[gnome-user-docs] Bug 694573: Update custom-session-create
- From: Petr Kovář <pmkovar src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] Bug 694573: Update custom-session-create
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:33:54 +0000 (UTC)
commit f6b533670283377be934b1cb34d13936715edee9
Author: Petr Kovar <pkovar redhat com>
Date: Mon Jan 27 15:31:47 2014 +0000
Bug 694573: Update custom-session-create
.../C/custom-session-change.page.stub | 28 ---------
.../C/custom-session-classic-mode.page.stub | 26 --------
system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-create.page | 63 ++++++++++---------
system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-set.page.stub | 33 ----------
system-admin-guide/C/dconf.page | 5 --
5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-create.page b/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-create.page
index b7192cd..9a8b70b 100644
--- a/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-create.page
+++ b/system-admin-guide/C/custom-session-create.page
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#session" />
-<!-- <link type="seealso" xref="custom-session-classic-mode" />
- <link type="seealso" xref="custom-session-set" />
- <link type="seealso" xref="custom-session-change" />-->
- <revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-12-01" status="draft" />
+ <revision pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-27" status="draft" />
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>minnie_eg</name>
@@ -19,6 +16,11 @@
<email>jana svarova gmail com</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
+ <credit type="editor">
+ <name>Petr Kovar</name>
+ <email>pknbe volny cz</email>
+ <years>2014</years>
+ </credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
@@ -36,39 +38,40 @@
options.</p>
</comment>
- <p>To create a custom session with different options, follow these steps:</p>
+ <p>To create your own session with customized configuration, follow these
+ steps:</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>Create a desktop file in the
- <file>/usr/share/xsessions/new-session.desktop</file> file format. The content
- of the desktop file should contain the following entries:</p>
- <code>
- [Desktop Entry]
- Encoding=UTF-8
- Type=Application
- Name=Custom session
- Comment=This is our custom session
- <input>Exec</input>=gnome-session
- </code>
- </item>
- <item><p>Type <cmd>man gnome-session</cmd> into the Terminal to display more
- information on session options and
- parameters that can be used with <code>Exec</code>.</p>
- </item>
- <item><p>Save the custom session file that includes various parameters in
- the <file>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/new-session.session</file>
- file.</p>
+ <item><p>Create a <file>.desktop</file> file in
+ <file>/etc/X11/sessions/<var>new-session</var>.desktop</file>. Make sure that
+ the file specifies the following entries:</p>
+ <code>[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Name=<input>Custom session</input>
+Comment=<input>This is our custom session</input>
+Exec=<input>gnome-session --session=new-session</input></code>
+ <p>The <code>Exec</code> entry specifies the command, possibly
+ with arguments, to execute. You can run the custom session with the
+ <cmd>gnome-session --session=<var>new-session</var></cmd>
+ command.</p>
+ <p>For more information on parameters that you can use with
+ <cmd>gnome-session</cmd>, see the <cmd>gnome-session</cmd>(1)
+ man page.</p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>Run the custom session by using the
- <cmd>Exec=gnome-session --session=new-session</cmd> command.</p>
+ <item><p>Create a custom session file in
+ <file>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/<var>new-session</var>.session</file>
+ where you can specify the name and required components for the session:</p>
+ <code>[GNOME Session]
+Name=<input>Custom Session</input>
+RequiredComponents=<input>gnome-shell-classic;gnome-settings-daemon;</input></code>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="note style">
- <p>Note that after creating the session desktop file with the user
- root, the new session will be available on the sessions list of the
- GDM log-in screen.</p>
+ <p>After configuring the custom session files, the new session will be
+ available in the session list on the GDM login
+ screen.</p>
</note>
<section id="custom-session-issues">
diff --git a/system-admin-guide/C/dconf.page b/system-admin-guide/C/dconf.page
index 07a518f..4c6a30d 100644
--- a/system-admin-guide/C/dconf.page
+++ b/system-admin-guide/C/dconf.page
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
<email its:translate="no">desrt desrt ca</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <credit type="copyright editor">
- <name></name>
- <email its:translate="no"></email>
- <years></years>
- </credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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