[gnome-terminal] help: Various fixes and improvements
- From: Egmont Koblinger <egmontkob src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-terminal] help: Various fixes and improvements
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:41:40 +0000 (UTC)
commit 24bed18cfcb6d456aca58d5d880f598b31df4e60
Author: Egmont Koblinger <egmont gmail com>
Date: Tue Jan 30 21:40:54 2018 +0100
help: Various fixes and improvements
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=792529
help/C/adv-keyboard-shortcuts.page | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
help/C/app-colors.page | 26 +++++++---
help/C/app-cursor.page | 19 +++----
help/C/app-fonts.page | 30 ++++++------
help/C/app-fullscreen.page | 2 +-
help/C/app-terminal-sizes.page | 11 ++---
help/C/gs-execute-commands.page | 2 +-
help/C/gs-tabs.page | 6 +--
help/C/index.page | 12 ++--
help/C/overview.page | 8 ++--
help/C/pref-bell.page | 11 +---
help/C/pref-compatibility.page.stub | 2 +-
help/C/pref-encoding.page | 35 +------------
help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page | 6 +-
help/C/pref-login-shell.page | 51 ++++---------------
help/C/pref-menubar.page | 6 +-
help/C/pref-profile-encoding.page | 2 +-
help/C/pref-scrolling.page | 42 +++++++++++++---
help/C/pref-tab-window.page | 4 +-
help/C/prob-reset.page | 6 +-
help/C/txt-copy-paste.page | 10 +++-
help/C/txt-links.page | 6 +-
help/C/txt-save-text.page | 9 ++--
help/C/txt-search.page | 20 +++-----
help/C/txt-select-text.page | 1 -
help/Makefile.am | 2 +
26 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/adv-keyboard-shortcuts.page b/help/C/adv-keyboard-shortcuts.page
index dd189a1..749835c 100644
--- a/help/C/adv-keyboard-shortcuts.page
+++ b/help/C/adv-keyboard-shortcuts.page
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
<gui style="tab">Shortcuts</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
+ <p>Make sure <gui style="checkbox">Enable shortcuts</gui> is selected.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>Select the shortcut that you wish to edit by clicking on it.</p>
</item>
<item>
@@ -54,8 +57,8 @@
<item>
<p>Press your desired shortcut key combination as you would enter it to
use it. The keys that you can use include <key>Alt</key>,
- <key>Alt Gr</key>, <key>Ctrl</key>, <key>Shift</key>, number and letter
- keys.</p>
+ <key>Alt Gr</key>, <key>Ctrl</key>, <key>Shift</key>, <key>Super</key>,
+ number and letter keys.</p>
<note>
<p>Mnemonic key combinations, such as <keyseq><key>Alt</key>
<key>F</key></keyseq> will not work.</p>
@@ -123,11 +126,11 @@
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><p>Copy</p></td>
- <td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>C</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Paste</p></td>
- <td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>V</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
@@ -167,6 +170,40 @@
</table>
</section>
+ <section id="find-shortcuts">
+ <title><gui style="menu">Find</gui> shortcuts</title>
+
+ <p>The default shortcuts for options under <gui style="menu">Find</gui>
+ menu are:</p>
+
+ <table rules="rows" frame="top bottom" ui:expanded="false">
+ <thead>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Action</p></td>
+ <td><p>Keyboard Shortcut</p></td>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Find</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>F</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Find Next</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>G</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Find Previous</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Clear Highlight</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>J</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+
<section id="tab-shortcuts">
<title>Tab shortcuts</title>
@@ -240,28 +277,6 @@
</table>
</section>
- <section id="help-shortcuts">
- <title>Help shortcuts</title>
-
- <p>The default shortcuts for accessing items in the
- <gui style="menu">Help</gui> menu are:</p>
-
- <table rules="rows" frame="top bottom" ui:expanded="false">
- <thead>
- <tr>
- <td><p>Action</p></td>
- <td><p>Keyboard Shortcut</p></td>
- </tr>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <tr>
- <td><p>Contents</p></td>
- <td><p><key>F1</key></p></td>
- </tr>
- </tbody>
- </table>
- </section>
-
<section id="other-shortcuts">
<title>Other</title>
@@ -283,6 +298,22 @@
<td><p>Scroll down by one line</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>Down</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Scroll up by one page</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Page Up</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Scroll down by one page</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Page Down</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Scroll to the top</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Home</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><p>Scroll to the bottom</p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>End</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ </tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
@@ -341,29 +372,28 @@
<td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>F</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line.</p></td>
+ <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>u</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the end of the line.</p></td>
+ <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the end of the line</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>K</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the start of the word.</p></td>
+ <td><p>Delete from the cursor to the start of the word</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>W</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Delete previous word</p></td>
- <td><p><keyseq><key>Esc</key><key>Del</key></keyseq> or
