+2009-04-03 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: title tag should be before anchor to be valid DocBook.

+ Fixes #577778

+

+2009-02-24 Matthias Clasen <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Update the keybinding capplet docs.

+ Fixes #571018

+

+2009-02-24 Matthias Clasen <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Update the Window capplet docs.

+ Fixes #570915

+

+2009-02-24 Matthias Clasen <[email protected]>

+

+ * gostools.xml: Update mate-screenshot documentation.

+ Fixes #571017

+

+2009-02-12 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Updated Preferred applications section.

+ Fixes #413452.

+

+2008-11-16 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * glossary.xml: Replaced 'CD Player' by 'Volume Control' in example.

+

+2008-11-16 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml: Replaced 'CD Player' applet by Clock applet in example.

+ Fixes #452870.

+ Updated and partially rewritten table describing Panel launcher command

+ codes. Deprecated codes removed. Fixes #375679.

+ * figures/sample_applet.png: Updated screenshot with new applet and fresh

+ look.

+

+2008-11-01 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustaccess.xml:

+ * goscustlookandfeel.xml:

+ * gosmarco.xml:

+ * l10n-readme.txt:

+ * plainmatestartpreftools.xml:

+ * user-guide.pdf: Deleted old files.

+ Fixes #415937.

+

+2008-08-08 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ * gosoverview.xml: Fixed typos as of

+ http://mail.gnome.org/archives/mate-doc-list/2008-July/msg00011.html

+

+2008-04-09 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ * gospanel.xml: Generalize the launcher area description.

+ Fixes #413456.

+

+2008-04-07 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.xml: Corrected link to MATE Feedback.

+

+2008-04-05 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Fixed duplicated 'such as'. Rewritten background style

+ section.

+ Fixes #452768, #452648.

+

+2008-04-05 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: Fixed outdated menu items. Patch by Robert-André

+ Mauchin.

+ Fixes #502015.

+

+2008-03-30 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_zoom_in_button.png: in and out buttons were identical.

+ Fixes #509299.

+

+2008-03-30 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Typo fixed. Fixes #449450.

+

+2007-09-01 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Corrected non terminated menuchoice tag.

+

+2007-09-01 Claude Paroz <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: Updated Preferred Applications section. Patch by

+ Benjamin Gramlich <[email protected]>. Fixes #353085.

+

+2007-03-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: partly reversing changes from #398902: new Control Center

+ is held back. Keeping subcategories.

+ * gospanel.xml: updated explanation for locking to panel. #416415

+

+2007-03-09 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml: reverted updated ids -- see #415887 for reasons.

+

+2007-03-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml: merged in content from Window List manual. #415887

+ updated section IDs in new material and links to it.

+

+2007-03-01 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml: Refer to mouse pointer, not mouse. #413476

+ Correct reference to old (1.x) top panel name. #413475

+ * goscaja.xml: Fixed missing or incorrect tags. #413486

+ Fixed typo. #413482

+ Rewrote descrition of the location bar buttons. #413487

+

+2007-02-28 Luca Ferretti <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_emblem.png:

+ Doh! Filenames should be in English too...

+

+2007-02-28 Luca Ferretti <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_trash_launcher.png:

+ Updated to match current MATE appearance.

+

+2007-02-28 Luca Ferretti <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_emblem.png:

+ * figures/caja_link_emblem.png:

+ Updated to match current MATE appearance. caja_link_emblem.png

+ is just a copy of emblem-symbolic-link from mate-icon-theme and

+ don't need localization.

+

+2007-02-27 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: correct procedure to create a new folder. #412306

+

+2007-02-15 Luca Ferretti <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_zoom_in_button.png:

+ * figures/caja_normal_size_button.png:

+ * figures/caja_zoom_out_button.png:

+

+ Updated to match current MATE appearance. Zoom in and out

+ don't need localized versions. Normal size could need if

+ in your locale it's different from "100%".

+

+2007-01-30 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Better explanation of tools that need a password

+ remove screenshot and intro from network-admin documentation. #398902

+

+2007-01-24 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ * gostools.xml:

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ Moving Printers section from Tools to Preferences.

+ Importing network-admin documentation from who knows where

+ Adding extra chunking to goscustdesk.xml for those viewing it as a standalone

+chapter

+ Deleting the CDDB Database section (apparently obsolete)

+ Adding Matthew East and Carlos Garnacho Parro to contributors

+ -- Patch from Matthew East. #398902.

+

+2007-01-22 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: split into subsections for categories to reflect new Control Center. Patch from Matthew East. #398902

+ * goscaja.xml: preserving section ids removed from goscustdesk.xml.

+

+2007-01-16 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: Added new material on unix filesystem and permissions,

+ material from Ubuntu docs team (dual-licensed with GFDL). #389033

+

+2006-12-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ Better titles for sections: Using the Panels, Using the Main Menubar. #389035

+ * goscaja.xml: Update for Location bar button,

+ remove 'Always use text entry location bar' pref. #348841

+

+2006-12-23 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: Shift+Del shortcut. Patch from Milo Casagrande, fixes #362646

+ * goscustdesk.xml: update labels for screensaver preferences. Patch from Milo Casagrande, fixes #380083

+

+2006-12-20 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: warn of bugs in adding fonts:

+ folder not updated; running apps don't have access. Fixes #386834

+ * gostools.xml: open documents and urls in the Run Application dialog. #383240

+

+2006-12-02 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gostools.xml: mention opening files in Yelp from Caja. Patch from karderio. Fixes #381377

+ * gosbasic.xml: rewrite 'Mouse Skills' and 'Mouse Button Conventions'. Patch from karderio. Fixes #381418

+

+2006-11-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: remove mention of Duplicate command in context menu. Patch from Christophe Bliard. Fixes #372705

+

+2006-11-02 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml: mention "Document font" in font preferences. Fixes #369160

+ Split section on font preferences more sensibly while I'm at it.

