[gnome-devel-docs/dx-hackfest] Move the Foundations page to new-platform-overview, as part of the Index



commit 0dbdd10a714dc8a95ae61d028cccd263ee2aa5b6
Author: Federico Mena Quintero <federico gnome org>
Date:   Fri May 24 11:21:02 2013 -0500

    Move the Foundations page to new-platform-overview, as part of the Index
    
    Signed-off-by: Federico Mena Quintero <federico gnome org>

 new-platform-overview/index.page     |   24 +++++++--
 platform-overview/C/foundations.page |   35 --------------
 platform-overview/C/index.page       |   87 ----------------------------------
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 128 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/new-platform-overview/index.page b/new-platform-overview/index.page
index 701b486..7026f79 100644
--- a/new-platform-overview/index.page
+++ b/new-platform-overview/index.page
@@ -47,14 +47,26 @@ on usability, accessibility, and internationalization.  GNOME is designed to
 be usable by everybody, regardless of technical expertise, disabilitites, or
 native language.  GNOME makes it easy for people to use their computers.</p>
 
-<p>The GNOME platform is a comprehensive suite of tools and libraries
-that you can use to develop graphical applications and other software.
-These tools let you create software that is both easy to use and
-aesthetically pleasing.</p>
+<p>In addition to the desktop environment, GNOME also provides a
+development platform to write applications for that desktop.  All of
+GNOME's core utilities such as the text editor (GEdit) and file
+manager (Nautilus) are built using this development platform.  Large
+applications like Evolution and Inkscape can also be built using
+GNOME's platform libraries.</p>
+
+<p>The most fundamental part of GNOME is the <link xref="gtk">GTK+
+toolkit</link>.  It provides the basic, graphical widget toolkit that
+all GNOME applications use.</p>
+
+<p>Simple graphical applications can be written directly using only GTK+.
+However, programs that require deeper integration with the rest of
+GNOME's services, for example, to store passwords in secure storage,
+or to access the user's addressbook, will need to use other GNOME
+libraries as well as GTK+.</p>
 
 <p>This document provides a high-level overview of the GNOME platform
-along with links to reference documentation on each part of the
-platform.</p>
+and its libraries, along with links to reference documentation for
+each part of the platform.</p>
 
 <section id="overview" style="2column">
  <info>


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