svn commit: r42872 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 7 14:15:15 UTC 2013
Author: dru
Date: Mon Oct 7 14:15:15 2013
New Revision: 42872
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42872
Log:
This patch does the following:
- comments authors
- spells out or rewords hyperlinks
- adds note about PC-BSD
- minor wordsmithing
The next patch for this chapter will make igor happy.
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml Mon Oct 7 10:29:38 2013 (r42871)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.xml Mon Oct 7 14:15:15 2013 (r42872)
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
<chapter id="desktop">
<chapterinfo>
- <authorgroup>
+ <!-- <authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Christophe</firstname>
<surname>Juniet</surname>
<contrib>Contributed by </contrib>
</author>
- </authorgroup>
+ </authorgroup>-->
</chapterinfo>
<title>Desktop Applications</title>
@@ -22,14 +22,20 @@
<para>While &os; is popular as a server for its performance and
stability, it is also suited for day-to-day use as a desktop.
- With over &os.numports; applications available as <link
- linkend="packages-using">packages</link> or <link
- linkend="ports-using">ports</link>, it is easy to build a
+ With over &os.numports; applications available as &os; packages or
+ ports, it is easy to build a
customized desktop that runs a wide variety of desktop
applications. This chapter demonstrates how to install some
- popular desktop applications effortlessly using packages or the
+ popular desktop applications using packages or the
&os; Ports Collection.</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>Users who prefer to install a pre-built desktop
+ version of FreeBSD rather than configuring one from scratch
+ should refer to the <ulink url="http://www.pcbsd.org/">pcbsd.org
+ website.</ulink></para>
+ </note>
+
<para>As &os; features <link linkend="linuxemu">&linux; binary
compatibility</link>, many applications developed for &linux;
can be installed on a &os; desktop. Many of the ports using
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@
OpenOffice</application></entry>
<entry><literal>openoffice</literal></entry>
<entry><filename
- role="package">editors/openoffice-3</filename></entry>
+ role="package">editors/openoffice-4</filename></entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -191,18 +197,20 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Install additional software using packages or
- ports.</para>
+ ports as described in <xref linkend="ports"/>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Install X and a window manager as described in <xref linkend="x11"/>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Enable &linux; binary compatibility.</para>
+ <para>Enable &linux; binary compatibility as described in <xref linkend="linuxemu"/>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>For information on how to configure a multimedia
- environment, refer to <xref linkend="multimedia"/>. For
- information on how to set up and use electronic mail, refer to
- <xref linkend="mail"/>.</para>
+ environment, refer to <xref linkend="multimedia"/>.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="desktop-browsers">
@@ -252,7 +260,7 @@
<entry><application>Firefox</application></entry>
<entry>medium</entry>
<entry>heavy</entry>
- <entry>&os; and &linux; versions are available</entry>
+ <entry>&os;, &linux;, and localized versions are available</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -287,15 +295,15 @@
<primary><application>Firefox</application></primary>
</indexterm>
- <para><application>Firefox</application> is a modern, free,
+ <para><application>Firefox</application> is an
open source browser that is fully ported to &os;. It
features a standards-compliant HTML display engine, tabbed
browsing, popup blocking, extensions, improved security, and
more. <application>Firefox</application> is based on the
<application>Mozilla</application> codebase.</para>
- <para>Install the package of the latest release version of
- <application>Firefox</application> by typing:</para>
+ <para>To install the package of the latest release version of
+ <application>Firefox</application>, type:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r firefox</userinput></screen>
@@ -309,7 +317,7 @@
role="package">www/firefox-esr-i18n</filename>.</para>
<para>The Ports Collection can instead be used to compile
- the desired version of <application>firefox</application> from
+ the desired version of <application>Firefox</application> from
source code. This example builds <filename
role="package">www/firefox</filename>, where
<literal>firefox</literal> can be replaced with the ESR or
@@ -321,13 +329,9 @@
<sect3 id="moz-java-plugin">
<title>Firefox and &java; Plugin</title>
- <note>
- <para>The following sections assume that
- <application>Firefox</application> is already
- installed.</para>
- </note>
-
- <para><filename role="package">java/icedtea-web</filename>
+ <para>The installation of
+ <application>Firefox</application> does not include &java;
+ support. However, <filename role="package">java/icedtea-web</filename>
provides a free software web browser plugin for running
Java applets. It can be installed as a package. To
alternately compile the port:</para>
@@ -362,11 +366,11 @@
</indexterm>
<para>A native &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;.