- <keyseq><key>Esc</key><key>Backspace</key></keyseq></p></td>
+ <td><p><keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>Backspace</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td><p>Pastes text from the clipboard.</p></td>
+ <td><p>Paste text from the clipboard</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Y</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><p>Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the
- screen.</p></td>
+ screen</p></td>
<td><p><keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>L</key></keyseq></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
diff --git a/help/C/app-colors.page b/help/C/app-colors.page
index 6e57fdf..a044a1c 100644
--- a/help/C/app-colors.page
+++ b/help/C/app-colors.page
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
<p>You can choose one of the built-in color schemes: <gui>Black on light
yellow</gui>, <gui>Black on white</gui>, <gui>Gray on black</gui>,
- <gui>Green on black</gui>, <gui>White on black</gui>, <gui>Solarized
- light</gui>, <gui>Solarized dark</gui>. To set any of the built-in
- schemes:</p>
+ <gui>Green on black</gui>, <gui>White on black</gui>, <gui>Tango
+ light</gui>, <gui>Tango dark</gui>. <gui>Solarized light</gui>,
+ <gui>Solarized dark</gui>. To set any of the built-in schemes:</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -101,15 +101,12 @@
<gui>Built-in schemes</gui> drop-down list.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click on the color sample next to the component you would like to
- change.</p>
+ <p>Click on the color you would like to change.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Choose your desired color from the color sample and click
<gui style="button">Select</gui>.</p>
- <p>If you wish to select a color from the color picker, click on
- <gui style="button">+</gui>. You can chose the desired color in the
- following ways:</p>
+ <p>You can chose the desired color in the following ways:</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>Input the hexadecimal color code in the input box.</p>
@@ -129,6 +126,19 @@
built-in scheme menu will change to <gui>Custom</gui>.</p>
</note>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>Traditionally terminal emulators offered a 16 color paltte, this is
+ what you can alter here. <app>Terminal</app> supports an extended set of
+ 256 colors, but the additional 240 colors cannot be edited here.</p>
+
+ <p><app>Terminal</app> even offers direct access to over 16 million
+ colors, this is called “true color” mode.</p>
+
+ <p>If the changes you make to the palette do not seem to have an effect,
+ presumably the contents you see consist of such extended palette colors
+ or true colors, rather than the 16 base colors.</p>
+ </note>
+
</section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/app-cursor.page b/help/C/app-cursor.page
index e090692..50b8519 100644
--- a/help/C/app-cursor.page
+++ b/help/C/app-cursor.page
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its";
type="task"
id="app-cursor">
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Select different cursor style</desc>
+ <desc>Select different cursor style.</desc>
</info>
@@ -45,24 +46,20 @@
<gui>Cursor shape</gui>. You can choose from the following options:</p>
<terms>
<item>
- <title>|</title>
- <p><gui>I-Beam</gui></p>
+ <title its:translate="no">█</title>
+ <p><gui>Block</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
- <title>⎕</title>
- <p><gui>Block</gui></p>
+ <title its:translate="no">▏</title>
+ <p><gui>I-Beam</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
- <title>_</title>
+ <title its:translate="no">▁</title>
<p><gui>Underline</gui></p>
</item>
</terms>
<p>Upon selection of the cursor, your choice is saved automatically.</p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>To return to <app>Terminal</app>, click <gui
- style="button">Close</gui>.</p>
- </item>
- </steps>
+ </steps>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/app-fonts.page b/help/C/app-fonts.page
index 2844eca..7bec25a 100644
--- a/help/C/app-fonts.page
+++ b/help/C/app-fonts.page
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
Profile Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Use the system fixed width font</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Unselect <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@
<gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Ensure that <gui>Use the system fixed width font</gui> option is
- unchecked.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click on the button next to <gui>Font</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Click on the button next to <gui style="checkbox">Custom font</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Type the name of your desired font into the search field or browse the
@@ -89,11 +88,13 @@
</section>
- <section id="bold-fonts">
- <title>Bold text</title>
+ <section id="cell-spacing">
+ <title>Line spacing and character spacing</title>
- <p><app>Terminal</app> allows your shell to process text such as the prompt,
- directory names or man page headings to appear in bold style.</p>
+ <p><app>Terminal</app> allows you to pull its characters apart for improved
+ readability. Line spacing and character spacing can be adjusted from 1.0
+ (the regular look) to 2.0 (“double spacing”), including fractional values
+ in between.</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -101,16 +102,15 @@
Profile Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Allow bold text</gui>.</p>
+ <p>To set the horizonal character spacing, adjust the multiplier number
+ in front of <gui>width</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>To set the line spacing, adjust the multiplier number in front of
+ <gui>height</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
- <note style="important">
- <p><gui style="checkbox">Allow bold text</gui> is a shell specific feature.
