[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 194/302] Help: Modified help on pref-profiles.page.
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
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- Subject: [gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 194/302] Help: Modified help on pref-profiles.page.
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:40:33 +0000 (UTC)
commit 7f9a114fad66f5481f5d1be8f12825902c3c2b32
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date: Fri Feb 22 19:47:23 2013 +0530
Help: Modified help on pref-profiles.page.
Reflowed paragraphs.
Used steps.
Reworded help.
Added section 'Default Layout'.
help/C/pref-profiles.page | 293 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/pref-profiles.page b/help/C/pref-profiles.page
index f435823..0b5f9d9 100644
--- a/help/C/pref-profiles.page
+++ b/help/C/pref-profiles.page
@@ -22,173 +22,226 @@
<title>Manage profiles</title>
- <p>A profile is a collection of <app>Terminal</app> settings. The default
- profile is loaded when a new <app>Terminal</app> is opened, unless you have
- selected another profile, and any changes that you make to the settings will
- be stored in the selected profile for the <app>Terminal</app> tab or
- window.</p>
-
- <!-- Reword, use a list if you like. -->
- <p><app>Terminal</app> settings peculiar to a profile include <gui
- style="input">Profile name</gui>, <app>Terminal</app> <gui
- style="tab">Colors</gui>, <gui style="tab">Compatibility</gui>, <gui
- style="tab">Scrolling</gui> etc.</p>
+ <p>A profile is a collection of <app>Terminal</app> settings.
+ <app>Terminal</app> settings peculiar to a profile include:</p>
- <section id="select-profile" style="task">
- <title>Select a profile</title>
-
- <p>You can change the profile in your current <app>Terminal</app> tab or
- window by selecting a profile from
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Change Profile</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- <!-- What happens if there is no other saved profile? Also, consider the
- following order for sections as this would be the normal workflow: create,
- edit, delete. -->
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="new-profile" style="task">
- <title>Create a new profile</title>
-
- <!-- This should be the first step. 'New Profile…' has an elipsis after
- it. -->
- <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">New Profile…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
-
- <steps>
+ <list>
<item>
- <p>In <gui style="input">Profile name</gui>, input a name for your new
- profile.</p>
+ <p><gui style="input">Profile name</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
- <!-- I'm pretty sure that links won't work if you have a line break half
- way through them. Also, it's possible to link using
- <link xref="app-fonts" />, see if this is any better for these. -->
- <p>Select <link xref="app-fonts">font</link>,
- <link xref="app-cursor">cursor shapes</link> and
- <link xref="app-terminal-size"><app>Terminal</app> size</link>.</p>
+ <p><app>Terminal</app> <gui style="tab">Colors</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>You may also change behaviour of <app>Terminal</app> on
- <link xref="pref-custom-exit">command exit</link>, set a
- <link xref="pref-login-shell">custom login shell</link> and set
- <link xref="pref-scrolling">scrolling preferences</link>.</p>
+ <p><gui style="tab">Compatibility</gui></p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>To change the <app>Terminal</app> theme and colors, see
- <link xref="app-colors">Setting <app>Terminal</app> color
- scheme</link>.</p>
+ <p><gui style="tab">Scrolling</gui> etc.</p>
</item>
+ </list>
+
+ <section id="default-profile" style="task">
+ <title>Default profile</title>
+
+ <p>The default profile is loaded when a new <app>Terminal</app> is opened,
+ unless you have selected another profile, and any changes that you make to
+ the settings will be stored in the selected profile for the
+ <app>Terminal</app> tab or window.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="set-default" style="task">
+ <title>Set a default profile</title>
+
+ <p>Default profile is a collection of profile settings applied on launch of
+ every <app>Terminal</app> tab or window.</p>
+
+ <steps>
<item>
- <p>Changes to profile are saved immediately. To return to
- <app>Terminal</app>, click <gui style="button">Close</gui>.</p>
+ <p>Go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
+ style="menuitem">Preferences…</gui><gui
+ style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
- </steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the profile to be set as default from <gui>Profile used when
+ launching a new terminal</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ </section>
+ <section id="select-profile" style="task">
+ <title>Select a profile</title>
+
+ <p>You can change the profile in your current <app>Terminal</app> tab or
+ window by selecting a profile from <guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Change Profile</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="new-profile" style="task">
+ <title>Create a new profile</title>
+
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui> <gui style="menuitem">New
+ Profile…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>In <gui style="input">Profile name</gui>, input a name for your new
+ profile.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <link xref="app-fonts">font</link>, <link xref="app-
+ cursor">cursor shapes</link> and <link xref="app-terminal-
+ sizes"><app>Terminal</app> size</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>You may also change behaviour of <app>Terminal</app> on <link xref
+ ="pref-custom-exit">command exit</link>, set a <link xref="pref-login-
+ shell">custom login shell</link> or set <link xref="pref-
+ scrolling">scrollbar preferences</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>To change the <app>Terminal</app> theme and colors, see <link xref
+ ="app-colors"><app>Terminal</app> color schemes</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Changes to profile are saved immediately. To return to
+ <app>Terminal</app>, click <gui style="button">Close</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
</section>
<section id="create-profile-from-existing" style="task">
- <title>Create a new profile based on existing profile</title>
+ <title>Create a new profile based on existing profile</title>
<p>You can create a new profile based on settings from an existing
profile:</p>
<steps>
<item>
- <!-- Try not to break <gui> tags half way through. -->
