Re: GNOME 2.0 System Admin Guide - Provisional TOC

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

Returning to my pet peeve: the only place fonts are mentioned is in  
- To Set Look-and-Feel Preferences
     - Font

I'd like to see more - e.g., where GNOME apps get their list of fonts
from, how one adds a font to it, etc. Also, a common question on various
support forums is use of anti-aliasing in GNOME: how it is turned
on/off, whether it can be controlled (e.g., only antialias fonts of
certain sizes), and even how it is done internally: does it use XRender
extension or something else? 
Another comment: in MIME type section, you will write what  config files
control this (gnome-vfs-mime-magic, *.keys, *.mime) and their format,
right?

Best,
Sasha

On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 13:25, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> The following is a provisional TOC for the GNOME 2.0 System Admininistrators 
> Guide - any suggestions/comments welcome ...
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> GNOME 2.0 System Admininistrators Guide - Provisional TOC
> 
> Introduction
> 
> GConf Database
>    - Introduction (preferences database, keys)
>    - Structure of GConf Database (three tiers: mandatory, default,
> user-configured)
>    - Schemas
>    - gconftool Command Line Interface
>    - To Set Mandatory Application Preference Values
>    - To Set Default Application Preference Values
>    - To Set System Preferences
>      - Proxy
>      - Print Manager
>      - Number of Workspaces
>      - Panels (number of, properties of)
>      - Panel Launchers
>      - Desktop Background Objects
>      - Accessibility
>      - Startup Applications [1]
>      - Shortcut Keys
>    - To Set Look-and-Feel Preferences
>      - Font
>      - Desktop Background
>      - Splash Image
> 
> Menu Structure
>    - Introduction
>    - Menus and vfolders (introduce .desktop files, .directory files, and
> categories)
>    - Editing Menus
>      - To Add an Item to Menu
>      - To Delete an Item from a Menu
>    - Extending vfolder 
>    - Structure of a .desktop File
>    - To Add Help Links to a .desktop file (xref to Appendix C)
>    - To Pregenerate Help
> 
> Themes
>    - Types of Theme (Gtk+, Nautilus, Metacity)
>    - How to Install a Gtk+ Theme
>    - How to Install a Nautilus Theme
>    - How to Install a Metacity Theme
>    - Developing Themes (brief overview)
> 
> MIME Types
>    - To Modify Default MIME Types
> 
> Setting Screensavers
>    - To Set Screensaver Preferences
>    - To Modify Screensaver (i.e. "hacks")
> 
> Session Management
>    - Logon Scripts
>    - Logoff Scripts
> 
> Troubleshooting
>    - To Restore a User to Default Settings
> 
> Appendix A - Special Directories
>    - List of the .* directories (eg .nautilus) and their function
> 
> Appendix B - "Kiosk Mode"
>    - How to set up GNOME with limited functionality [2]
> 
> Appendix C - Help File Format
> 
> [1] Are startup applications specified in gconf? If not, this information
> should go in the Session Management chapter.
> [2] Hopefully, this appendix will become a series of cross-references to
> other parts of the SAG.
> 
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