Re: Topics for review (gnome desktop help)

[Phil Bull <philbull gmail com>]

Hi April,

Returning with comments. These look great as usual; just a couple of
simplifications that I think background-online would benefit from.

On Fri, 2010-08-13 at 16:28 +0800, April Gonzales wrote:
[...]
> Also, here are two more topics for review:
> - (Get desktop background from the internet)
> look-background-online.page
> - (How can I change the resolution of fonts)
> look-fonts-resolution.page
> 
> About the second one though, it seems a bit redundant. Modifying font
> reslutions was already addressed in another topic (see
> look-fonts-toobig.page) 

True. What we could do is move the step-by-step instructions out of the
previous topic (fonts-toobig) and just link to this one. It's important
that they're linked, though.

> Also, regarding the last three topics, I'm not really well versed in
> font rendering, so I think I'll just leave those topics alone for
> now :) 
> Let me know what you think. 

Thanks,

Phil

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      type="topic" id="look-fonts-resolution">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="look"/>
    
    <desc>How to change font resolution settings</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-07-26" status="stub"/>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>April Gonzales</name>
      <email>loonycookie gmail com</email>
    </credit>
    
  </info>

<title>How can I change the resolution that fonts are displayed at?</title>

<p>You can modify the font resolutions by following these steps:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the <gui>Fonts</gui> tab.</p></item>
<item><p>Click on the <gui>Details</gui> button. This brings up the <gui>Font Rendering Details</gui> window.</p></item>
<item><p>On the field next to the label <gui>Resolution</gui>, type in the font resolution you wish to use. Remember that using a lower number decreases the size of the font. </p></item>
<item><p>Click the <gui>Close</gui> button to go back to the <gui>Appearance Preferences</gui> window.</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Close</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>
<!-- Guidance on typical resolutions, and why you might want to change the resolution, might be useful here. -->
<note>
<p>
All changes made are immediately reflected on your desktop.
</p>
</note>
</page>

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      type="topic" id="look-background-online">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="look"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="look-background"/>
    
    <desc>How to get desktop backgrounds or wallpapers online</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2010-07-26" status="stub"/>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email>gnome-doc-list gnome org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>April Gonzales</name>
      <email>loonycookie gmail com</email>
    </credit>
    
  </info>

<title>Get a desktop background from the internet</title>

<p>Your system comes with many available wallpapers or desktop backgrounds; however, you may also download more from many sources online. To do this:</p>

<steps>
<!-- This topic is only about desktop backgrounds, so any picture will do. Mentioning themes and icons may confuse the issue; these can be explained in a different topic. -->
<item><p>Visit a website that lists downloadable desktop elements such as themes, wallpapers, and icons for your desktop. One excellent source is www.gnome-look.org. </p></item>
<!-- Should add a link to gnome-look -->
<item><p>Select from one of the many wallpapers available. </p></item>
<item><p>Download the wallpaper you have selected and save it on your computer.</p></item>
<!-- Mention that, to download the wallpaper, you need to right-click and select the Save option -->
<item><p>To add the downloaded wallpaper to the available backgrounds in your system, select <guiseq><gui>System</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the <gui>Background</gui> tab.</p></item>
<item><p>Click on the <gui>Add...</gui> button.</p></item>
<item><p>On the <gui>Add Wallpaper</gui> window, navigate to the location of the downloaded wallpaper. </p></item>
<item><p>Click on the wallpaper to select it.</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui>Open</gui>. This will automatically add the new wallpaper to your system's background selection. Your current desktop background will also be changed to the new image.</p></item>
<!-- I think you can just drag an image into that window to add it, too -->
<item><p>Click <gui>Close</gui>.</p></item>

</steps>

<!-- Might be good to mention that any picture can be used as a background, but it will look silly if it's too small -->
</page>