- However, a software layer (wrapper) for running the &linux;
- version of the plugin exists. This wrapper also provides
+ However, a software wrapper for running the &linux;
+ version of the plugin is available. This wrapper also provides
support for other browser plugins such as &realplayer;.</para>
- <para>To install and enable this plugin:</para>
+ <para>To install and enable this plugin, perform these steps:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
@@ -415,11 +419,10 @@
<sect3 id="moz-swfdec-flash-plugin">
<title>Firefox and Swfdec &flash; Plugin</title>
- <para>Swfdec is the library for decoding and rendering &flash;
- animations. Swfdec-Mozilla is a plugin for
+ <para><application>Swfdec</application> is a decoder and renderer for &flash;
+ animations. <application>Swfdec-Mozilla</application> is a plugin for
<application>Firefox</application> browsers that uses the
- Swfdec library for playing SWF files. It is still in heavy
- development.</para>
+ Swfdec library for playing SWF files.</para>
<para>To install the package:</para>
@@ -431,8 +434,7 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/swfdec-plugin</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
- <para>Restart the browser for this plugin to take
- effect.</para>
+ <para>Restart the browser to activate this plugin.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -473,7 +475,7 @@
as a package is not available due to licensing restrictions.
Then install either the <filename
role="package">www/opera-linuxplugins</filename> port
- or package. This example compiles both from ports:</para>
+ or package. This example compiles both applications from ports:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin11</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
@@ -487,8 +489,7 @@
all the currently available plugins.</para>
<para>To add the <application>&java;</application> plugin,
- follow the <link linkend="moz-java-plugin">instructions for
- Firefox</link>.</para>
+ follow the instructions in <xref linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -498,11 +499,10 @@
<primary><application>Konqueror</application></primary>
</indexterm>
- <para><application>Konqueror</application> is part of <filename
- role="package">x11/kde4-baseapps</filename>.
- <application>Konqueror</application> is more than a web
+ <para><application>Konqueror</application> is more than a web
browser as it is also a file manager and a multimedia
- viewer.</para>
+ viewer. It is included in the <filename
+ role="package">x11/kde4-baseapps</filename> package or port.</para>
<para><application>Konqueror</application> supports WebKit as
well as its own KHTML. WebKit is a rendering engine used by
@@ -565,23 +565,19 @@
<sect3 id="chromium-java-plugin">
<title>Chromium and &java; Plugin</title>
- <note>
- <para>The following sections assume that
- <application>Chromium</application> is already
- installed.</para>
- </note>
-
- <para>To install &java; plugin support, follow the instructions
+ <para>The installation of
+ <application>Chromium</application> does not include &java;
+ support. To install &java; plugin support, follow the instructions
in <xref linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>.</para>
<para>Once &java; support is installed, start
- <application>Chromium</application>, and enter
+ <application>Chromium</application> and enter
<literal>about:plugins</literal> in the address bar.
IcedTea-Web should be listed as one of the installed
plugins.</para>
<para>If <application>Chromium</application> does not display
- the IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands, and
+ the IcedTea-Web plugin, run the following commands and
restart the web browser:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /usr/local/share/chromium/plugins
@@ -594,8 +590,7 @@
<para>Configuring <application>Chromium</application> and
&adobe; &flash; is similar to the
- <link linkend="moz-flash-plugin">instructions for
- Firefox</link>. No additional configuration should be
+ the instructions in <xref linkend="moz-java-plugin"/>. No additional configuration should be
necessary, since <application>Chromium</application> is able
to use some plugins from other browsers.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -605,13 +600,13 @@
<sect1 id="desktop-productivity">
<title>Productivity</title>
- <para>When it comes to productivity, new users often look for a
- good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some
+ <para>When it comes to productivity, new users often look for an
+ office suite or an easy-to-use word processor. While some
<link linkend="x11-wm">desktop environments</link> like
- <application>KDE</application> already provide an office suite,
+ <application>KDE</application> provide an office suite,
there is no default productivity package. Several office
- suites and word processors are available for &os;, regardless
- of the installed desktop environment.</para>
+ suites and graphical word processors are available for &os;, regardless
+ of the installed window manager.</para>
<para>This section demonstrates how to install the following
popular productivity software and indicates if the application
@@ -685,8 +680,8 @@
<secondary><application>Calligra</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>The KDE community provides its desktop environment with
- an office suite which can be used outside of
+ <para>The KDE desktop environment includes
+ an office suite which can be installed separately from
<application>KDE</application>.
<application>Calligra</application> includes standard
components that can be found in other office suites.
