GNOME User's Guide

GNOME User's Guide Documentation Team


Table of Contents
An Introduction to GNOME
What is GNOME
About This Guide
GNOME Quick Start
A First Glance At GNOME
Window Managers and GNOME
About Window Managers
Changing Window Managers
Panel
Introduction
Panel Basics
Introduction to Panel Objects
Right-Click Menu
Hiding the Panel
Logging Out
Locking the Screen
The Main Menu
Global menu
Components of the Main Menu
Configuring the Main Menu
Menus
Adding a Menu to a Panel
Tearing Off a Menu
Configuring a Menu
Launchers
Applets
Drawers
Special Panel Objects
The Lock Button
The Logout Button
The Run Button
Swallowed Applications
Status Dock
Adding, Moving, and Removing Panel Objects
Moving objects
Removing objects from the panel
Adding objects to the panel
Creating, Moving, and Removing Panels
Creating new panels
Moving panels
Removing panels
Global Panel Preferences
Animation Tab
Buttons Tab
Panel Objects Tab
Menu Tab
Miscellaneous Tab
Individual Panel Properties
Edge Panel Tab
Background Tab
Current bugs and limitations
Editing the Main Menu
Introduction
Using the Menu Editor
Adding a New Menu Item
Drag and Drop in the Main Menu
The GNOME Desktop
Introduction
Using the Desktop
Desktop Areas
Other Desktop Menus
The GNOME File Manager
Using the File Manager
Moving Around the GNOME File Manager
Selecting Files
Copying and Moving Files
Renaming Files
Launching Applications From the GNOME File Manager
File Properties and Actions
Changing Your Preferences in the File Manager
File Display
Confirmation
VFS
Caching
Desktop
Custom View
Menu Guide to the GNOME File Manager
A Drag and Drop Tour of GNOME
The GNOME Control Center
Introduction
Desktop
The Background Properties Capplet
Global Panel Preferences
The Screensaver Capplet
Theme Selector
Window Manager Capplet
Document Handlers
Default Editor
GNOME Mime Types
URL Handlers
Multimedia
Sound
Peripherals
The Keyboard Properties Capplet
The Mouse Properties Capplet
Session
Startup Hints
Startup Programs
User Interface
Application
Dialogs
MDI
GNOME Utilities
System
GNOME DiskFree
Shut Down or Reboot
System Info
User Listing
IDETool
Viewing IDE Device Information
Configuring IDE Devices
Utilities
GNOME Font Selector
Simple Calculator
GNOME Color Browser Introduction
Text File Viewer
GNOME Search Tool
GNOME Stripchart
Gfloppy
Applications
GNOME Time Tracker Introduction
GDict
Using GDict
Customization
GNOME Applets
Applet Basics
What Are Applets?
Adding, Moving, and Removing Applets
The Right-Click Pop-Up Menu
Amusements Applets
Fifteen Applet
Fish Applet
gEyes Applet
The Life Applet
Odometer Applet
Monitor Applets
Battery Charge Monitor Applet
The CPU load applet
The CPU and memory usage applet
Disk Usage Applet
The load average applet
The memory load applet
The net load applet
The swap load applet
Multimedia Applets
CD Player Applet
Mixer Applet
Sound Monitor Applet
Network Applets
The Mail Check Applet
Modem Lights Applet
WebControl Applet
Utility Applets
Printer Applet
Character Picker Applet
Desk Guide Applet
Mini-Commander Applet
Usage
Customization
Frequently Asked Questions
Known Bugs and Limitations
Further Information
Drive Mount Applet
Tasklist Applet
GNOME KeyBoard Applet
GNOME Weather Applet
QuickLaunch Applet
Tick-a-Stat Applet
GNOTES! Applet
ScreenShooter Applet
Where Am I? Applet
Clock Applets
Another Clock
AfterStep Clock Applet
Clock Applet
Clock and Mailcheck Applet
Jon's Binary Clock Applet
A. If you are new to Linux/UNIX
Users
Files and filenames
Filenames
Wildcards
Using spaces, commas, etc. in file names
Directories and paths
Directory structure
Relative directory names
Pathname conventions
Permissions
Symbolic links
Mounting and unmounting drives
Drives and devices
Partitions
B. GNOME User's Guide Documentation Team
C. GNU Free Documentation License
List of Tables
1. Measurement Units
List of Examples
1. Using Project States