchronization is complete. Also, all notes will be disabled for editing while
synchronization is in progress.</p>
+ <p>To synchronize, select <gui>Synchronize Notes</gui> from the application menu. This item is only
available if synchronization has been configured.</p>
+ <p>After you select the <gui>Synchronize Notes</gui> menu item, a progress dialog will be displayed,
which will let you know when synchronization is complete. Also, all notes will be disabled for editing while
synchronization is in progress.</p>
<figure>
<title>Synchronization progress</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-sync-progress.png" mime="image/png"/>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-template-notes.page b/help/C/gnote-template-notes.page
index ef0ac02..b121552 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-template-notes.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-template-notes.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="notes-preferences#advanced"/>
- <desc>Using Template Notes</desc>
+ <desc>Using template notes</desc>
<license><p>GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1</p></license>
<credit type="author">
<name>Aurimas Cernius</name>
@@ -18,29 +18,29 @@
<section id="usage">
<title>Template Note Usage</title>
<p>Template notes are used to define the content for newly created notes. Templates are just like
regular notes with some additional features.</p>
- <p>You can define a single template note for <app>Gnote</app> and one for each notebook you have. These
templates define the content of every new note you create:</p>
+ <p>You can define a single main template note and one for each notebook you have. These templates define
the content of every new note you create:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Every new note you create in <app>Gnote</app>, but not in any of notebooks, will have have a
content of main application template. If template is not created, the default content is used.</p></item>
- <item><p>Every new note created in a notebook will have a content of template note, if it is present
for that notebook. If template note for a notebook is not defined, the default note content will be
used.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Every new note you create in <app>Gnote</app>, but not in any notebook, will have the content
of the main template. If you have not created a main template, the default content will be used.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Every new note created in a notebook will have the content of that notebook's template note,
if any. If no template note for a notebook is defined, the default note content will be used.</p></item>
</list>
- <p>To create or modify template note:</p>
+ <p>To create or modify a template note:</p>
<list>
- <item><title>Main template note</title><p>Open <app>Gnote</app> preferences and in <gui>General</gui>
tab press the <gui>Open Template Note</gui> button.</p></item>
- <item><title>Notebook template note</title><p>Right click on notebook in main window and select
<gui>Open Template Note</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Main template note</title><p>Open <app>Gnote</app>'s preferences and in the
<gui>General</gui> tab press the <gui>Open Template Note</gui> button.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Notebook template note</title><p>Right click on a notebook in the main window and select
<gui>Open Template Note</gui>.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="features">
<title>Template Note Features</title>
- <p>Template note is like an ordinary note except that it is not shown in a note list and has a template
bar at the top.</p>
+ <p>A template note is like an ordinary note except that it is not shown in note lists and has a template
bar at the top.</p>
<figure><title>Template note</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnote-template-note.png" mime="image/png"
style="right"></media><desc>Template note window</desc>
</figure>
- <p>Template bar has the following features:</p>
+ <p>The template bar has the following features:</p>
<list>
- <item><title>Convert to regular note</title><p>Press this button to turn the template into a regular
note, visible in the list of notes. This action is similar to deleting template note.</p></item>
- <item><title>Save Size</title><p>If you check this box, the size of newly created note will be
identical to that of template note. When this checkbox is not checked, the window of new note is of default
size.</p></item>
- <item><title>Save Selection</title><p>If this box is checked, new notes will not only have the content
of template note, but also the initial selection. Use this option if you want certain part of content in the
new note to be initialy selected.</p></item>
- <item><title>Save Title</title><p>This checkbox allows to base the title of new note on a title of
template note. With this box checked, new note will have a title of template note with a unique number
appended. Otherwise the default title will be used.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Convert to regular note</title><p>Press this button to turn the template into a regular
note, visible in the list of notes. This action is similar to deleting a template note.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Save Size</title><p>If you check this box, the size of a newly created note will be
identical to that of the template note. When this checkbox is not checked, new notes' windows will have the
default size.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Save Selection</title><p>If this box is checked, new notes will have not only the content
of the template note, but also its selection. Use this option if you want a certain part of the content in
the new note to be initially selected.</p></item>
+ <item><title>Save Title</title><p>This checkbox lets you base the title of new notes on a template
note's title. With this box checked, a new note will have the template note's title with a unique number
appended. Otherwise the default title will be used.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/gnote-working-with-notebooks.page b/help/C/gnote-working-with-notebooks.page
index 79a59bb..c79e0fb 100644
--- a/help/C/gnote-working-with-notebooks.page
+++ b/help/C/gnote-working-with-notebooks.page
@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@
</info>
<title>Working With Notebooks</title>
- <p>Notebooks allow you to group related notes together. You can add a note to a notebook in the main
window or directly inside of a Note.</p>
+ <p>Notebooks let you group related notes together. You can add a note to a notebook in the main window
or in the note editing view.</p>