@@ -696,7 +691,7 @@
and <application>Karbon</application> is used to draw
graphical documents.</para>
- <para><filename
+ <para>In &os;, <filename
role="package">editors/calligra</filename> can be installed
as a package or a port. To install the package:</para>
@@ -718,13 +713,12 @@
<para><application>AbiWord</application> is a free word
processing program similar in look and feel to
- <application>µsoft; Word</application>. It is suitable
- for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, and so forth. It
+ <application>µsoft; Word</application>. It
is fast, contains many features, and is user-friendly.</para>
<para><application>AbiWord</application> can import or export
many file formats, including some proprietary ones like
- µsoft; <filename>.doc</filename>.</para>
+ µsoft; <filename>.rtf</filename>.</para>
<para>To install the <application>AbiWord</application>
package:</para>
@@ -763,9 +757,9 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/graphics/gimp</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/graphics.html">graphics</ulink>
- category of the Ports Collection contains several
+ <para>The graphics category (<ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/graphics.html">freebsd.org/ports/graphics.html</ulink>)
+ of the Ports Collection contains several
<application>GIMP</application>-related plugins, help
files, and user manuals.</para>
@@ -786,19 +780,14 @@
</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>On 1 June 2011, &oracle; donated the
- <application>OpenOffice.org</application> code base to the
- Apache Software Foundation.
- <application>OpenOffice.org</application> is now known as
- <application>Apache OpenOffice</application> and is developed
+ <para><application>Apache OpenOffice</application> is an open
+ source office suite which is developed
under the wing of the Apache Software Foundation's
- Incubator.</para>
-
- <para><application>Apache OpenOffice</application> includes all
- of the mandatory applications in a complete office
+ Incubator. It includes all
+ of the applications found in a complete office
productivity suite: a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation manager, and drawing program. Its user
- interface is very similar to other office suites, and it can
+ interface is similar to other office suites, and it can
import and export in various popular file formats. It is
available in a number of different languages and
internationalization has been extended to interfaces, spell
@@ -812,29 +801,16 @@
<application>Apache OpenOffice</application> is stable and
runs natively on &windows;, &solaris;, &linux;, &os;, and
&macos; X. More information about <application>Apache
- OpenOffice</application> can be found on the <ulink
- url="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/">Apache
- OpenOffice web site</ulink>. For &os; specific
- information, and to directly download packages, refer to the
- web site of the <ulink
- url="http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/">&os; Apache
- OpenOffice Porting Team</ulink>.</para>
+ OpenOffice</application> can be found at <ulink
+ url="http://openoffice.org/">openoffice.org</ulink>. For &os; specific
+ information refer to <ulink
+ url="http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/">porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/</ulink>.</para>
<para>To install the <application>Apache
OpenOffice</application> package:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r apache-openoffice</userinput></screen>
- <note>
- <para>When running a -RELEASE version of &os;, this should
- work. Otherwise, download the latest package from the
- website of the &os;
- <application>Apache OpenOffice</application> Porting Team
- and install it using &man.pkg.add.1;. Both the current
- release and development versions are available for download
- at this web site.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>Once the package is installed, type the following command
to launch <application>Apache OpenOffice</application>:</para>
@@ -842,20 +818,17 @@
<para>where <replaceable>X.Y.Z</replaceable> is the version
number of the installed version of
- <application>Apache OpenOffice</application>.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para>During the first launch, some questions will be asked
- and a <filename>.openoffice.org</filename> folder
+ <application>Apache OpenOffice</application>. The first time
+ <application>Apache OpenOffice</application> launches, some questions will be asked
+ and a <filename class="directory">.openoffice.org</filename> folder
will be created in the user's home directory.</para>
- </note>
<para>If the desired <application>Apache
OpenOffice</application> package is not available, compiling
- the port is still an opton. However, this requires a lot of
+ the port is still an option. However, this requires a lot of
disk space and a fairly long time to compile:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-3</userinput>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-4</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
<note>
@@ -886,15 +859,14 @@
<para><application>LibreOffice</application> is a free software
office suite developed by <ulink
- url="http://www.documentfoundation.org/">The Document
- Foundation</ulink>. It is compatible with other major
+ url="http://www.documentfoundation.org/">documentfoundation.org</ulink>. It is compatible with other major
office suites and available on a variety of platforms. It is
a rebranded fork of <application>OpenOffice.org</application>
- which includes all of the mandatory applications in a complete
+ and includes applications found in a complete
office productivity suite: a word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation manager, drawing program, database management
program, and a tool for creating and editing mathematical
- formula. It is available in a number of different languages
+ formulæ. It is available in a number of different languages
and internationalization has been extended to interfaces,
spell checkers, and dictionaries.</para>
@@ -906,18 +878,17 @@
<application>LibreOffice</application> is stable and runs
natively on &windows;, &linux;, &os;, and &macos; X.
More information about
- <application>LibreOffice </application> can be found on the
- <ulink url="http://www.libreoffice.org/">LibreOffice web
- site</ulink>.</para>
+ <application>LibreOffice </application> can be found at
+ <ulink url="http://www.libreoffice.org/">libreoffice.org</ulink>.</para>
<para>To install the English version of the
<application>LibreOffice</application> package:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r libreoffice</userinput></screen>
- <para>The <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/editors.html">editors</ulink>
- category of the Ports Collection contains several
+ <para>The editors category (<ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/editors.html">freebsd.org/ports/editors.html</ulink>)
+ of the Ports Collection contains several
localizations for <application>LibreOffice</application>.
