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author | Sander Vesik <sander@src.gnome.org> | 2002-05-29 23:02:48 +0000 |
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committer | Sander Vesik <sander@src.gnome.org> | 2002-05-29 23:02:48 +0000 |
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The user guide's glossary - initial checkin
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diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..73aa85bd --- /dev/null +++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/glossary.xml @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ + + + +<glossary id="glossary-1"> +<title>Glossary</title> +<highlights><para></para> +</highlights> +<glossentry id="glossary-6"><glossterm>applet</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>An applet is a small, interactive application that resides +within a panel, for example the <application>CD Player</application>. Each +applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or +keyboard. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-9"><glossterm>desktop background object</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>An icon on your desktop background that you can use to open +your files, folders, and applications. You can use desktop background objects +to provide convenient access to files, folders, and applications that you +use frequently.</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-8"><glossterm>drawer</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A drawer is a sliding extension to a panel that you can open +or close from a drawer icon. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-10"><glossterm>GNOME-compliant application</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>An application that uses the standard GNOME programming libraries +is called a GNOME-compliant application. For example, <application>Nautilus +</application> and <application>gedit</application> are GNOME-compliant applications. +</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-18"><glossterm>inode</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A data structure that contains information about individual +files in UNIX file systems. Each file has one inode. An inode contains the +node, type, owner, and location of a file. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-3"><glossterm>launcher</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A launcher starts a particular application, executes a command, +or opens a file. A launcher can reside in a panel or in a menu.</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-14"><glossterm>layer</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>Your desktop is structured as a sequence of layers. Each user +interface item, such as a window or a panel, is a member of a layer. Each +layer has a layer number. A layer number is an integer that represents the +position of a layer in the stacking order.</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-11"><glossterm>menubar</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A menubar is a bar at the top of an application window that +contains the menus for the application. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-4"><glossterm>pane</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the <application> +Nautilus</application> window contains a side pane and a view pane. </para> +</glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-2"><glossterm>preference tool</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A dedicated software tool that controls a particular part +of the behavior of the desktop.</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-5"><glossterm>shortcut key</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A shortcut key is a series of one or more keystrokes or mouse +clicks that provides a quick way to perform an action. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-15"><glossterm>stacking order</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>The stacking order is the order in which windows are stacked +on top of each other on your screen. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-13"><glossterm>statusbar</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A statusbar is a bar at the bottom of a window that provides +information about the current state of what you are viewing in the window. +</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-12"><glossterm>toolbar</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A toolbar is a bar that contains buttons for the most commonly-used +commands in an application. Typically, a toolbar appears under a menubar. +</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-16"><glossterm>view</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A <application>Nautilus</application> component that enables +you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, <application>Nautilus +</application> contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents +of a folder as icons. <application>Nautilus</application> also contains a +list view which enables you to display the contents of a folder as a list. +</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-17"><glossterm>viewer component</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A <application>Nautilus</application> component that enables +you to display a particular type of file in the view pane. A viewer component +might add menu items that are relevant to the file type to the Nautilus menus. +A viewer component might also enable you to use the <application>Nautilus +</application> zoom buttons to change the size of the item in the view pane. +</para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +<glossentry id="glossary-7"><glossterm>workspace</glossterm> +<glossdef><para>A workspace is a discrete area on the desktop in which you +can work. </para></glossdef> +</glossentry> +</glossary> + |