[gnome-system-monitor/wip/mallard-help: 28/60] Edited mem-check



commit 968b4148e06ed799b9ad37c7801872f8319252d0
Author: Michael Hill <mdhill src gnome org>
Date:   Wed Nov 30 05:30:02 2011 -0500

    Edited mem-check

 help/C/mem-check.page |   81 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/mem-check.page b/help/C/mem-check.page
index 698d915..20870c3 100644
--- a/help/C/mem-check.page
+++ b/help/C/mem-check.page
@@ -22,67 +22,64 @@
       <email>kittykat3756 gmail com</email>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>The <gui>Resources</gui> tab tells you how much of your computer's memory is being used.</desc>
+    <desc>The <gui>Resources</gui> tab tells you how much of your computer's
+    memory is being used.</desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>Check how much memory (RAM) is being used</title>
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Go to the Resources tab and look at the graph/indicators (short topic). Point to resources about 
memory problems. Maybe mention how you can find which processes are using the most memory.</p>
+    <p>Go to the Resources tab and look at the graph/indicators (short topic).
+    Point to resources about memory problems. Maybe mention how you can find
+    which processes are using the most memory.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>RAM stands for Random Access Memory and it is where data is stored on a
-  memory moduly to save and retrieve it quickly.</p>
+   <p>To check the current memory usage of your computer:</p>
 
-  <p>To check the current memory usage of your computer, in the
-  <gui>Resources</gui> tab you will find <gui>Memory and Swap History</gui>.
-  This graph displays two running real-time graphs: the one that shows the
-  amount of RAM being used is the one called <gui>Memory</gui>, that shows it
-  in percentage and GiB.</p>
-
-  <p>You can edit the appearance of the graph or set your preferences about it:</p>
-
-  <list>
-    <item>
-      <p>You can change the line colors by clicking on the disc-shaped objects
-      placed below the graph.</p>
+  <steps>
+    <item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p>
     </item>
-    <item>
-      <p>You can edit some information in the graphs:</p>
-      <steps>
-        <item>
-         <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and
-         select the tab <gui>Resources</gui>.</p>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-         <p>You can update the current seconds interval of the graph.</p>
-           <note style = "tip">
-             <p>The checkbox <gui>Show network speed in bits.</gui> placed
-             under this option only works for the <gui>Network History</gui>
-             graph.</p>
-           </note>
-        </item>
-      </steps>
+    <item><p><gui>Memory and Swap History</gui> displays a running line graph
+    for memory and swap as a percentage of the total available. These are plotted
+    against time, with the current time at the right.</p>
+      <note style = "tip"><p>The color of each line is indicated by the pie
+      graphs below. Click the pie graph to change the color of the line graph.</p>
+      </note>
+    </item>
+    <item><p>The <gui>Memory</gui> pie graph shows memory usage in GiB and as a
+    percentage of the total available.</p>
     </item>
-  </list>
+  </steps>
+
+  <p>To change the <gui>update interval</gui>:</p>
+
+    <steps>
+      <item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and
+        click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item><p>Enter a value for <gui>Update interval in seconds</gui>.</p>
+      </item>
+    </steps>
 
-  <p>If your current memory usage is too high, you can check which processes
-  are using the most part of memory:</p>
+<section>
+  <title>What if your current memory usage is too high?</title>
+
+  <p>To check which processes are using the most memory:</p>
 
   <steps>      
     <item>
-      <p>Switch to the <gui>Processes</gui> tab.</p>
+      <p>Click the <gui>Processes</gui> tab.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
-      <p>You can examine the processes that have the most memory usage by
-      clicking the <gui>Memory</gui> button, to place them in order.</p>
+      <p>Click the <gui>Memory</gui> column header to sort the processes
+      according to memory use.</p>
       <note>
-       <p>When you click <gui>Memory</gui> if appears a pointing up arrow,
-       this means that the processes that are using most memory are placed at
-       the first of the list, as otherwise if the arrow is pointing down.</p>
+       <p>The arrow in the column header shows the sort direction; click again
+        to reverse it. If the arrow points up, the processes using the most
+        memory appear at the top of the list.</p>
       </note>
     </item>
   </steps>
-
+</section>
 </page>


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