+

+2006-09-06 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: better wording for writing CDs:

+ patch from Chris Wagner for #354625

+

+2006-09-04 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml: change window title for mozo menu editor

+ * gospanel.xml: new launcher properties dialog

+

+2006-09-03 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/titlebar_window.png: new image

+ * gosoverview.xml: updated screenshot of window titlebar

+ * goscaja.xml: updated section on file permissions for new UI

+ * gosfeedback.xml: very quick update for Bug Buddy

+

+2006-08-27 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml, gospanel.xml: changed titles

+ * goscustdesk.xml: typos: #350755.

+

+2006-08-22 Francisco Javier F. Serrador <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosbasic.xml: Replaced "Command" with "Action" on table headers.

+ * gostools.xml:

+ Fixed some mistakes with tags.

+ Added some documentation about mate-screenshot

+ options, and recoded keycombos using docbook tags.

+

+2006-08-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml: fixed a typo. Fixes #350755

+ * gostools.xml: added link to Yelp homepage

+

+2006-08-10 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml, gosstartsession.xml, gospanel.xml, goseditmainmenu.xml,

+ goscaja.xml, gostools.xml, goscustdesk.xml:

+ replace 'Desktop' menu with 'System'. Fixes #350489

+

+2006-07-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ added link to admin guide section 'Customizing Menus'. Fixes 331928

+

+2006-07-06 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gostools.xml:

+ added section on setting up a printer. Fixes #346395

+

+2006-07-01 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosfeedback.xml:

+ created new file

+ moved in "Join Mate" section

+ copied in material from mate-feedback/C/mate-feedback.xml Fixes #335968

+ added link to Bug Report Tool manual

+ * user-guide.xml: moved appendix to gosfeedback.xml & added include for same

+

+2006-04-09 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ cleaning up terminology for the panel menubar

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ documenting launcher replaceable command parameters. Fixes #307978

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ added appendix section 'Joining the MATE Project'

+

+2006-04-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ updated section on the Filechooser, following review by GTK team

+

+2006-04-07 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ updated section on detachable toolbars

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ added info on Editable menu accelerators option

+

+2006-04-03 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_spatial_icon_view.png

+ * figures/caja_spatial_list_view.png

+ * figures/caja_spatial_view.png

+ scaled down to 75%

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ new section on item properties window: basic intro & links in and out

+

+2006-04-01 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ added note about Ignore Host List in Network Proxy prefs, reformatted list

+

+2006-03-29 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ rewritten Keyboard Layout Options.

+

+2006-03-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ rewritten Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences. Fixes #329073

+

+2006-03-25 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ rewritten Keyboard Layouts Preferences & Typing Break sections

+

+2006-03-17 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ rewritten section on editing menus

+ removed old sections that depend on obsolete apps:/// URI, eg 'To Add a Menu'

+

+2006-03-13 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.pdf:

+ Final version of the 2.14 PDF.

+

+2006-03-12 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ updated "Special URIs" section, added links to saner alternatives.

+ added brief section on Open Location dialog

+ tidied up sections on moving and copying files

+ rewritten section on Bookmarks to work for spatial mode

+ rewritten intro section on opening files

+ added note about Joliet and the Rock Ridge to writing CDs section. Fixes #153112

+ added id 'caja-server-connect' (filed bug for help button)

+ moved section 'Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders' further down

+ moved 'Using Views' out of the above section and into 'Managing Your Files'

+ moved 'Selecting Files and Folders' up within 'Managing Your Files'

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ removed mention of fonts:/// URI. Fixes #140647

+ * glossary.xml:

+ added term 'file extension'

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ removed old sections, rearranged stuff, generally tidied up

+ * /figures/menu_bar_applet.png

+ updated for 2.14

+

+2006-03-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosbasic.xml:

+ added references to new pointer images & tweaked text. Partial fix to #330123

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ updated a section id

+

+2006-03-11 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/busy_pointer.png:

+ * figures/hyperlink_pointer.png:

+ * figures/ibeam_pointer.png:

+ * figures/movewindow_pointer.png:

+ Added these files to CVS as partial fix to #330123

+

+2006-03-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ rewritten section 'Adding an Object to a Panel'. Fixes #332309

+ rewritten section on launchers. Split off and renamed 'Launcher Properties', which the UI links to

+

+2006-03-11 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ Changed four xref elements which linked to an anchor, which is a no

+ no. Made them link to the closest appropriate section.

+

+2006-03-09 Christian Neumair <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_browser_window.png:

+ * figures/caja_computer_contents.png:

+ * figures/caja_home_launcher.png:

+ * gosdeskback.xml:

+ Remove, no longer used. Fixes #324966. Thanks to Joachim Noreiko.

+

+ * Makefile.in:

+ Remove gosdeskback.xml.

+

+2006-03-08 Christian Neumair <[email protected]>

+

+ * figures/caja_link_emblem.png:

+ * figures/caja_noread_emblem.png:

+ * figures/caja_nowrite_emblem.png:

+ Replace with newer artwork. Fixes #314261. Thanks to Nelson Benítez.

+

+2006-03-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ added link in lock screen button to screensaver prefs

+ changed name to 'Lock Screen Button' to match interface.

+ * gosstartsession.xml:

+ changed name to 'Lock Screen Button' to match interface.

+

+2006-03-02 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ added section on screensaver prefs (mate-screensaver)

+

+2006-02-28 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * gostools.xml:

+ completed a unfinished sentence; documented the man: and ghelp: URIs a

+ bit more. Added links to mate-doc-utils documentation. Fixes #331793

+ for good. Thanks to Joachim for merging the Yelp documentation.