- If you are using a shell other than Bash, then the described behavior may
- not be similar.</p>
- </note>
-
</section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/app-fullscreen.page b/help/C/app-fullscreen.page
index 6a2fa20..ca2db5c 100644
--- a/help/C/app-fullscreen.page
+++ b/help/C/app-fullscreen.page
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Enable fullscreen mode</desc>
+ <desc>Enable fullscreen mode.</desc>
</info>
<title>Fullscreen session</title>
diff --git a/help/C/app-terminal-sizes.page b/help/C/app-terminal-sizes.page
index bb34861..1ae26f3 100644
--- a/help/C/app-terminal-sizes.page
+++ b/help/C/app-terminal-sizes.page
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Change the <app>Terminal</app> window size</desc>
+ <desc>Change the <app>Terminal</app> window size.</desc>
</info>
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@
<p>If you have enabled <link xref="pref-keyboard-access"><gui>Menu access
keys</gui></link>, you can access this menu by pressing
<keyseq><key>Alt</key><key>T</key></keyseq> and then pressing <key>1</key>
- to open a <app>Terminal</app> window of size <gui>80×24</gui> and so
+ to switch the <app>Terminal</app> window to size <gui>80×24</gui> and so
on.</p>
</note>
<p>If you require custom size <app>Terminal</app> windows, you can also set
- the window size according to your requirements:</p>
+ the default window size according to your requirements:</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@
Profile Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Check <gui>Use custom default terminal size</gui>.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Set <gui>Default size</gui> by typing the desired number of columns and
+ <p>Set <gui>Initial terminal size</gui> by typing the desired number of columns and
rows in the corresponding input boxes. You can also click
<gui style="button">+</gui> to increase or <gui style="button">-</gui> to
decrease the size.</p>
diff --git a/help/C/gs-execute-commands.page b/help/C/gs-execute-commands.page
index 22e5680..5c464c7 100644
--- a/help/C/gs-execute-commands.page
+++ b/help/C/gs-execute-commands.page
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Launch programs or run commands using <app>Terminal</app></desc>
+ <desc>Launch programs or run commands using <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Execute a command</title>
diff --git a/help/C/gs-tabs.page b/help/C/gs-tabs.page
index ea4ea6b..283f847 100644
--- a/help/C/gs-tabs.page
+++ b/help/C/gs-tabs.page
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
<title>Use tabs</title>
- <p>Before you can navigate around tabs using the menus, you need to check
- that they are <link xref="pref-tab-window">enabled in your
- preferences</link>.</p>
-
<p>The tab bar is shown at the top a <app>Terminal</app> window that has
multiple tabs open (it looks like a row of buttons). Click on a tab to switch
to it. You can open multiple tabs to manage your work in <app>Terminal</app>.