- <p>Select the existing profile from
- <guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui>
- <gui style="menuitem">Open Terminal</gui></guiseq> or
- <!-- Use full <guiseq> for the second option too. -->
- <gui style="menuitem">Open Tab</gui> and choose existing profile.</p>
+ <p>Select the existing profile from <guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Open Terminal</gui></guiseq> or <guiseq><gui
+ style="menu">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Open Tab</gui></guiseq></p>
</item>
<item>
- <!-- Pay attention to elipsis. Any menuitem that opens a dialog should
- end with one. -->
- <p>From the newly opened <app>Terminal</app> tab or window choose
+ <p>In the newly opened <app>Terminal</app> tab or window choose
<guiseq><gui style="menu">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">New
- Profile</gui></guiseq> to create new profile and <link xref="edit-
- profile">edit profile</link>.</p>
+ Profile…</gui></guiseq> to create new profile.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>You can now set any desired profile preferences accordingly. See
+ <link xref="#edit-profile">Edit a profile</link>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>Alternatively, you can create a copy of the existing profile first and then
- edit the profile. Go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
- style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>,
- select the desired profile and click <gui style="button">Clone</gui>.</p>
-
- <note style="tip">
- <p>Creating a new profile fromi an existing profile will not affect
- settings in an existing profile. Any changes to settings will be stored in
- the new profile.</p>
+ edit the profile.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
+ style="menuitem">Preferences…</gui><gui
+ style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the desired profile</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">Clone</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>See <link xref="edit-profile">Edit a profile</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>Creating a new profile from an existing profile will not affect settings
+ in an existing profile. Any changes to settings will be stored in the new
+ profile.</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="edit-profile" style="task">
- <title>Edit a profile</title>
-
-<!-- Menuitems are always 'select', not 'go to'. -->
+ <title>Edit a profile</title>
<p>You can make changes to existing profiles. To edit a profile, select
<guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile
- Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ Preferences…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <link xref="app-fonts">font</link>, <link xref="app-
+ cursor">cursor shapes</link> and <link xref="app-terminal-
+ sizes"><app>Terminal</app> size</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>You may also change behaviour of <app>Terminal</app> on <link xref
+ ="pref-custom-exit">command exit</link>, set a <link xref="pref-login-
+ shell">custom login shell</link> or change <link xref="pref-
+ scrolling">scrollbar preferences</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>To change the <app>Terminal</app> theme and colors, see <link xref
+ ="app-colors"><app>Terminal</app> color schemes</link>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Changes to profile are saved immediately. To return to
+ <app>Terminal</app>, click <gui style="button">Close</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
<note style="important">
<p>To make sure you are editing the desired profile, select the profile from
<guiseq><gui style="menu">Terminal</gui><gui style="menuitem">Change
Profile</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</note>
-
- </section>
-
- <section id="delete-profile" style="task">
- <title>Delete a Profile</title>
- <p>To delete a profile, go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
- style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.
- Select the profile you wish to delete and click <gui
- style="button">Delete</gui>.</p>
-
</section>
- <section id="set-default" style="task">
- <title>Set a default profile</title>
- <p>Default profile is a collection of profile settings applied on launch of
- every <app>Terminal</app> tab or window.</p>
-
- <steps>
- <item>
- <p>Go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
- style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui
- style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Select the profile to be set as default from <gui>Profile used when
- launching a new terminal</gui>.</p>
- </item>
- </steps>
+ <section id="rename-profile" style="task">
+ <title>Rename an existing profile</title>
+ <p>You can rename existing profiles, including the default profile.</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
+ style="menuitem">Preferences…</gui><gui
+ style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the profile you wish to rename.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Now, click <gui style="button">Edit</gui>. This will open the profile
+ preferences dialog for the selected profile.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In the input box for <gui>Profile name:</gui>, type the new profile
+ name.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to return.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
</section>
- <section id="rename-profile" style="task">
- <title>Rename an existing profile</title>
- <p>You can rename existing profiles, including the default profile.</p>
- <steps>
- <item>
- <p>Go to <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui
- style="menuitem">Preferences</gui><gui
- style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Select the profile you wish to rename and click <gui
- style="button">Edit</gui>. This will open the profile preferences
- dialog for the selected profile.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Type desired profile name and click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to return.</p>
- </item>
- </steps>
+ <section id="delete-profile" style="task">
+ <title>Delete a Profile</title>
+
+ <p>To delete a profile:</p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Preferences…</gui><gui
style="tab">Profiles</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the profile you wish to delete. </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">Delete</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
</section>
-</page>
+</page>
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