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commit c8b35ac4df11138e1d84645ce83588db8226bb16
Author: Landry Breuil <lan...@xfce.org>
Date: Wed Feb 25 22:40:29 2015 +0100
first stab at tour page structure
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pages/about/tour.php | 110 +++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pages/about/tour.php b/pages/about/tour.php
index a2695f8..96703dd 100644
--- a/pages/about/tour.php
+++ b/pages/about/tour.php
@@ -1,107 +1,63 @@
-<?php $head['title'] = R_('Xfce 4.10 tour'); ?>
+<?php $head['title'] = R_('Xfce 4.12 tour'); ?>
<h1><?php echo $head['title'] ?></h1>
- <p><?php E_("This tour will introduce you to new major features of Xfce
4.10. It only covers the visual part of what has been done; for the full list
of changes, see the <a href=\"/download/changelogs/\">changelogs</a>.") ?></p>
+ <p><?php E_("This tour will introduce you to new major features of Xfce
4.12. It only covers the visual part of what has been done; for the full list
of changes, see the <a href=\"/download/changelogs/\">changelogs</a>.") ?></p>
-<h2><?php E_("Online Documentation") ?></h2>
-
- <p><?php E_("During the 4.10 development we've decided to remove user
manuals from the packages and move them to an online wiki at <a
href=\"http://docs.xfce.org\";>docs.xfce.org</a>. The reason for this change is
to make <a href=\"http://docs.xfce.org/wiki/documentation\";>contributing</a>
and updating the documentation easier.") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/online-help.png", R_("When you click a
Help button Xfce will ask you to go to an online wiki page")) ?>
+<h2><?php E_("Window Manager") ?> <em>(xfwm4)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("We hope that with the introduction of the wiki it will be
easier for developers and contributors to maintain the documentation.") ?></p>
+ <h3><?php E_("Window Switcher Dialog") ?></h3>
-<h2><?php E_("Application Finder") ?> <em>(xfce4-appfinder)</em></h2>
+<p><?php E_("The window manager gained a new themable Alt+Tab dialog with
optional windows preview and a list mode.") ?></p>
+INSERT TABWIN SCREENSHOTS
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/appfinder-collapsed.png", R_("Collapsed
view of the Application Finder")) ?>
+ <h3><?php E_("Tiling, Zooming, Client-side Decorations") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("The application finder has been completely rewritten and
combines the functionality of the old appfinder and xfrun4. Apart from user
interface improvements, it now allows creating custom actions matching a prefix
or a regex pattern.") ?></p>
+<p><?php E_("Initial Client side decoration support was implemented, window
tiling mode was improved providing support for corner-tiling, and a new zooming
mode was added.") ?></p>
+ZOOMING SCREENCAST GIF ?
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/appfinder-expanded.png", R_("Expanded
view of the Application Finder")) ?>
+ <h3><?php E_("HiDPI Support") ?></h3>
+<p><?php E_("To take advantage of modern screens, a HiDPI Xfwm theme was also
added.") ?></p>
+WHO HAS AN HIDPI SCREEN ?
<h2><?php E_("Panel") ?> <em>(xfce4-panel)</em></h2>
- <h3><?php E_("Multiple Rows") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("In 4.10 there is a single panel-wide option for configuring
the number of rows in the panel. Some plugins (e.g. <em>launchers</em>) fit a
single row, while others, like window buttons are allowed to occupy full width
of the panel.") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/panel-rows.png", R_("A horizontal
panel with a number of rows set to three")) ?>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Deskbar Mode") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("The panel features a new configuration called a
<em>deskbar</em> mode. In the deskbar mode the panel is aligned vertically,
just like in the vertical mode, but the plugins are laid out horizontally. With
multiple rows, it allows creating wide vertical panels suitable for wide-screen
setups.") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/panel-deskbar.png", R_("A panel in
Deskbar mode with a number of rows set to five")) ?>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Actions Plugin") ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php E_("Intelligent Hiding") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("Session plugin from the xfce4-session package has been merged
with a rewritten <em>actions</em> plugin") ?></p>
+<p><?php E_("The panel can now intelligently hide itself") ?></p>
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/panel-actions.png", R_("Action plugin
in a menu mode (left), and in a button mode (right)")) ?>
+ <h3><?php E_("Gtk3 plugins") ?></h3>
- <h3><?php E_("Window Buttons") ?></h3>
+<p><?php E_("Infrastructure was added to be able to load Gtk3 plugins along
Gtk2 plugins") ?></p>
+NEED SCREENSHOT
- <p><?php E_("The <em>window buttons</em> plugin no longer expands, which
makes the plugin positioning more flexible. In order to restore the previous
behavior please add a transparent <em>separator</em> plugin with the
<strong>Expand</strong> option enabled just behind the window buttons plugin.")
?></p>
-
-<h2><?php E_("File Manager") ?> <em>(thunar)</em></h2>
-
- <p><?php E_("There are few visual changes in this release of Thunar. The
window has less padding and the position of the status bar has been adjusted.")