+

+2006-02-28 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ added section on the fileselector

+

+2006-02-28 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ added link to GStreamer, prefs tool with docs outside the UG

+ added a note to the CD database prefs tool saying *diplomatically* that no apps except CD player use it

+ added introduction to pref tools

+

+2006-02-27 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ added section on the desktop, using material from the wiki by Nigel Tao

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ updated a section id

+ moved id "caja-desktop" to gosoverview.xml for new section

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ cleaned up desktop background prefs

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ added Nigel Tao to the author list

+

+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ expanded and updated section on burning CDs, including material from the wiki

+

+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gostools.xml:

+ added yelp documentation from Brent Smith

+

+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ major surgery, reordering sections and collapsing some

+ "Assigning Actions to Files" folded into "Opening Files"

+ "Changing Backgrounds" moved to "Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders"

+ "Caja Preferences" promoted to top-level

+

+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosstartsession.xml:

+ added username in Log Out menu entry (fixes bug 332445)

+ removed paragraph on save session dialog (fixes bug 332609)

+ * gostools.xml:

+ updated screenshot section (fixes bug 332441)

+ removed procedure to add screenshot applet to panel, linked to panel section instead

+

+2006-02-26 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ update from John Stowers:

+ added new sections on:

+ searching

+ location bar

+ list vs. icon view

+ extending Caja

+ select files by pattern

+ hidden files

+ tidied up a lot of the browser/spatial inconsistencies and explains them clearly

+ (note: removed ids goscaja-components, goscaja-presentation

+ were added in cvs revision 1.17.)

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ updated cross-references to goscaja.xml

+ * new figures:

+ figures/caja_browser_mode.png

+ figures/caja_button_bar.png

+ figures/caja_emblem.png

+ figures/caja_go_to_location.png

+ figures/caja_refine_search.png

+ figures/caja_search_bar.png

+ figures/caja_search_results.png

+ figures/caja_spatial_icon_view.png

+ figures/caja_spatial_list_view.png

+ figures/caja_spatial_mode.png

+ figures/caja_spatial_view.png

+ figures/caja_restore_saved_search.png

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ added John Stowers to the author list

+

+2006-02-25 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ added new introduction to applications, using material

+ from the wiki by Daniel Espinosa Ortiz

+ relegated old material to a subsection

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ updated a section id

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ minor edit for readability

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ added Tim Littlemore and Brent Smith to the author list

+ * goscustdesk-remotedesktop.xml

+ removed from cvs: no longer used. material was moved to goscustdesk.xml

+

+2006-02-24 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ updated section on workspaces, using material from

+ the wiki by Tim Littlemore and Brent Smith

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ updated first part for 2.14.

+ removed a number of sections

+ moved some sections to gospanel.xml and gostools.xml

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ moved in Main Menu section from goseditmainmenu.xml

+ moved in Menu Bar section from goseditmainmenu.xml

+ * gostools.xml:

+ moved in Run Application Dialog section from goseditmainmenu.xml and updated it

+ * gosstartsession.xml:

+ changed section ids newly linked to from goseditmainmenu.xml

+ to use meaningful names instead of numbers

+

+2006-02-22 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ updated first two sections for 2.14

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml:

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ changed section ids newly linked to from gospanel.xml

+ to use meaningful names instead of numbers

+

+2006-02-21 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ added mention of edge resistance and holding shift to move a window between edges

+ added mention of numeric keypad

+ added mention of alt-dragging a window

+ expanded section on using the keyboard to resize a window

+

+2006-02-18 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ converted the documents to use XInclude instead of SYSTEM entities

+

+2006-02-16,17 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ added id 'caja-select-pattern' in anticipation of bug 331443

+ added id 'caja-permissions'

+

+2006-02-14 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ Added Daniel Espinosa Ortiz to the author listing

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Appended 'Preferences' to titles of top-level sections on Preference tools

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ Removed paragraph from section 'Using Views to Display Your Files and Folders'

+ that doesn't seem relevant here

+ * goseditmainmenu.xml, gostools.xml

+ moved section on taking screenshots from goseditmainmenu.xml to gostools.xml

+

+2006-02-13 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * ChangeLog:

+ convert spaces to tabs where appropriate in ChangeLog (sorry, it was

+ driving me nuts)

+

+2006-02-13 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * Makefile.am, and

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ removed references to goscustdesk-remotedesktop.xml

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ copied in material from goscustdesk-remotedesktop.xml

+ removed section 'Customizing Your Panels', prefs tool no longer exists

+ rearranged order of sections to match the menu

+

+2006-02-13 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosstartsession.xml:

+ updated with material from the wiki by Daniel Espinosa Ortiz

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ added section on screensaver: empty placeholder for now

+ changed section ids newly linked to from gosstartsession.xml

+ to use meaningful names instead of numbers

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ changed section ids newly linked to from gosstartsession.xml

+ to use meaningful names instead of numbers

+

+2006-02-12 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * Makefile.am:

+ added gostools.xml to entities variable so that it gets installed.

+ removed part1.xml and part2.xml since these files don't exist in cvs.

+ * user-guide-C.omf:

+ added more verbose description of document to scrollkeeper

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ re-added gostools entity reference (assuming that it will be expanded

+ upon before release)

+ updated version, and added abstract

+

+2006-02-12 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * mate2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml:

+ small validation fix (previous commit, moved to this ChangeLog instead

+ of top-level ChangeLog)

+ * mate2-user-guide/C/user-guide.xml:

+ removed reference to gostools.xml since it is not installed by

+ Makefile.am

+

+2006-02-12 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ style guide tweaks

+

+2006-02-12 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ copying section on the window selector from gosmarco.xml to fix bug 330917

+

+2006-02-12 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ adding myself to authorlist,

+ adding comments to help with matching xml files to sections of the guide

+

+2006-02-11 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ Fix my error in applying wrong patch.

+ * user-guide.xml:

+ Added Karderio to the author listing, and modified the revhistory.

+

+2006-02-11 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ updated section on Giving Focus to a Window with material from the wiki

+ by Daniel Espinosa Ortiz

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ changed section ids newly linked to from gosoverview.xml,

+ to use meaningful names instead of numbers

+

+2006-02-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosbasic.xml:

+ Fix for Bug 310227 – spelling mistakes

+

+2006-02-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Removing section on 'File Types and Programs' prefs tool, no longer exists.

