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[gnome-system-monitor/wip/mallard-help: 29/62] Added 3 process pages, 1 net, link to mem-check

commit 6ebe60b90c8f1c64ade13372a8b12b5ade0015ff
Author: Michael Hill <mdhill src gnome org>
Date:   Sat Dec 3 18:20:38 2011 -0500

    Added 3 process pages, 1 net, link to mem-check

 help/C/mem-check.page             |    8 +++++---
 help/C/net-check.page             |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 help/C/process-identify-file.page |   33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 help/C/process-identify-hog.page  |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 help/C/process-update-speed.page  |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 5 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/mem-check.page b/help/C/mem-check.page
index 20870c3..d9f7539 100644
--- a/help/C/mem-check.page
+++ b/help/C/mem-check.page
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
   <steps>
     <item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p>
     </item>
+  </steps>
+  <list>
     <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>
@@ -47,10 +49,10 @@
       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><p>The <gui>Memory</gui> pie graph shows memory usage in
+    <link xref="units">GiB</link> and as a percentage of the total available.</p>
     </item>
-  </steps>
+  </list>
 
   <p>To change the <gui>update interval</gui>:</p>
 
diff --git a/help/C/net-check.page b/help/C/net-check.page
index ca3095e..5275312 100644
--- a/help/C/net-check.page
+++ b/help/C/net-check.page
@@ -10,22 +10,46 @@
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>The <gui>Resources</gui> tab shows you the volume of data that's passing over your network 
connections.</desc>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Michael Hill</name>
+      <email>mdhillca gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
+
+    <desc>The <gui>Resources</gui> tab shows you the volume of data that's
+    passing over your network connections.
+    </desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>Check network usage and connection speed</title>
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain how to check network usage and what all the numbers mean. Why might there be spikes?</p>
+    <p>Explain how to check network usage and what all the numbers mean. Why
+    might there be spikes?</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+   <p>To check the current network usage of your computer:</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>
   </steps>
+  <list>
+    <item><p><gui>Network History</gui> displays a running line graph for the
+    volume of data passing over your network connections, split up into data
+    received and sent. 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 down and
+      up arrows (for <gui>Receiving</gui> and <gui>Sending</gui> respectively)
+      underneath the graph. Click an arrow to change the color of the
+      corresponding line graph.</p>
+      </note>
+    </item>
+    <item><p>Below the graph is shown <gui>Receiving</gui> and <gui>Sending</gui> 
+    <link xref="net-bits">bit rate</link> or connection speed, as well as
+    total data transferred in each direction.</p>
+    </item>
+  </list>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/help/C/process-identify-file.page b/help/C/process-identify-file.page
index d2df25c..86d7615 100644
--- a/help/C/process-identify-file.page
+++ b/help/C/process-identify-file.page
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Michael Hill</name>
+      <email>mdhillca gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
+
     <desc>Search for a file that's open to display which process is using it.</desc>
   </info>
 
@@ -18,15 +24,28 @@
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain how you can search for a file (or part of a filename) and it will show which processes are 
using it. Explain why this might be useful.</p>
+    <p>Explain how you can search for a file (or part of a filename) and it will
+    show which processes are using it. Explain why this might be useful.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>Sometimes an error message will tell you a device (like the sound device or
+ the DVD ROM) is busy, or the file you want to edit is in use. To find the
+ process or processes responsible:</p>
+
+    <steps>
+      <item><p>Select
+       <guiseq><gui>Monitor</gui><gui>Search for Open Files</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item><p>Enter a filename or part of a filename. This could be
+        <file>/dev/snd</file> for the sound device or <file>/media/cdrom</file>
+        for the DVD ROM.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item><p>Click <gui>Find</gui>.</p>
+      </item>
+    </steps>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
-  </steps>
+  <p>This will display a list of running processes that are currently accessing
+ the file or files that match the search. Quitting the program should allow you
+ to access the device or edit the file.</p>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/help/C/process-identify-hog.page b/help/C/process-identify-hog.page
index 69ab9c6..8499501 100644
--- a/help/C/process-identify-hog.page
+++ b/help/C/process-identify-hog.page
@@ -11,22 +11,44 @@
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>Sort the list of processes by <gui>% CPU</gui> to see which application is using up the computer's 
resources.</desc>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Michael Hill</name>
+      <email>mdhillca gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
+
+    <desc>Sort the list of processes by <gui>% CPU</gui> to see which
+    application is using up the computer's resources.</desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>Which program is making the computer run slowly?</title>
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain how the System Monitor can be used to find misbehaving/resource-hogging processes. (A lot of 
process use 100% CPU or similar if they hang, for example.)</p>
+    <p>Explain how the System Monitor can be used to find
+    misbehaving/resource-hogging processes. (A lot of process use 100% CPU or
+    similar if they hang, for example.)</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>To find a process that might be using more resources than it should:</p>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+  <steps>      
+    <item>
+      <p>Click the <gui>Processes</gui> tab.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Click the <gui>% CPU</gui> column header to sort the processes
+      according to CPU use.</p>
+      <note>
+       <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 highest
+        percentage CPU appear at the top of the list.</p>
+      </note>
+       <note style = "tip"><p>A process that has hung or crashed might use 100%
+       CPU. If this happens you may need to <link xref="process-kill">kill</link>
+       the process.</p>
+      </note>
+   </item>
   </steps>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/help/C/process-update-speed.page b/help/C/process-update-speed.page
index 01518f1..d60e932 100644
--- a/help/C/process-update-speed.page
+++ b/help/C/process-update-speed.page
@@ -11,22 +11,39 @@
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
 
-    <desc>Refresh the information shown in the System Monitor with a longer or shorter interval.</desc>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Michael Hill</name>
+      <email>mdhillca gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
+
+    <desc>Refresh the information shown in the System Monitor with a longer or
+ shorter interval.</desc>
   </info>
 
   <title>Make the information update faster or slower</title>
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain how to make the info update faster (see Preferences dialog). Explain that faster updates mean 
that the System Monitor will use more CPU.</p>
+    <p>Explain how to make the info update faster (see Preferences dialog).
+    Explain that faster updates mean that the System Monitor will use more
+    CPU.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>To change the speed with which the information is refreshed:</p>
 
   <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+    <item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and
+    click the desired tab (<gui>Processes</gui>, <gui>Resources</gui> or
+    <gui>File Systems</gui>).</p>
+    </item>
+    <item><p>Enter a value for <gui>Update interval in seconds</gui>.</p>
+    </item>
   </steps>
 
+  <note style = "warning"><p>Setting the <gui>Update interval</gui> to a
+    lower value will cause <gui>System Monitor</gui> itself to use more of the
+    CPU.</p>
+  </note>
+
 </page>
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