<section id="creating-notebooks"><title>Creating Notebooks</title>
- <p>You can create new notebooks using one of the following methods</p>
+ <p>To create a new notebook:</p>
<steps>
<item>
- <p>Click on application menu and select <gui>New Notebook</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Click on the application menu and select <gui>New Notebook</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter a name for the new notebook.</p>
</item>
</steps>
- <p>To create a new notebook context menu</p>
+ <p>Alternatively:</p>
<steps>
<item>
- <p>In search mode, right click in the left hand box and choose <gui>New Notebook</gui>.</p>
+ <p>In the note overview, right click in the left hand pane and choose <gui>New Notebook</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter a name for the new notebook.</p>
@@ -49,45 +49,44 @@
</section>
<section id="adding-notes-to-a-notebook"><title>Adding Notes to a Notebook</title>
- <p>To add notes to a notebook, you can add a note from the main window or directly within a note.</p>
- <p>To move an existing note from the main window use one of the following:</p>
+ <p>You can add a note to a notebook from the main window or directly within a note.</p>
+ <p>To add a note to a notebook from the main window, do one of the following:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Drag the note(s) onto a notebook on the left using mouse.</p></item>
- <item><p>Right click on a notebook and select <gui>New Note</gui> from context menu. A new note will
be created and added to notebook.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Drag the note(s) onto a notebook on the left using the mouse.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Right click on a notebook and select <gui>New Note</gui> from the context menu. A new note
will be created and added to the notebook.</p></item>
</list>
<p>As you type a note, you can add the note directly to an existing notebook using the
<gui>Notebook</gui> button. The Notebook button is represented by the <media type="image"
src="figures/notebook-icon.png" mime="image/png" style="right"></media> icon.</p>
<figure>
<title>Adding Notes to a Notebook</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/add-to-notebook.png" mime="image/png" style="right"><p>Add to
Notebook.</p></media>
</figure>
- <p>To remove note from notebook, use one of the following:</p>
+ <p>To remove a note from a notebook, use one of the following:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Move note to <gui>Unfiled notes</gui> notebook in main window.</p></item>
- <item><p>Select the <gui>No Notebook</gui> option from menu, presented when you press the
<gui>Notebook</gui> button in opened note.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Move the note to <gui>Unfiled Notes</gui> in the main window.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Select the <gui>No Notebook</gui> option from the menu which appears when you press the
<gui>Notebook</gui> button in an open note.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
- <section id="creating-notebook-templates"><title>Creating Notebook Templates</title>
- <p>After you create a notebook, you can create a template for each new note that you create in that
notebook.</p>
+ <section id="creating-notebook-templates"><title>Creating a Template</title>
+ <p>After you create a notebook, you can create a template for new notes that you create in that
notebook.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>In main window right click on a Notebook that you have created and choose <gui>Open
Template Note</gui>.</p>
+ <item><p>In the main window, right click on a notebook and choose <gui>Open Template Note</gui>.</p>
</item>
- <item><p>This will open a new note that will be used as the template. Any text typed in this note
will appear in all notes created in this Notebook.</p></item>
+ <item><p>This will open a new template note. Any text typed in this note will appear in all notes
created in this notebook.</p></item>
</steps>
<figure>
- <title>Creating Notebook Template</title>
+ <title>Creating a Template</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/note-template.png" mime="image/png" style="right"><p>Note
Template.</p></media>
</figure>
<p>For more, see <link xref="gnote-template-notes"/>.</p>
</section>
<section id="deleting-a-notebook"><title>Deleting a Notebook</title>
- <p>Deleting a notebook will not delete any of the notes which are currently inside the notebook. After
deleting a notebook, the notes will not be associated with any notebook and can be seen by highlighting
<gui>Unfiled Notes</gui> in the main window.</p>
- <p>You can delete a notebook you have created by one of two methods:</p>
- <p>To delete a notebook, go to search mode in main window and do one of the following:</p>
+ <p>Deleting a notebook will not delete any of the notes which are currently inside the notebook. After
you delete a notebook, its notes will not be associated with any notebook and will appear in <gui>Unfiled
Notes</gui> in the main window.</p>
+ <p>To delete a notebook, go to the main window and do one of the following:</p>
<list>
<item><p>Right click on a notebook and choose <gui>Delete Notebook</gui>.</p></item>
- <item><p>Remove all notes from notebook. Notebook will be automatically removed on <app>Gnote</app>
restart.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Remove all notes from a notebook. The notebook will be automatically removed the next time
<app>Gnote</app> restarts.</p></item>
</list>
<figure>
<title>Deleting notes from main window</title>
@@ -100,10 +99,10 @@
<section id="special-notebooks"><title>Special Notebooks</title>
<p><app>Gnote</app> has several special notebooks:</p>
<list>
- <item><p><gui>Active Notes</gui> - contains notes, that were opened in current <app>Gnote</app>
session.</p></item>
- <item><p><gui>All Notes</gui> - contains all notes, except templates.</p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Pinned Notes</gui> - used to mark notes as important.</p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Unfilled Notes</gui> - contains all notes that are not placed in a user created
notebook.</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>Active Notes</gui>: notes that have been opened in the current <app>Gnote</app>
session</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>All Notes</gui>: all notes except templates</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>Pinned Notes</gui>: notes marked as important</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>Unfiled Notes</gui>: all notes that are not in a user-created notebook</p></item>
</list>
</section>
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