+

+2006-02-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Changing section title to 'Configuring Your Desktop'

+ and subsection titles to match menu elements

+

+2006-02-08 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Fix for Bug 330122 – Need explanation of how to open

+ Keyboard Accessibility Preferences

+

+2006-02-06 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Fixing Bug 316943: adding links to the Accessibility guide

+ in the section on Configuring Keyboard Accessibility Options.

+

+2006-02-04 Shaun McCance <[email protected]>

+

+ * gosoverview.xml:

+ * gospanel.xml:

+ * gostools.xml:

+ - Quick validity fixes

+

+2006-02-04 Brent Smith <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscaja.xml:

+ Many updates to the goscaja.xml document from Chris Fox

+ (Karderio), fixes #324966

+

+2006-02-02 Joachim Noreiko <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ Updated mouse preferences to match UI change 'cursor'->'pointer' (Bug 318056)

+

+2006-01-15 Shaun McCance <[email protected]>

+

+ * mate2-user-guide/C/gosbasic.xml:

+ * mate2-user-guide/C/goscustdesk.xml:

+ * mate2-user-guide/C/gosoverview.xml:

+ - User Guide updates from Joachim Noreiko

+

+2004-08-27 Shaun McCance <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide-C.omf:

+ - Updated maintainer

+ - Unixified the newlines

+

+2004-04-20 Shaun McCance <[email protected]>

+

+ * goscustdesk.xml:

+ * plainmatestartpreftools.xml:

+ - Numerous edits per the mini-review today

+

+2004-03-18 Brian Casey <[email protected]>

+

+ * Further updates to User Guide for MATE 2.6.

+

+2004-03-09 Brian Casey <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated User Guide for MATE 2.6.

+

+2004-01-30 Shaun McCance <[email protected]>

+

+ * Makefile.am:

+ - Changes for as-a-whole user guide, instead of by-chapter.

+

+2004-01-22 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Removed w*.xml wrapper files, front.xml, and all OMF files that refer to w*.xml files. This is to remove the implementation of the UG in Yelp whereby each chapter is displayed as an individual book.

+

+2003-09-08 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Further updates to User Guide for MATE 2.4.

+

+2003-08-10 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated User Guide for MATE 2.4.

+

+2003-04-08 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Added wglossary.xml so that User Guide Glossary appears in Yelp. Updated screenshots: caja_desktop.png, typical_anno_desktop.png, caja_home_launcher.png, typical_anno_desktop.xcf

+

+2003-03-24 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Fixed incorrect version identifier in all OMFs.

+

+2003-03-24 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Removed obsolete files: cc_accessx.png cc_appearance_tab.png cc_defaultbrowser_tab.png cc_defaulthelp_tab.png cc_htmlkeyboard_tab.png cc_htmlmisc_tab.png cc_keyboardsound_tab.png cc_mimetypes_tab.png controlcenter_anno_window.png controlcenter_icon.png pluma2_window.png pluma_pref2_dialog.png mateterminal_icon.png help_icon.png menu_editor_anno_window.png caja_news_edit_tab.png caja_news_select_tab.png caja_news_tab.png caja_pref_navigation_dialog.png caja_website_window.png netscape_icon.png runprogram_icon.png statusdock2_button.png statusdock_button.png tasklist_applet.png tasklist_group2_applet.png tasklist_group_applet.png titlebar_anno_msw_window.png typical_anno_menu.png

+

+2003-03-07 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated User Guide for MATE 2.2.1.

+

+2003-01-27 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated User Guide PDF for MATE 2.2. Removed l10n-screenshots.txt.

+

+2003-01-24 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated User Guide for MATE 2.2.

+

+2002-11-27 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Added revision history information for previous revisions in user-guide.xml and front.xml. This information had been

+accidentally omitted.

+

+2002-11-13 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Added 'V' before manrevision entity in user-guide.xml and front.xml.

+

+2002-10-16 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * V2.3 of the User Guide

+ * New section: 5.6.2.1 To Add a Launcher to an Empty Menu

+ * Updated section: 9.10 Setting Themes in the Desktop

+ * All chapters: Updated graphic text equivalents.

+ * Updated screenshots: typical_anno_desktop.png, menu_panel.png, caja_prop_emblem_window.png, cc_theme_window_tab.png,

+cc_theme_tab.png, cc_marco.png, cc_basic_keyboardshortcuts.png

+ * Added l10n-readme.txt and l10n-screenshots.txt to assist localisation.

+ * Added OMF file for User Guide Glossary.

+

+2002-10-09 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Removed obsolete file matessug.xml.

+

+2002-08-28 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated launcher_popup.png to reflect restored functionality.

+

+2002-08-27 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated *.xml, *.omf, figures/*.png, figures/*.xcf with 2.0.1

+ changes. Includes menu editing, new keyboard shortcuts functionality,

+ removable media. V2.2 of the User Guide.

+

+2002-08-24 Eric Baudais <[email protected]>

+

+ * user-guide.pdf: Adding a PDF version of the UG.

+

+2002-08-07 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Minor updates: fixing valigns, typos, updating 508 text,

+ adding View > Stop info.

+

+2002-08-06 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Minor updates to Caja, Sessions, Basic Preferences, Panels

+ for 2.0.1. Sessions: typo in To Use Startup Applications. Panels:

+ Changed OK button to Close button in To Modify Panel Properties.

+ Caja: Changed File menu to Edit menu in Duplicate, and Rename.

+ Basic Preferences: Updated label name in Network Proxy.

+

+2002-08-02 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+ * Updated *.xml, *.omf, figures/*.png, figures/*.xcf with 2.0.1

+ changes.

+

+2002-07-28 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+* Updated *.xml, *.omf, figures/*.png, figures/*.xcf with 2.0.1

+ changes.

+

+2002-07-28 Chris Lyttle <[email protected]>

+

+ * *.omf: reverted files to previous version now that SK support works

+

+2002-07-19 Chris Lyttle <[email protected]>

+

+ * *.omf: reverted files to previous version as scrollkeeper doesn't

+ support these changes yet.