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@
<item>
<p>Select
<guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Close
- Terminal</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ Tab</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
index ec335d0..6e8d753 100644
--- a/help/C/index.page
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@
</title>
<section id="getting-started" style="2column">
- <title>Getting started</title>
+ <title>Getting Started</title>
</section>
- <section id="textoutput" style="2column">
- <title>Working with text</title>
+ <section id="textoutput" style="2column">
+ <title>Working With Text</title>
</section>
- <section id="appearance" style="2column">
- <title>Customize appearance</title>
+ <section id="appearance" style="2column">
+ <title>Customize Appearance</title>
</section>
<section id="preferences" style="2column">
- <title>Customize behavior</title>
+ <title>Customize Behavior</title>
</section>
<section id="advanced" style="2column">
diff --git a/help/C/overview.page b/help/C/overview.page
index eba744b..cc5340a 100644
--- a/help/C/overview.page
+++ b/help/C/overview.page
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
<item>
<title>Shell</title>
<p>A <em>shell</em> is a program that provides an interface to invoke or
- "launch" commands or another program inside a terminal. It also allows you
- to view and browse the contents of directories. Popular shells are
- <app>bash</app>, <app>zsh</app>, <app>csh</app>.</p>
+ “launch” commands or another program inside a terminal. It also allows you
+ to view and browse the contents of directories. Popular shells include
+ <app>bash</app>, <app>zsh</app>, <app>fish</app>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Escape Sequences</title>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
<sys>#</sys> or <sys>></sys> and include
information about path of present working directory. On Unix based
systems, it is common for the prompt to end in a <sys>$</sys> or
- <sys>%</sys> character depending on the user role such as <sys>$</sys>
+ <sys>#</sys> character depending on the user role such as <sys>$</sys>
for user and <sys>#</sys> for superuser (also called <sys>root</sys>).
</p>
</item>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-bell.page b/help/C/pref-bell.page
index a556537..4842354 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-bell.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-bell.page
@@ -25,17 +25,14 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Enable audible notification in <app>Terminal</app></desc>
+ <desc>Enable audible notification in <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Set audible bell</title>
<p><app>Terminal</app> can sound an audible bell to indicate events in
- <app>Terminal</app> windows and tabs. For example, the bell will sound when
- the <key>Tab</key> is pressed to auto-complete a command, when a command has
- finished executing, or when a command ends execution with a warning, error or
- notification.</p>
+ <app>Terminal</app> windows and tabs.</p>
<p>To be notified of these events:</p>
<steps>
@@ -46,10 +43,6 @@
<item>
<p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Terminal bell</gui></p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>The setting will be saved automatically. Press
- <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the preference dialog.</p>
- </item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
diff --git a/help/C/pref-compatibility.page.stub b/help/C/pref-compatibility.page.stub
index 0e80aa0..2ff258c 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-compatibility.page.stub
+++ b/help/C/pref-compatibility.page.stub
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Change behaviour of <key>Backspace</key> and <key>Delete</key> keys
- in <app>Terminal</app></desc>
+ in <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
</info>
<title>Key compatibility</title>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-encoding.page b/help/C/pref-encoding.page
index f91f4fb..f76f063 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-encoding.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-encoding.page
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
id="pref-encoding">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
- <link type="guide" xref="pref"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2013-03-02" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
- <desc>Change to a different character set support.</desc>
+ <desc>Change to a different character set.</desc>
</info>
@@ -47,8 +46,8 @@
</item>
</list>
- <section id="change-default-encoding">
- <title>Change the default character encoding</title>
+ <section id="change-encoding">
+ <title>Change the character encoding</title>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -62,32 +61,4 @@
</section>
- <section id="add-encoding-menu-choices">
- <title>Add more options to the character encoding menu</title>
-
- <steps>
- <item>
- <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Set Character Encoding</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Add or Remove…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Browse from the available encodings.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Select the encodings that you want to be added to the menu.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the dialog and return
- to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
- </item>
- </steps>
-
- <note>
- <p>Most modern operating systems now support and use UTF-8 character
