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index 1b22879b1..acf08d113 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2003-11-24 David Bordoley <bordoley@msu.edu>
+
+ * help/C/epiphany.xml:
+
+ A big chuck of doc neatening and organization
+ plus some new stuff...
+
+ patch from Piers Cornwell <piers@myrealbox.com>
+ aka spark, with a few quick fixes from me.
+
2003-11-24 Marco Pesenti Gritti <marco@gnome.org>
* embed/mozilla/BaseProtocolContentHandler.cpp:
diff --git a/help/C/epiphany.xml b/help/C/epiphany.xml
index 5a84548f2..0ff3fd64a 100644
--- a/help/C/epiphany.xml
+++ b/help/C/epiphany.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">
- <!ENTITY appversion "1.0">
- <!ENTITY manrevision "1.0">
- <!ENTITY date "May 2003">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "1.2">
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.2">
+ <!ENTITY date "November 2003">
<!ENTITY fr "<application>Epiphany</application>">
<!-- Information about the entities
The legal.xml file contains legal information, there is no need to edit the file.
@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@
<articleinfo>
<title>Epiphany Manual &manrevision;</title>
- <copyright>
- <year>2003</year>
-
- <holder>Patanjali Somayaji</holder>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <holder>Patanjali Somayaji</holder>
</copyright>
- <copyright>
- <year>2003</year>
- <holder>David Bordoley</holder>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2003</year>
+ <holder>David Bordoley</holder>
</copyright>
<!-- translators: uncomment this:
@@ -76,9 +75,10 @@
</authorgroup>
- <releaseinfo> This manual describes version &appversion; of &fr;.
- </releaseinfo>
- </articleinfo>
+ <releaseinfo>
+ This manual describes version &appversion; of &fr;.
+ </releaseinfo>
+ </articleinfo>
<indexterm zone="index">
<primary>Epiphany</primary>
@@ -96,36 +96,41 @@
the application is and what it does. -->
<sect1 id="fr-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
- <para>&fr; is a GNOME web browser based on the mozilla rendering
- engine. &fr; aims to be simple to use and standards compliant.
+ <para>
+ &fr; is the GNOME web browser. &fr; aims to be simple to use
+ and standards compliant.
</para>
</sect1>
-<!-- ============= Getting Started =============================== -->
+<!-- ============= Getting Started =========================== -->
<sect1 id="ephy-getting-started">
<title>Getting Started</title>
<sect2 id="ephy-to-open-browser-window">
<title>To Open a Browser Window</title>
- <para>You can open a browser window in the following ways:</para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose
- <menuchoice>
- <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Web Browser</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>. </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Command line</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Type <command>epiphany</command>, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
+ <para>
+ You can open a browser window in the following ways:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose <menuchoice> <guisubmenu>Internet</guisubmenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Web Browser</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Command line</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Type <command>epiphany</command>, then press
+ <keycap>Return</keycap>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ephy-to-open-bookmarks">
<title>To Open the Bookmarks Window</title>
@@ -299,85 +304,148 @@ you can choose items related to the display of the web page.</para>
<sect2 id="using-toolbar">
<title>Using the Toolbar</title>
<para>
+ The toolbar contains a number of shortcuts to commonly
+ used functions. You can use the toolbar to navigate
+ through your web history by clicking the back and
+ forward buttons. In addition it is possible to stop the
+ loading of pages by clicking the stop button. Finally
+ pages may be reloaded by clicking the reload button.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can customize the buttons which appear on your
+ toolbar by using the Toolbar Editor: for details, see
+ <xref linkend="to-edit-toolbars"/>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="using-bookmarks-bar">
<title>Using the Bookmarks Bar</title>
<para>
+ The Bookmarks Bar allows you to have links to your favorite
+ websites on a toolbar for easy access. For details on
+ adding bookmarks to the bookmarks bar, see <xref
+ linkend="to-add-bookmark-or-topic-to-bookmarks-bar"/>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="using-fullscreen-mode">
<title>Using Fullscreen Mode</title>
<para>
+ Fullscreen mode allows the browser to use the whole screen
+ for its viewable area. To enter Fullscreen mode, select
+ <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Fullscreen
+ </guimenuitem> </menuchoice>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can exit Fullscreen mode by clicking <guibutton>Exit
+ Fullscreen</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-open-new-window">
<title>To Open a New Window</title>
- <para>To open a new window, choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
+ <para>
+ To open a new window, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>
+ File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-open-new-tab">
<title>To Open a New Tab</title>
- <para>To open a new tab, choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Tab</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>. The new tab will be place to the right of any existing tabs.