?></p>
-
-<h2><?php E_("Session Manager") ?> <em>(xfce4-session)</em></h2>
-
- <p><?php E_("The <em>session manager</em>'s settings dialog has a
button for clearing the saved session (no more <tt>rm -r
~/.config/sessions</tt>). Xfce4-tips has been removed and the session manager
can now lock the screen before suspending or hibernating the system.") ?></p>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Applications Autostart") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("Another noticeable change is the way GNOME and KDE
compatibility works. Compatibility check boxes only enable services, which have
to be started before other applications (<em>gnome-keyring</em> and
<em>gconf</em> for GNOME and <em>kdeinit</em> for KDE). All other autostart
applications are available from <strong>Applications Autostart</strong>, but
they are listed using an italic font and not enabled by default in order to
distinguish them from Xfce applications. Unlike [...]
+<h2><?php E_("Desktop Manager") ?> <em> (xfdesktop)</em></h2>
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/session-autostart.png",
R_("Applications, which are not a part of Xfce, are listed using an italic
font")) ?>
+<p><?php E_("The desktop has a new wallpaper settings dialog, per workspace
wallpaper support, and better multi-monitor handling.") ?></p>
<h2><?php E_("Settings") ?> <em>(xfce4-settings)</em></h2>
- <h3><?php E_("Settings Daemon") ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php E_("Multi-monitor Settings") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("Xfce 4.8 used two processes for applying settings:
<tt>xfce4-settings-helper</tt> and <tt>xfsettingsd</tt>. In 4.10 they have been
merged into xfsettingsd, which now handles all system settings.") ?></p>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Settings Manager") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("The new <em>settings manager</em> groups configuration
dialogs in categories and allows you to search for their names or descriptions.
Most of the dialogs are also now embedded in the settings manager window (this
was a compile-time option in Xfce 4.8).") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/settings-manager.png", R_("The
settings manager with icons grouped by category and a search filter applied"))
?>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Settings Editor") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("The <em>settings editor</em> no longer collapses the entire
tree when you edit a property (this is because it now reloads a single cell
rather than the whole tree). Most properties can now be edited in-place, making
it easier to quickly adjust settings.") ?></p>
-
- <p><?php E_("Using settings editor you can also monitor changes of
settings in a selected channel. Right-click on a channel in the main window,
and select <strong>Monitor</strong> to display the monitor window.") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/settings-editor.png", R_("Settings
editor with an open channel monitor, while editing a property in-place")) ?>
-
- <h3><?php E_("MIME Type Editor") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("In the last couple of years, many people were asking for a
tool to manage their file type associations. The new <em>MIME type editor</em>
does just that. It allows you to easily assign a default application to a file
type, see your changes and reset them to default settings when necessary. Note
that it does not allow you to change the system MIME Type definitions (add or
remove types and change icons).") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/settings-mime.png", R_("MIME types
matching a pattern and a menu for selecting a default application")) ?>
-
- <h3><?php E_("Mouse and Touchpad") ?></h3>
-
- <p><?php E_("The <em>mouse and touchpad</em> dialog is capable of handling
basic Synaptics and Wacom properties in the GUI. A settings daemon running in
the background handles all kinds of device properties, as documented in the <a
href=\"http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-settings/mouse\";>mouse settings</a>
wiki.") ?></p>
-
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/settings-mouse.png", R_("Synaptics
touchpad settings in the <em>mouse and touchpad</em> dialog")) ?>
+<p><?php E_("Support for multi-monitor use was improved in a new display
settings dialog and a quick setup popup on monitor plugging") ?></p>
<h3><?php E_("Appearance Settings") ?></h3>
- <p><?php E_("In 4.10 you can drag and drop a tarball with a downloaded
theme onto the <em>style</em> or <em>icon</em> list. Xfce will attempt to
extract and install the files into the <tt>~/.themes</tt> or <tt>~/.icons</tt>
directory.") ?></p>
+<p><?php E_("The appearance dialog now showcases previews for icons and
themes.") ?></p>
-<h2><?php E_("Desktop Manager") ?> <em> (xfdesktop)</em></h2>
+<h2><?php E_("Power Manager") ?> <em>(xfce4-power-manager)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("Although the initial plan for Xfce 4.10 was to integrate
desktop handling in Thunar, we have decided not to do it at this time yet.
Meanwhile, Xfdesktop has gained support for single-click operation, automated
background image cycling and thumbnail rendering.") ?></p>
+ <h3><?php E_("Panel Plugin") ?></h3>
- <?php print_figure ("about/tour/4.10/xfdesktop.png", R_("Desktop with image
thumbnails and support for single-click operation")) ?>
+<p><?php E_("A new panel plugin was created") ?></p>
- <p><?php E_("Xfdesktop is now shipped with a new default background image.")
?></p>
+ <h3><?php E_("Settings Dialog") ?></h3>
-<h2><?php E_("Window Manager") ?> <em>(xfwm4)</em></h2>
+<p><?php E_("The Settings dialog was revamped.") ?></p>
+
+<h2><?php E_("File Manager") ?> <em>(thunar)</em></h2>
- <p><?php E_("Xfwm4 can now tile a window when you drag it to the edge of the
screen. This feature is optional and is disabled by default. In such a case
windows can still be tiled using a keyboard shortcut. Another improvement is a
better theming support and cursor key navigation in the tab window (Alt+Tab).")
?></p>
+ <h3><?php E_("Tab Support") ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php E_("Better Wallpaper Support") ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php E_("Freespace Bar") ?></h3>
+ <h3><?php E_("Multiple File Properties") ?></h3>
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