- encoding by default.</p>
- </note>
-
- </section>
-
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page b/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page
index ce8fb76..34041db 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-keyboard-access.page
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
<p>You can navigate the <app>Terminal</app> menu using a combination of keys
that are called <em>mnemonics</em> or a special key that takes you directly
- to the first menu in the menubar which is called a <em>menu accelerator
+ to the first menu in the menubar which is called the <em>menu accelerator
key</em>.</p>
<section id="mnemonics">
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
<section id="menu-accelerator">
<title>Menu accelerator key</title>
- <p>This setting brings up the <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu the menu
+ <p>This setting brings up the <gui style="menu">File</gui> menu when the menu
accelerator key is pressed. This key is usually <key>F10</key> by
default.</p>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
<item>
<p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
- <gui style="tab">Shortcuts</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Check <gui style="checkbox">Enable the menu accelerator
diff --git a/help/C/pref-login-shell.page b/help/C/pref-login-shell.page
index 316c162..c4e27e3 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-login-shell.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-login-shell.page
@@ -31,22 +31,23 @@
<title>Login shells</title>
- <p>Shells in UNIX based systems are classified into two types:</p>
+ <p>Shells in UNIX based systems can be started up in login and non-login
+ modes:</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title>Login shell</title>
<p>A login shell is a shell given to a user upon login into their user
- account. This login shell is defined at the time of creation of the user
- account by the super user. It is initiated by using the
- <cmd>--login</cmd> option with bash. It starts after a successful login
- using <file>/bin/login</file> and by reading the <file>/etc/passwd</file>
- file.</p>
+ account. This is initiated by using the <cmd>-l</cmd> or
+ <cmd>--login</cmd> option, or placing a dash as the initial character
+ of the command name, for example invoking <cmd>bash</cmd> as
+ <cmd>-bash</cmd>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Sub shell</title>
<p>Sub shell, also called a non-login shell is a shell started after
- the login process without the <cmd>--login</cmd> option.</p>
+ the login process without the <cmd>-l</cmd> or <cmd>--login</cmd>
+ option and without an extra dash before the command name.</p>
</item>
</terms>
@@ -67,9 +68,8 @@
<section id="login-shell-howto">
<title>Start a login shell</title>
- <p>You can allow <app>Terminal</app> to start a login shell. The
- <cmd>--login</cmd> will be passed to <app>Bash</app> or your
- <link xref="pref-custom-command">custom shell</link>.</p>
+ <p>You can allow <app>Terminal</app> to start a login shell. Your default
+ shell will be started with a dash character prepended to its name.</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -85,39 +85,8 @@
<p>Under the <gui>Command</gui> label, select
<gui style="checkbox">Run command as a login shell</gui>.</p>
</item>
- <item>
- <p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the dialog and return
- to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
- </item>
- </steps>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="login-shell-update-records">
- <title>Update login records</title>
-
- <p>UNIX based systems maintain files to keep information about user logins
- and sessions. They are called login records. To allow <app>Terminal</app>
- to write an entry of your login in these records:</p>
-
- <steps>
- <item>
- <p>Select
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile
- Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Under the <gui>Command</gui> label, check
- <gui style="checkbox">Update login records when command is
- launched</gui>. Your change will be applied automatically.</p>
- </item>
</steps>
- <note style="tip">
- <p>The command <cmd>last</cmd> followed by a username in your computer
- shows the login records for a particular user.</p>
- </note>
-
</section>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-menubar.page b/help/C/pref-menubar.page
index 2791180..694bd40 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-menubar.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-menubar.page
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
</item>
</steps>
- <p>To enable the menubar by default in all <app>Terminal</app> windows that
- you open:</p>
+ <p>To enable or disable the menubar by default in all <app>Terminal</app>
+ windows that you open:</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
Preferences</gui> <gui style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui>Show menubar by default in new terminals</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Select or deselect <gui>Show menubar by default in new terminals</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-profile-encoding.page b/help/C/pref-profile-encoding.page
index 366ebe6..2f38b8d 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-profile-encoding.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-profile-encoding.page
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<title>Change profile character encoding</title>