+ <para>
+ To open a new tab, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>
+ File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>New Tab</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>. The new tab will be place to the right of
+ any existing tabs.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="ephy-to-open-file">
<title>To Open a File</title>
- <para>To open a file, choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>
- to display the <guilabel>Open File</guilabel> dialog. Select the file
- that you want to open, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The file is
- displayed in the browser window. </para>
+ <para>
+ To open a file, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>File
+ </guimenu> <guimenuitem>Open...</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice> to display the <guilabel>Open File</guilabel>
+ dialog. Select the file that you want to open, then click
+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The file is displayed in the
+ browser window.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-save-page-to-file">
<title>To Save a Page to a File</title>
- <para>To save a page to a file, choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice>.
- Enter a name for the file in the <guilabel>Save
- As</guilabel> dialog box, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para>
+ <para>
+ To save a page to a file, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>
+ File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>. Enter a name for the file in the <guilabel>
+ Save As</guilabel> dialog box, then click <guibutton>OK
+ </guibutton>.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-print-page">
<title>To Print a Page</title>
<para>
+ To print a page, choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Print</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. Enter the
+ name of you printer in the <guilabel>Printer</guilabel>
+ field and click <guibutton>Print</guibutton>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-find-text-in-page">
<title>To Find Text in a Page</title>
- <para>To search a page for a string, perform the following steps:</para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Choose
- <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>
- to display the <guilabel>Find</guilabel> dialog.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>Type the string that you want to find, in the
- <guilabel>Find</guilabel> field.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select the <guilabel>Case sensitive</guilabel> option
- to only find occurrences of the string that match the case of the text that you
- type. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select the <guilabel>Wrap around</guilabel> option to search to the end of the page and then continue the search from the beginning of the page. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to search the page
- for the first occurrence of the string. If the string is found, the cursor is moved to the string, and the string is selected.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>To find the next occurrence of the string, click
- <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>To find the previous occurrence of the string, click
- <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem><para>To finish the search, click
- <guibutton>Close</guibutton>. </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ To search a page for a string, perform the following
+ steps:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Find</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> to
+ display the <guilabel>Find</guilabel> dialog.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Type the string that you want to find, in the
+ <guilabel>Find</guilabel> field.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the <guilabel>Case sensitive</guilabel>
+ option to only find occurrences of the string that
+ match the case of the text that you type.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the <guilabel>Wrap around</guilabel> option to
+ search to the end of the page and then continue the
+ search from the beginning of the page.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to search the page
+ for the first occurrence of the string. If the string
+ is found, the cursor is moved to the string, and the
+ string is selected.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To find the next occurrence of the string, click
+ <guibutton>Next</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To find the previous occurrence of the string, click
+ <guibutton>Previous</guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To finish the search, click <guibutton>Close
+ </guibutton>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-change-zoom">
<title>To Change the Zoom Factor</title>
@@ -406,31 +474,53 @@ you can choose items related to the display of the web page.</para>
<sect2 id="to-view-page-source">
<title>To View the Source of a Page</title>
<para>
+ To view the source code of a page, choose <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Page Source</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>. The source will be displayed in your default
+ text editor.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-open-link">
<title>To Open a Link</title>
<para>
+ Web pages contain links to other web pages, often (but not always)
+ indicated by an underline. To follow a link, left click it.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-open-link-in-window">
<title>To Open a Link in a New window</title>
<para>
+ To open a link in a new window, right click it and select
+ <guimenuitem>Open Link in New Window</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-open-link-in-tab">
<title>To Open a Link in a New Tab</title>
<para>
+ To open a link in a new tab, right click it and select
+ <guimenuitem>Open Link in New Window</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-download-link">
<title>To Download a Link</title>
<para>
+ To save the target of a link, right click it and select
+ <guimenuitem>Download Link</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-switch-between-tab">
<title>To Switch in Between Tabs</title>
<para>
