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authorEkaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756@googlemail.com>2011-09-06 02:32:57 +0800
committerEkaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756@googlemail.com>2011-09-06 02:43:45 +0800
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help/share-desktop: Updated and improved wording
Changed "desktop viewing application" to "desktop sharing application" when talking about a VNC server. Simplified language, improved grammar and word order.
-rw-r--r--help/C/share-desktop.page56
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/share-desktop.page b/help/C/share-desktop.page
index 08a7dd6b4..f7cf463d2 100644
--- a/help/C/share-desktop.page
+++ b/help/C/share-desktop.page
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
<desc>
- Share the desktop with your contacts.
+ Show your desktop to your contacts.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-09-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
+ <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
+ </credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
@@ -28,62 +33,71 @@
<title>Share your desktop</title>
<p>
- It is possible, with some of your contacts, to share your desktop with them, or to start
- using your contacts desktop. You can use
- this functionality to show your desktop to your contacts, to ask for help or to
- help your contacts resolve a problem.
+ It is possible to share your desktop with some of your contacts. You can
+ use this functionality to show your desktop to your contacts to, for
+ example, ask for help or help your contacts resolve a problem.
</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>
- In order to be able to share your desktop or to remotely use your contacts desktop,
- it is necessary to have a remote desktop viewer application installed in your system.
+ To be able to share your desktop, you need to have a VNC server, which
+ has support for the feature, installed on your system. <app>Vino</app>,
+ the GNOME VNC server, has the required support.
</p>
</note>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
- From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, do one of the following:
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
- Select the contact you want to share your desktop with, and choose
- <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Contact</gui><gui>Share my desktop</gui></guiseq>.
+ Select the contact you want to share your desktop with and choose
+ <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Contact</gui>
+ <gui>Share My Desktop</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- Right-click on the name of the contact you want to share your desktop with,
- and select <gui>Share my desktop</gui>.
+ Right-click on the name of the contact you want to share your
+ desktop with and select <gui>Share My Desktop</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
</item>
<item>
<p>
- A request will be sent to the contact you want to share your desktop with.
- If they accept, the default remote desktop viewer application will be launched in
- order to permit you to disconnect the user that is controlling your desktop.
+ An invitation to view your desktop will be sent to the contact you have
+ selected. To view your desktop, they will need to accept it.
</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>
- For more information about how to use the remote desktop viewer application,
- refer to its help.
+ You can disconnect the contact from your computer using your desktop
+ sharing application.
</p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ For more information about how to use the remote desktop sharing
+ application, refer to its help.
+ </p>
+ </note>
</item>
</steps>
<p>
When you share your desktop with someone else, it is possible to experience
- system performance slowdown and low Internet speed.
+ system performance slowdown and low Internet speed.
</p>
<note>
<p>
- Not all your contacts might be able to support this functionality. It is necessary
- for them to have at least the 2.28 version of <app>Empathy</app> and a remote desktop
- viewer application installed in their system.
+ Some of your contacts may not be able to use this feature. It is
+ necessary for them to have version 2.28, or newer, of <app>Empathy</app>
+ and a compatible remote desktop viewer application installed in their
+ system.
</p>
</note>