+

+2002-07-17 Eugene O'Connor <[email protected]>

+

+* Updated existing OMFs with new ScrollKeeper categories and short titles

+* Added new OMFs to enable Desktop Preferences chapters and File Manager

+ chapter to be linked to from more than one link in the Yelp side pane.

+

+

+<glossary id="glossary-1">

+ <title>Glossary</title>

+ <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>Volume Control</application>. Each

+applet has a simple user interface that you can operate with the mouse or

+keyboard. </para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-40">

+ <glossterm>desktop</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>The part of the MATE Desktop where there are no interface

+graphical items, such as panels and windows.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-31">

+ <glossterm>desktop background</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>The image or color that is applied to your desktop. </para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-9">

+ <glossterm>desktop object</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>An icon on your desktop that you can use to open your files,

+folders, and applications. You can use desktop objects to provide convenient

+access to files, folders, and applications that you use frequently.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-20">

+ <glossterm>DNS name</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A unique alphabetic identifier for a computer on a network.</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-fileextension">

+ <glossterm>file extension</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>The final portion of a file's name, after the last period (.) in the name. For example, the file extension of the file <filename>picture.jpeg</filename> is <filename>jpeg</filename>.</para>

+ <para>The file extension can identify the type of a file. <application>Caja</application> file manager uses this information when to determine what to do when you open a file. For more on this, see <xref linkend="caja-open-file"/>.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-23">

+ <glossterm>format</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>To format media is to prepare the media for use with a particular

+file system. When you format media, you overwrite any existing information

+on the media. </para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-10">

+ <glossterm>MATE-compliant application</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>An application that uses the standard MATE programming libraries

+is called a MATE-compliant application. For example, <application>Caja</application> file manager and <application>pluma</application> text editor

+are MATE-compliant applications.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-21">

+ <glossterm>IP address</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A unique numeric identifier for a computer on a network.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-25">

+ <glossterm>keyboard shortcut</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A <firstterm>keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination

+of keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. </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-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-27">

+ <glossterm>MIME type</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) type identifies

+the format of a file. The MIME type enables applications to read the file.

+For example, an email application can use the <literal>image/png</literal>

+MIME type to detect that a Portable Networks Graphic (PNG) file is attached

+to an email.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-24">

+ <glossterm>mount</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>To mount is to make a file system available for access. When

+you mount a file system, the file system is attached as a subdirectory to

+your file system. </para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-4">

+ <glossterm>pane</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A pane is a subdivision of a window. For example, the <application>Caja</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 MATE Desktop.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-5">

+ <glossterm>shortcut keys</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>Shortcut keys are keystrokes that provide 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-28">

+ <glossterm>symbolic link</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A special type of file that points to another file or folder.

+When you perform an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on

+the file or folder to which the symbolic link points. </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-29">

+ <glossterm>Uniform Resource Identifier</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string that identifies

+a particular location in a file system or on the Web. For example, the address

+of a web page is a URI.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-19">

+ <glossterm>Uniform Resource Locator</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of a particular

+location on the Web.</para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+ <glossentry id="glossary-16">

+ <glossterm>view</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A <application>Caja</application> component that enables

+you to display a folder in a particular way. For example, <application>Caja</application> contains an icon view which enables you to display the contents

+of a folder as icons. <application>Caja</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-7">

+ <glossterm>workspace</glossterm>

+ <glossdef>

+ <para>A workspace is a discrete area in the MATE Desktop in which

+you can work. </para>

+ </glossdef>

+ </glossentry>

+</glossary>

+<!-- -*- indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- -->

+<chapter id="basic-skills">

+<title>Basic Skills</title>

+

+<!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+<anchor id="part1-1"/>

+<anchor id="gosbasic-1"/>

+<anchor id="gosbasic-46"/> <!-- was Using Windows -->

+

+<highlights>

+ <para>This chapter introduces you to the basic skills that you

+ need to work with the MATE Desktop.</para>

+</highlights>

+

+<section id="mouse-skills">

+ <title>Mouse Skills</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-2"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>basic skills</primary>

+ <secondary>mouse skills</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>basic skills</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <!-- Notes for future development of the mouse section

+ Contents list:

+ * buttons

+ * click, drag, etc

+ * what you actually do with those: the concept of focus, selection, etc.

+ basically, an introduction to the 'noun, verb' grammar of GUIs

+ * pointers

+ -->

+

+ <para>

+ This section describes what the mouse buttons do, and what the different pointers mean.

+ </para>

+

+ <para>A mouse is a pointing device that lets you move the mouse pointer on the screen. The mouse pointer is usually

+a small arrow with which you point to objects on your screen. Pressing a mouse button will perform a particular

+action on the object over which your mouse pointer is situated, depending on which button you press.

+ </para>

+

+ <section id="mouse-conventions">

+ <title>Mouse Button Conventions</title>

+ <titleabbrev>Buttons</titleabbrev>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosgetstarted-44"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>button conventions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>The instructions in this manual are for three buttoned, right handed mouse devices, the most common type.

+ If you use another type of mouse or pointing device, you should take care to locate the corresponding buttons on your mouse. If you use a left-handed mouse

+ see the paragraph on setting mouse orientation below.

+ </para>

+

+ <note><para>If you set your mouse device to be left handed, you should reverse the mouse button

+ conventions used in this manual. This is normally also implied in most documentation and in many

+ applications.</para></note>

+

+ <para>Some mice lack a middle button. If you have a two-button mouse device,

+ then your system may be configured to use <firstterm>chording</firstterm> to allow middle button simulation. If chording is activated,

+ you press the left and right mouse buttons simultaneously, to simulate the

+ the middle mouse button. A middle mouse button is by no means necessary to use MATE.</para>

+

+ <para>The mouse button conventions used in this manual are as

+ follows:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Left mouse button</term>

+ <listitem><para>The button on the left side of a mouse device. This is the main mouse button, used for selecting,

+ activating, pressing buttons etc... When you are told to "click" it is implied that you should click with the left button,

+ unless specifically stated.