+ To rearrange tabs in the current window, select <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tabs</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Move Tab Left</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice> or <menuchoice> <guimenu>Tabs</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Move Tab Right</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to
+ move the current tab. You can also drag tabs to reorder them.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ To move the current tab to a new window choose <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>Tabs</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Detach Tab</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-move-tabs">
@@ -730,31 +820,48 @@ Click on the bookmark that you want to select.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-delete-bookmark-or-topic">
<title>To Delete a Bookmark or Topic</title>
- <para>To delete a bookmarks or topic perform the following steps:</para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Select the bookmark or topic that you want to delete the bookmarks window.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click on the
-bookmarks or topic in the bookmarks window, then choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ To delete a bookmarks or topics perform the following steps:
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the bookmark or topic that you want to delete
+ from the bookmarks window.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+ Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively,
+ right-click on the bookmarks or topic in the bookmarks
+ window, then choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-edit-bookmark-properties">
<title>To Edit a Bookmark's Properties</title>
<para>
+ To edit a bookmark's properties such as it's title and address
+ right click it's entry in the bookmarks window and select
+ <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-search-bookmarks">
<title>To Search Your Bookmarks</title>
<para>
+ To search through your bookmarks, enter you search term in
+ the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> field. &fr; will search through
+ all your bookmarks no matter which topic is currently selected.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-copy-bookmark-address">
<title>To Copy the Address of a Bookmark</title>
- <para>To copy the address of a bookmark perform the following steps:</para>
- <orderedlist>
+ <para>
+ To copy the address of a bookmark perform the following steps:
+ </para>
+ <orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Select the bookmark.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -977,26 +1084,69 @@ history link, then choose <guimenuitem>Copy Address</guimenuitem>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-show-hide-window-components">
<title>To Show and Hide Browser Window Components</title>
- <para>You can show and hide browser window components as follows: </para>
+ <para>
+ You can show and hide browser window components as
+ follows:
+ </para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>To hide the toolbars, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the
-toolbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To hide the bookmarks bar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bookmarks Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display
-the bookmarks bar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bookmarks Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>To hide the statusbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the
-statusbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para>
- </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To hide the toolbars, choose <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbars
+ </guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the
+ toolbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>
+ View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice> again.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To hide the bookmarks bar, choose <menuchoice>
+ <guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Bookmarks Bar
+ </guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the bookmarks
+ bar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>Bookmarks Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ again.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To hide the statusbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>
+ View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem>
+ </menuchoice>. To display the statusbar again, choose
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+ Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="to-edit-toolbars">
<title>To Edit Your Toolbars</title>
<para>
+ You can customize the items which appear in your toolbars:
</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To add or remove buttons from your toolbar, select
+ <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+ Toolbars</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Drag icons to and
+ from the editor to add or remove them from your toolbar.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To add a new toolbar, click <guibutton>Add Toolbar
+ </guibutton> in the toolbar editor.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ To remove a toolbar, remove all items from it. The
+ toolbar will then automatically be removed.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -1011,15 +1161,18 @@ statusbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusba
Web page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- This manual was written by David Bordoley (<email>bordoley@msu.edu</email>) and Patanjali Somayaji (<email>patanjali@codito.com</email>).
+ This manual was written by David Bordoley
+ (<email>bordoley@msu.edu</email>) and Patanjali Somayaji
+ (<email>patanjali@codito.com</email>).
</para>
- <para> This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
+ <para>
+ This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public license as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version. A copy of this license can be found at this
<ulink url="ghelp:gpl" type="help">link</ulink>, or in the file
- COPYING included with the source code of this program. </para>
-
+ COPYING included with the source code of this program.
+ </para>
</sect1>
</article>