[gnome-system-monitor/wip/mallard-help: 5/60] wrote cpu-mem-normal modified: cpu-mem-normal.page



commit f2e2bfe3477aa40778763a663a3b1d2daba43dab
Author: Kelly Sinnott <ksinnott5ht gmail com>
Date:   Thu Jul 14 19:19:46 2011 -0700

    wrote cpu-mem-normal
        modified:   cpu-mem-normal.page

 help/C/cpu-mem-normal.page |   22 ++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/cpu-mem-normal.page b/help/C/cpu-mem-normal.page
index 8a31168..8fac931 100644
--- a/help/C/cpu-mem-normal.page
+++ b/help/C/cpu-mem-normal.page
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
       type="topic" style="task"
       id="cpu-mem-normal">
   <info>
-    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-06-18" status="stub"/>
-    <!--<link type="guide" xref="..." />-->
+    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-07-14" status="review"/>
+    <link type="guide" xref="index" />
 
     <credit type="author copyright">
-      <name>Phil Bull</name>
-      <email>philbull gmail com</email>
+      <name>Kelly Sinnott</name>
+      <email>ksinnott5ht gmail com</email>
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
@@ -16,17 +16,11 @@
 
   <title>Is it normal for my computer to be using this much CPU or memory?</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain when it is normaly for a computer to use lots of CPU and/or memory, and when it isn't. If a 
process has hung or is using too many resources, you can kill it.</p>
-  </comment>
+    <p> There are certain tasks which require more processing time or memory.  This may include playing 
video (in a media player or in your web browser), playing a graphics-intensive game, burning a CD or DVD, or 
other complex tasks. Another possibility is that there are simply too many processes running; a cumulative 
effect may be just as taxing as a single culprit. For example, you may have several browser windows open, 
each full of tabs with loaded web pages. Keeping these tabs ready to spring open at a moment's notice 
requires extra memory. Yet another issue might be that a process has frozen or continues to run after an 
application has closed.</p> 
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+<p>You can try to identify these resource-heavy processes in the <gui>Processes</gui> tab of <app>System 
Monitor</app>. Using the buttons across the top of the process list, you can sort by <gui>% CPU</gui> or 
<gui>Memory</gui> to identify the worst offenders. To toggle between ascending and descending sorting, click 
the button again. If you find a process which seems to be using a lot of CPU or memory, you can right click 
on it to bring up a menu which allows you to end it.</p>
+
+<note><p>The right-click menu for a process contains <gui>Stop Process</gui>, <gui>End Process</gui>, and 
<gui>Kill Process</gui>. <gui>Stop Process</gui> means to pause the process temporarily. It can be resumed 
with <gui>Continue Process</gui>. <gui>End Process</gui> tries to end the process as the programmer intended, 
using the built in "quit" or "exit" function. <gui>Kill Process</gui> forces the process to close 
immediately, and should be used only if <gui>End Process</gui> does not work.</p></note>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
-  </steps>
 
 </page>


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