+ </para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Middle mouse button</term>

+ <listitem><para>The middle button of a mouse device. On many mice with a scroll wheel,

+ the scroll wheel can be pushed down for a middle mouse

+ button click.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Right mouse button</term>

+ <listitem><para>The button on the right side of a mouse device. Often, this button displays

+ a context menu for the object under the pointer.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ <para>Use <application>Mouse Preferences</application> to reverse the orientation of your mouse device. You will then need to reverse the mouse button conventions used in this manual and other MATE documentation.

+ See <xref linkend="prefs-mouse"/> for more information about setting

+ your mouse preferences.</para>

+

+ </section>

+

+ <section id="mouse-actions">

+ <title>Mouse Actions</title>

+ <titleabbrev>Actions</titleabbrev>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosgetstarted-45"/>

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-6"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>action conventions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>action terminology</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>The following conventions are used in this manual to describe actions

+ that you take with the mouse: </para>

+

+ <!-- convert to variablelist -->

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="36.36*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="63.64*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Definition</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Click</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and release the left mouse button,

+ without moving the mouse.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Left-click</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Same as <emphasis>click</emphasis>.

+ The term 'left-click' is used where there might be

+ confusion with <emphasis>right-click</emphasis>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Middle-click</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and release the middle mouse button,

+ without moving the mouse.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Right-click</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and release the right mouse button,

+ without moving the mouse.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Double-click</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and release the left mouse button twice

+ in rapid succession without moving the mouse. You

+ can configure the sensitivity to double-clicks by changing the

+ <emphasis>Double-click Timeout</emphasis> setting:

+ see <xref linkend="prefs-mouse"/> for more information.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Click-and-drag</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and do not release the

+ left mouse button,

+ and then move the mouse with the button still held down,

+ and finally release the button.</para>

+

+ <para>Dragging with the mouse is used in many different contexts.

+

+

+ This moves an object around the screen with the mouse. The

+ object is <emphasis>dropped</emphasis> at the

+ location where the mouse button

+ is released. This action is also called

+ <emphasis>drag-and-drop</emphasis>. Clicking on an element of the interface to

+ move it is sometimes called a <emphasis>grab</emphasis>.</para>

+

+

+ <para>For example, you can change the position of a window by

+ dragging on its title bar, or move a file by dragging its icon

+ from one window and dropping it on another.</para>

+

+ <para>The left

+ mouse buttons is usually used to perform drag actions,

+ although the middle mouse button is sometimes used for

+ an alternate drag action.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Click-and-hold</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Press and do not release the

+ left mouse button.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>actions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>You can perform the following actions with the mouse:</para>

+

+ <!--

+ Problem with the word 'action' here, since it's already used

+ to describe things like click, drag, etc. Suggestion: tasks?

+ -->

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Left mouse button</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Select text.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Select items.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Drag items.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Activate items.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Middle mouse button</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Paste text.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Move items.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Move windows to the back.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Right mouse button</term>

+ <listitem><para>Use the right mouse button to open a context menu for

+ an item, if a menu applies. For most items, you can also use the

+ <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo>

+ keyboard shortcut to open the context menu once the item has been

+ selected.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ <para>For example, when viewing files in the file manager, you select

+ a file by clicking with the left mouse button and open a file by

+ double-clicking with the left mouse button. Clicking with the right

+ mouse button will bring up a context menu for that file.</para>

+

+ <tip><para>In most applications, you can select text with your left

+ mouse button and paste it in another application using the middle

+ mouse button. This is called primary selection paste, and works

+ separately from your normal clipboard operations.</para></tip>

+

+ <tip><para>To select more than one item, you can hold the

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key to select multiple items, or

+ hold the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key to select a contiguous

+ range of items. You can also drag a <firstterm>bounding box</firstterm>

+ to select several items by starting the drag in the empty space around items

+ and dragging out a rectangle.

+ <!-- yeah, this is a rubbish explanation. --></para></tip>

+

+ </section>

+

+ <section id="mouse-pointers">

+ <title>Mouse Pointers</title>

+ <titleabbrev>Pointers</titleabbrev>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-7"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>mouse</primary>

+ <secondary>pointers</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>pointers</primary>

+ <see>mouse pointers</see>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>As you use the mouse, the appearance of the mouse pointer can

+ change. The appearance of the pointer provides feedback about a

+ particular operation, location, or state.</para>

+

+ <para>The following mouse pointers are shown as your mouse passes over

+ different elements of the screen:</para>

+

+ <note><para>Your mouse pointers will differ from those shown here if you are using a different pointer theme. Your distributor or vendor may have set a different default theme.</para></note>

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/normal_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Normal pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Normal pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer appears during normal use of

+ the mouse.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/busy_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Busy pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Busy pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer appears over a window that is busy performing a task. You cannot use the mouse to give this window any input, but you can move to another window and work with that.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/resize_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Resize pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Resize pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer indicates that you can grab the control to

+ resize parts of the interface. This appears over the borders of windows

+ and over resize handles between panes in a window. The direction of the arrows

+ indicates in which direction you can resize.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/hyperlink_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Hand pointer</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Hand pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer appears when you hover over a

+ <glossterm>hypertext link</glossterm>, in a web page for example.

+ This pointer indicates that you can click on the link to load

+ a new document or perform an action.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/ibeam_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>I-beam pointer</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ I-beam pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer is shown when the mouse is over text that you can

+ select or edit. Click to place the cursor where you want to type text, or drag to select text.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ <para>The following mouse pointers are shown when dragging an item such as a file, or a piece of text.

+ They indicate the result of releasing the mouse button to drop the

+ object being moved.</para>

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/move_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Move pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Move pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer indicates that when you drop the object,

+ the object is moved from

+ the old location to the new location.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/copy_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Copy pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Copy pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer indicates that when you drop the object,

+ a copy of the object is

+ created where you drop it.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/link_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Symbolic link pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Symbolic link pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer

+ indicates that when you drop the object, a <firstterm>symbolic

+ link</firstterm> to the object is created where you drop the object.