- <p>You should normally be able to use the default, UTF-8, encoding for all of
+ <p>You should normally be able to use the default, UTF-8 encoding for all of
your terminal needs. If you do find that you regularly need to use a
different character encoding for a specific task, you can
<link xref="pref-profiles#new-profile">create a new profile</link> with a
diff --git a/help/C/pref-scrolling.page b/help/C/pref-scrolling.page
index 46fcec8..29e14ba 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-scrolling.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-scrolling.page
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
<title>Scroll on output</title>
<p>You can lock scrolling so that it always shows the newest output while a
- command executes.</p>
+ command executes and produces output.</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -90,9 +90,8 @@
<section id="lines">
<title>Scrollback lines</title>
- <p>You can limit the number of lines of terminal output which are stored in
- memory. You may want to do this if you rarely restart your terminal so that
- there is a limit to how much memory the scrollback can use.</p>
+ <p>You can limit the number of lines of terminal output which are
+ remembered.</p>
<steps>
<item>
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
</item>
<item>
<p>Check <gui>Limit scrollback to</gui> and enter a number of lines
- which is greater than 0 to limit scrollback.</p>
+ to limit scrollback.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Optionally, you can click on <gui style="button">+</gui> to
@@ -110,9 +109,38 @@
</item>
</steps>
+ <p>You can choose to have unlimited scrollback.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select
+ <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile
+ Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Scrolling</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Uncheck <gui>Limit scrollback to</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>Scrollback data is stored in compressed and encrypted files on disk,
+ under the system’s default location for temporary files (usually
+ <file>/tmp</file>). These files are unlinked immediately after their
+ creation, and as such, do not show up in the directory listing. The
+ occupied disk space is freed up as soon as the corresponding terminal
+ closes.</p>
+ </note>
+
<note style="warning">
- <p>Using unlimited scrollback can make your <app>Terminal</app> sluggish
- during scrolling!</p>
+ <p>Make sure you have sufficient disk space available for these temporary
+ files. If in doubt, monitor disk usage for example with the command
+ <cmd>du /tmp</cmd>.</p>
+ </note>
+
+ <note style="important">
+ <p>A giant scrollback buffer makes resizing the terminal window slower.
+ As a rule of thumb, resizing gets noticeably slow at around 1 million
+ lines.</p>
</note>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/pref-tab-window.page b/help/C/pref-tab-window.page
index 3eb942c..7c542c0 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-tab-window.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-tab-window.page
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<title>Windows and tabs</title>
- <p>You can chose whether to open a new tab or a new <app>Terminal</app>
- window when you use <gui style="menuitem">Open Terminal</gui>.</p>
+ <p>You can choose whether to open a new tab or a new <app>Terminal</app>
+ window when you use <gui style="menuitem">New Terminal</gui>.</p>
<steps>
<item>
diff --git a/help/C/prob-reset.page b/help/C/prob-reset.page
index 29f0cf0..e6c5125 100644
--- a/help/C/prob-reset.page
+++ b/help/C/prob-reset.page
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
or has lot of strange symbols on it?</desc>
</info>
- <title>Reset your <app>Terminal</app> output</title>
+ <title>Reset your <app>Terminal</app> state</title>
<p>After viewing a non-text file by mistake, or launching some command, it can
happen the <app>Terminal</app> screen is unresponsive, has strange letters
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
<p>In addition to resetting your <app>Terminal</app>,
<gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> clears the visible
- <app>Terminal</app> screen space of all terminal output. To
+ <app>Terminal</app> screen space and the scrollback contents. To
<gui style="menuitem">Reset and Clear</gui> your <app>Terminal</app>:</p>
<steps>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
</item>
</steps>
- <note style="tip"><p><gui>Reset and clear</gui> provides the similar
+ <note style="tip"><p><gui>Reset and Clear</gui> provides similar
functionality than the terminal command <cmd>reset</cmd>.</p></note>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/txt-copy-paste.page b/help/C/txt-copy-paste.page
index 30d9fa6..9a1b696 100644
--- a/help/C/txt-copy-paste.page
+++ b/help/C/txt-copy-paste.page
@@ -40,14 +40,20 @@
<p>Highlight the text portions you wish to copy, then select
<guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
<gui style="menuitem">Copy</gui></guiseq>. Alternatively, you can press
- <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>C</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>C</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title><gui>Copy as HTML</gui></title>
+ <p>Highlight the text portions you wish to copy with color and font
+ attributes, then select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Copy as HTML</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui>Paste</gui></title>
<p>Right click in the <app>Terminal</app> and select
<gui style="menuitem">Paste</gui>. Alternatively, you
