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author | Patanjali Somayaji <patanja@src.gnome.org> | 2003-08-11 16:07:22 +0800 |
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committer | Patanjali Somayaji <patanja@src.gnome.org> | 2003-08-11 16:07:22 +0800 |
commit | c4495e964ed5c78296826d35a672953ec1e5628b (patch) | |
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Added in help documentation about bookmark system
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diff --git a/help/C/epiphany.xml b/help/C/epiphany.xml index 913cebc1f..7314531c6 100644 --- a/help/C/epiphany.xml +++ b/help/C/epiphany.xml @@ -130,23 +130,48 @@ <title>To Open the Bookmarks Window</title> <para>You can open the bookmarks window in the following ways:</para> <variablelist> - <varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term> <listitem> <para>Choose <menuchoice> <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Web Bookmarks</guimenuitem> - </menuchoice>. </para> + </menuchoice>. + </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term>Command line</term> <listitem> <para>Type <command>epiphany -b</command>, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> - </variablelist> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>From the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu</term> + <listitem> + <para>Choose <menuchoice> + <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> from the &fr; main window. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>From the &fr; toolbar</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Click on the Bookmarks button in the toolbar of the + main window. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -408,6 +433,115 @@ you can choose items related to the display of the web page.</para> <sect2 id="overview-of-bookmarks"> <title>Overview of the Epiphany Bookmarks System</title> <para> + The &fr; bookmark system is quite different from the + heirarchical file folder method used by most + broswers. This design is in keeping with two design + principles: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + Building a browser with the simplest interface possible. + </listitem> + <listitem> + Avoiding the need for the user to remember addresses of + sites that the user wants to visit. + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </para> + <para> + The hierarchical way of organising bookmarks does not work + well for most people. Instead of this approach, &fr; + follows a database like approach. An address related to a + bookmark is stored with some metadata associated with + it. This metadata is then used to retrieve a bookmark + later. Future versions of &fr; will provide useful ways of + searching for and retrieving bookmarks using this + database. + </para> + <para> + In the &fr; bookmark system, addresses are organised by + associating each address with one or more topic. For + example, if one were to store a bookmark for + <ulink type="http" url="http://developer.gnome.org">GNOME + Developers home page</ulink>, in any other browser, the user + might store it under the following hierarchy: + <programlisting> + Development -> GNOME -> GNOME developers home page + </programlisting> + </para> + <para> + In &fr;, the same page could be associated with two + topics: + <programlisting> + Development -> GNOME developers home page + GNOME -> GNOME developers home page + </programlisting> + Now the user can access this bookmark by typing the + topic "GNOME" or "Development" in the location + bar. The user can also type in any of the words "GNOME", + "developers", "home" or "page" in the location bar. Either of these + methods drops a list containing the required bookmark. For + all ways to access bookmarks, see <xref + linkend="to-access-a-bookmark"/> + </para> + <para> + <note> + <title>No Subtopics</title> + <para> + &fr; allows only a single level of topics. Topics cannot + have sub-topics. + </para> + </note> + </para> + </sect2> + <sect2 id="to-access-a-bookmark"> + <title>To Access a bookmark</title> + <para> + The primary way to access bookmarks is the bookmarks + window. To open the bookmarks window, see <xref + linkend="ephy-to-open-bookmarks"/>. + A separate window is used for organising bookmarks because + that makes it easier to navigate, and also allows it to + have search and edit + functionalities in the same place. The bookmarks + collection can be directly edited from the desktop. In the + same place, it is now possible to edit the bookmark title + inline, add more topics, remove bookmarks, associate them + to more topics with drag and drop, edit properties of a + bookmark, etc. + </para> + <para> + The bookmarks can also be + accessed by: + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + Typing in a topic in the location bar of the main + window drops down a list of bookmarks of that category. + </listitem> + <listitem> + A word typed into the location bar are automatically + searched in the bookmark database and matching bookmarks + are shown in a drop down list below the location bar. + </listitem> + <listitem> + The menu item <guimenu>Bookmark</guimenu> gives a menu of all the + different topics. Bookmarks related to these topics can + then be accessed from submenus here. This is closest to + the traditional method of accessing bookmarks, and is + provided to keep compatibility. + </listitem> + <listitem> + The bookmark bar can also be used to access your + bookmarks. + Choose <menuchoice> + <guimenu>View</guimenu> + <guimenuitem>Bookmarks Bar</guimenuitem> + </menuchoice> + to add the Bookmark bar. However, each topic and + bookmark needs to be configured in the Bookmarks dialog + to be shown on this bar. This can be used to organise + most frequently used bookmarks. + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="to-create-new-bookmark"> |