+ A symbolic link is a special type of file that points to another file

+ or folder. For more on this, see <xref linkend="caja-symlink"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/ask_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Ask pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Ask pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer

+ indicates that when you drop the object, you will be given a choice of what to do. A menu will open to allow you to choose which operation you would like to perform.

+ For instance, you may be able to move, copy, or

+ create a symbolic link.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/not_available_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Not available pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Not available pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer indicates that you cannot

+ drop the object at the current location. Releasing the mouse button now will have no effect: the dragged object will be returned to its starting location.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/move_panel_object_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Move panel object pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Move panel object pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer appears when you drag a panel or a panel object

+ with the middle mouse button.

+ See <xref linkend="panels"/> for more information on panels.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>

+ <inlinemediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata format="PNG"

+ fileref="figures/movewindow_pointer.png"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Move window pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </inlinemediaobject>

+ Move window pointer

+ </term>

+ <listitem><para>This pointer appears when you drag a window to move it.

+ See <xref linkend="windows-manipulating"/> for more information on moving windows.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+

+ </variablelist>

+ </section>

+</section>

+

+<section id="keyboard-skills">

+ <title>Keyboard Skills</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-51"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>basic skills</primary>

+ <secondary>keyboard skills</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>keyboard</primary>

+ <secondary>basic skills</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>For almost every task that you can perform with the mouse, you can use

+ the keyboard to perform the same task. <firstterm>Shortcut keys</firstterm>

+ are keys that provide you with a quick way to perform a task.</para>

+

+ <para>You can use shortcut keys to perform general MATE Desktop tasks and

+ to work with interface items such as panels and windows. You can also use

+ shortcut keys in applications. To customize your shortcut keys, use the

+ <application>Keyboard Shortcuts</application> preference tool. See

+ <xref linkend="prefs-keyboard-shortcuts"/> for more information about

+ configuring keyboard shortcuts.</para>

+

+ <note><para>Many PC keyboards come with two special keys for the Windows operating system: a key with a Microsoft Windows™ logo and a key for accessing context menus.</para>

+ <para>In MATE, the Windows key is often configured to

+ act as an additional modifier key, called the <firstterm>Super key</firstterm>.

+ The context menu key can be used to access the context menu of the selected

+ item, just as the <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap></keycombo>

+ keyboard shortcut can.</para></note>

+

+ <para>You can also modify the MATE Desktop preferences to use keyboard

+ accessibility features. See <xref linkend="prefs-keyboard-a11y"/> for

+ more information about the keyboard accessibility features.</para>

+

+ <para>The following sections describe the shortcut keys that you can use

+ throughout the desktop and applications.</para>

+

+ <section id="shortcuts-global">

+ <title>Global Shortcut Keys</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-62"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>shortcut keys</primary>

+ <secondary>global</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>Global shortcut keys enable you to use the keyboard to perform tasks

+ related to your desktop, rather than tasks on the currently selected window

+ or application. The following table lists some global shortcut keys:</para>

+

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.67*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.33*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Shortcut Key</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Function</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Open the <guimenu>Applications Menu</guimenu>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Display the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel>

+ dialog. See <xref linkend="tools-run-app"/> for more

+ information.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <keycap>Print Screen</keycap>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Take a screenshot of the entire desktop. See

+ <xref linkend="tools-screenshot"/> for more information.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Print Screen</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Take a screenshot of the currently focused window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap>

+ <keycap>Arrow keys</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Switch to the workspace to the specified direction of the

+ current workspace. See <xref linkend="overview-workspaces"/> for

+ more information on working with multiple workspaces.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap>

+ <keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Minimize all windows and give focus to the desktop.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Switch between windows. A list of windows that you can

+ select is displayed. Release the keys to select a window. You

+ can press the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key to cycle through the

+ windows in reverse order.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap>

+ <keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Switch the focus between the panels and the desktop.

+ A list of items that you can select is displayed. Release the

+ keys to select an item. You can press the <keycap>Shift</keycap>

+ key to cycle through the items in reverse order.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </section>

+

+ <section id="shortcuts-window">

+ <title>Window Shortcut Keys</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-58"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>shortcut keys</primary>

+ <secondary>window</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>Window shortcut keys allow you to use the keyboard to perform

+ tasks on the currently focused window. The following table lists

+ some window shortcut keys:</para>

+

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.67*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.33*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Shortcut Key</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Function</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Switch between windows. A list of windows that you can

+ select is displayed. Release the keys to select a window. You

+ can press the <keycap>Shift</keycap> key to cycle through the

+ windows in reverse order.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F4</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Close the currently focused window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F5</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Unmaximize the current window, if it is maximized.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F7</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Move the currently focused window. After pressing this

+ shortcut, you can move the window using either the mouse or

+ the arrow keys. To finish the move, click the mouse or press

+ any key on the keyboard.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F8</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Resize the currently focused window. After pressing this

+ shortcut, you can resize the window using either the mouse or

+ the arrow keys. To finish the resize, click the mouse or press

+ any key on the keyboard.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F9</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Minimize the current window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Maximize the current window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>spacebar</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Open the window menu for the currently selected window. The

+ window menu allows you to perform actions on the window, such as

+ minimizing, moving between workspaces, and closing.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap>

+ <keycap>Arrow keys</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Move the current window to another workspace in the

+ specified direction. See <xref linkend="overview-workspaces"/>

+ for more information on working with multiple workspaces.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </section>

+

+ <section id="shortcuts-apps">

+ <title>Application Keys</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-59"/>

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-61"/> <!-- was Panel Shortcut Keys -->

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>shortcut keys</primary>

+ <secondary>application</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>Application shortcut keys enable you to perform application

+ tasks. You can use shortcut keys to perform application tasks more

+ quickly than if you use a mouse. The following table lists some

+ common application shortcut keys:</para>

+

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="45.00*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="55.00*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Shortcut Key</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>N</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Create a new document or window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>X</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Cut the selected text or region and place it on

+ the clipboard.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Copy the selected text or region onto the clipboard.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Paste the contents of the clipboard.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Z</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Undo the last action.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>S</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Save the current document to disk.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para><keycap>F1</keycap></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Load the online help document for the application.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+

+ <para>In addition to these shortcut keys, all applications support a set

+ of keys to navigate and work with the user interface. These keys allow

+ you to perform operations that you might normally perform with a mouse.