can press
- <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>V</key></keyseq>.</p>
+ <keyseq><key>Shift</key><key>Ctrl</key><key>V</key></keyseq>.</p>
</item>
</terms>
diff --git a/help/C/txt-links.page b/help/C/txt-links.page
index f048b21..d08c291 100644
--- a/help/C/txt-links.page
+++ b/help/C/txt-links.page
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
<p>Right click on the link in <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Copy Link Address</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Copy Link</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</item>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
<p>Right click on the email address in <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Copy E-mail Address</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Copy Mail Address</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</item>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
<p>Right click on the address.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Sent Mail To…</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Send Mail To…</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</item>
diff --git a/help/C/txt-save-text.page b/help/C/txt-save-text.page
index 5ee90c6..944f650 100644
--- a/help/C/txt-save-text.page
+++ b/help/C/txt-save-text.page
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
<p>Go to <gui style="menu">File</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Save Contents</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Select <gui style="menuitem">Save Contents…</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Chose your desired directory and enter a filename.</p>
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@
</steps>
<note style="tip">
- <p>You may optionally input a file extension along with the filename. Valid
- file extensions are <input>.doc</input> and <input>.txt</input>. This may
- be useful if you plan to view the file when using another operating
- system.</p>
+ <p>You may optionally input a file extension along with the filename, for
+ example <input>.txt</input>. This may be useful if you plan to view the
+ file when using another operating system.</p>
</note>
</page>
diff --git a/help/C/txt-search.page b/help/C/txt-search.page
index bbe2f06..6586114 100644
--- a/help/C/txt-search.page
+++ b/help/C/txt-search.page
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
</info>
- <title>Use <gui style="menuitem">Find</gui></title>
+ <title>Search for text</title>
<p>You can search text in the <app>Terminal</app> output:</p>
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@
<gui style="menuitem">Find…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Type in the search keyword and press <gui style="button">Find</gui>.
- To cancel, press <gui style="button">Close</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Type in the search keyword and press <key>Enter</key> to search
+ backwards. Alternatively, click on the arrows according to the desired
+ search direction.</p>
</item>
</steps>
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@
<title><gui style="checkbox">Match entire word only</gui></title>
<p><app>Terminal</app> will look for the entire keyword and will ignore
results that partially match your search keyword. For example, if
- you have searched for "gnome", <app>Terminal</app> will show only
+ you have searched for “cat”, <app>Terminal</app> will show only
results that match this keyword exactly and omit results such as
- "gnome-terminal".</p>
+ “bobcat”.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title><gui style="checkbox">Match as regular expression</gui></title>
@@ -67,17 +68,10 @@
the results that match these search terms.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <title><gui style="checkbox">Search backwards</gui></title>
- <p><app>Terminal</app> will search for the keyword from the latest output
- and continue the search upwards. This option is recommended when you are
- looking for a keyword that could have occurred recently, thus enabling
- you to find the keyword quickly.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
<title><gui style="checkbox">Wrap around</gui></title>
<p><app>Terminal</app> searches from your current location in the
scrollback to the end of available terminal output and then restarts the
- search from the top.</p>
+ search.</p>
</item>
</terms>
diff --git a/help/C/txt-select-text.page b/help/C/txt-select-text.page
index a8542dc..2287559 100644
--- a/help/C/txt-select-text.page
+++ b/help/C/txt-select-text.page
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-03" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.14.2" date="2015-01-28" status="review"/>
<link type="guide" xref="index#textoutput"/>
- <link type="guide" xref="profile"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="txt-copy-paste"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
diff --git a/help/Makefile.am b/help/Makefile.am
index 181d6c4..86e8f19 100644
--- a/help/Makefile.am
+++ b/help/Makefile.am
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ HELP_FILES = \
pref-custom-command.page \
pref-encoding.page \
pref-keyboard-access.page \
+ pref-login-shell.page \
pref-menubar.page \
pref-profiles.page \
pref-profile-char-width.page \
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ HELP_FILES = \
prob-reset.page \
txt-copy-paste.page \
txt-links.page \
+ txt-save-text.page \
txt-search.page \
txt-select-text.page \
$(NULL)
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