When installing a localized package, replace
<literal>libreoffice</literal> with the name of the
@@ -928,11 +899,9 @@
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>libreoffice</userinput></screen>
- <note>
<para>During the first launch, some questions will be asked
and a <filename class="directory">.libreoffice</filename>
folder will be created in the user's home directory.</para>
- </note>
<para>If the desired <application>LibreOffice</application>
package is not available, compiling the port is still an
@@ -947,9 +916,9 @@
<para>To build a localized version,
<application>cd</application> into the port directory
of the desired language. Supported languages can be found
- in the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/editors.html">editors</ulink>
- category of the Ports Collection.</para>
+ in the editors category (<ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/editors.html">freebsd.org/ports/editors.html</ulink>)
+ of the Ports Collection.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -960,7 +929,7 @@
<para>Some new document formats have gained popularity since
the advent of &unix; and the viewers they require may not be
available in the base system. This section demonstrates how to
- install the following viewers:</para>
+ install the following document viewers:</para>
<informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
<tgroup cols="4">
@@ -1018,15 +987,15 @@
</indexterm>
<para>Many documents are now distributed as Portable Document
- Format (PDF) files. One popular viewer for PDFs is
+ Format (PDF) files. One popular PDF viewer is
<application>&acrobat.reader;</application>,
released by &adobe; for &linux;. As &os; can run &linux;
binaries, it is also available for &os;. Due to
- licensing restrictions, a package is not available so it must
+ licensing restrictions, a package is not available, meaning that this application must
be compiled from ports. Several localizations are
- available from the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/print.html">print</ulink>
- category of the Ports Collection.</para>
+ available from the print category (<ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/print.html">freebsd.org/ports/print.html</ulink>)
+ of the Ports Collection.</para>
<para>This command installs the English version of
<application>&acrobat.reader; 9</application> from the Ports
@@ -1054,12 +1023,11 @@
<secondary>viewing</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://www.gnu.org/software/gv/">gv</ulink> is a
+ <para><application>gv</application> is a
&postscript; and PDF viewer. It is based on
<application>ghostview</application>, but has a nicer look
- due to the <application>Xaw3d</application> library. It is
- fast with a clean interface. <application>gv</application>
+ as it is based on the <application>Xaw3d</application> widget toolkit.
+ <application>gv</application>
has many configurable features, such as orientation, paper
size, scale, and anti-aliasing. Almost any operation can be
performed with either the keyboard or the mouse.</para>
@@ -1088,12 +1056,11 @@
</indexterm>
<para>For users that prefer a small &os; PDF viewer,
- <ulink
- url="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">xpdf</ulink> provides a
+ <application>Xpdf</application> provides a
light-weight and efficient viewer which requires few
resources. It uses the standard X fonts and does not require
- <application>&motif;</application> or any other X
- toolkit.</para>
+ any additional
+ toolkits.</para>
<para>To install the <application>Xpdf</application>
package:</para>
@@ -1118,8 +1085,7 @@
<primary><application>GQview</application></primary>
</indexterm>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://gqview.sourceforge.net/">GQview</ulink> is
+ <para><application>GQview</application> is
an image manager which supports viewing a file with a single
click, launching an external editor, and thumbnail previews.
It also features a slideshow mode and some basic file
@@ -1195,8 +1161,7 @@
<primary><application>GnuCash</application></primary>
</indexterm>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://www.gnucash.org/">GnuCash</ulink> is part of the
+ <para><application>GnuCash</application> is part of the
<application>GNOME</application> effort to provide
user-friendly, yet powerful, applications to end-users.
<application>GnuCash</application> can be used to keep track
@@ -1235,11 +1200,10 @@
<secondary><application>Gnumeric</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/index.shtml">Gnumeric</ulink>
+ <para><application>Gnumeric</application>
is a spreadsheet program developed by the
<application>GNOME</application> community. It features
- convenient automatic <quote>guessing</quote> of user input
+ convenient automatic guessing of user input
according to the cell format with an autofill system for many
sequences. It can import files in a number of popular
formats, including <application>Excel</application>,
@@ -1270,16 +1234,15 @@
<secondary><application>KMyMoney</application></secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net">KMyMoney</ulink>
+ <para><application>KMyMoney</application>
is a personal finance application created by the
<application>KDE</application> community.
- <application>KMyMoney</application> intends to provide and
- incorporate all the important features found in commercial
+ <application>KMyMoney</application> aims to provide
+ the important features found in commercial
personal finance manager applications. It also highlights
ease-of-use and proper double-entry accounting among its
features. <application>KMyMoney</application> imports from
- standard Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) files, tracks
+ standard <application>Quicken</application> QIF files, tracks
investments, handles multiple currencies, and provides a
wealth of reports.</para>
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