+ The following table describes some interface control keys:</para>

+

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="45.00*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="55.00*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Keys</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Arrow keys or <keycap>Tab</keycap></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Move between controls in the interface or items

+ in a list.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycap>Enter</keycap> or <keycap>spacebar</keycap></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Activate or choose the selected item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycap>F10</keycap></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Activate the left-most menu of the application window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycombo>

+ <keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>F10</keycap>

+ </keycombo></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Activate the context menu for the selected item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para><keycap>Esc</keycap></para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Close a menu without selecting a menu item,

+ or cancel a drag operation.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </section>

+

+ <section id="shortcuts-access">

+ <title>Access Keys</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="gosbasic-63"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>access keys</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>A <firstterm>menubar</firstterm> is a bar at the top of a window that

+ contains the menus for the application. An <firstterm>access key</firstterm>

+ is an underlined letter in a menubar, menu, or dialog that you can use to

+ perform an action. On a menubar, the access key for each menu is

+ underlined.</para>

+

+ <para>To open a menu, hold the <keycap>Alt</keycap> key, then press the

+ access key. In the menu, the access key for each menu item is underlined.

+ To choose a menu item when a menu is displayed, you can simply press the

+ access key for the menu item.</para>

+

+ <para>For example, to open a new window in the <application>Help</application>

+ application, press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo>

+ to open the <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu, then press <keycap>N</keycap> to

+ activate the <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem> menu item.</para>

+

+ <para>You can also use access keys to access elements in a dialog. In a dialog,

+ one letter in most dialog elements is underlined. To access a particular dialog

+ element, hold <keycap>Alt</keycap>, then press the access key.</para>

+ </section>

+</section>

+

+</chapter>

+<chapter id="caja">

+ <title>Working with Files</title>

+

+ <!-- ID tag preserved for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-1"/>

+

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / File Manager -->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-56"/>

+

+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / File Manager / To Open Files -->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-58"/>

+

+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / File Manager / To Move Files -->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-57"/>

+

+ <!-- MOVE THESE ANCHORS -->

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / Desktop -->

+ <anchor id="gosgetstarted-11"/>

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / Desktop / To Open Desktop Objects -->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-29"/>

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / Desktop / To Add Objects-->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-19"/>

+ <!-- Using the Start Here Location -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-445"/>

+ <!-- To Choose a View in Which to Display a File or Folder - (image/text view) -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-100"/>

+ <!-- To Modify the Behavior of a View -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-111"/>

+ <!-- To Resize an Icon in Icon View - (This can only be done on desktop now) -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-103"/>

+ <!-- To Execute Other Actions When Displaying a File -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-73"/>

+

+ <highlights>

+ <para>This chapter describes how to use the <application>Caja</application> file manager.</para>

+ </highlights>

+

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-21">

+ <title>Introduction</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>introduction</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-22">

+ <title>File Manager Functionality</title>

+ <para>The <application>Caja</application> file manager provides

+a simple and integrated way to manage your files and applications. You can use the

+file manager to do the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Create folders and documents</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Display your files and folders</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Search and manage your files</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Run scripts and launch applications</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Customize the appearance of files and folders</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Open special locations on your computer</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Write data to a CD or DVD</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Install and remove fonts</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>The file manager lets you organize your files into folders. Folders can contain files and may also contain other folders. Using folders can help you find your files more easily.</para>

+ <para><application>Caja</application> also manages the desktop. The desktop

+lies behind all other visible items on your screen. The desktop

+is an active component of the way you use your computer.</para>

+ <para>Every user has a Home Folder. The Home Folder contains all of the user's files. The desktop is another

+folder. The desktop contains special icons allowing easy access to the users Home Folder, Trash, and also removable media such as floppy disks, CDs and USB flashdrives.</para>

+ <para><application>Caja</application> is always running while you are using MATE. To open a new <application>Caja</application> window, double-click on an appropriate icon on the desktop such as <guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem>, or choose an item from <link linkend="places-menu"><guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> menu</link> on the top panel.</para>

+ <para>In MATE many things are files, such as word processor documents, spreadsheets, photos, movies, and music.</para>

+

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-presentation">

+ <title>File Manager Presentation</title>

+ <para><application>Caja</application> provides two modes in which you can interact with your filesystem: spatial and browser mode. You may decide which method you prefer and set <application>Caja</application> to always use this by selecting (or deselecting) <guilabel>Always open in browser windows</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel> tab of the <xref linkend="caja-preferences"/>.</para>

+ <para>Spatial mode is the default in MATE, but your distributor, vendor, or system administrator may have configured <application>Caja</application> to use browser mode by default.</para>

+ <para>The following explains the difference between the two modes:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><!-- BROWSER -->

+ <term>Browser mode: browse your files and folders</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The file manager window represents a browser, which can display any location. Opening a folder updates the current file manager window to show the contents of the new folder.</para>

+ <para>As well as the folder contents, the browser window displays a toolbar with common actions and locations, a location bar that shows the current location in the hierarchy of folders, and a sidebar that can hold different kinds of information.</para>

+ <para>In Browser Mode, you typically have fewer file manager windows open at a time. For more information on using browser mode see <xref linkend="caja-browser-mode"/>.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-browser-mode">

+ <title><application>Caja</application> in browser mode.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_browser_mode.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Caja in browser mode.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry><!-- SPATIAL -->

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Spatial mode: navigate your files and folders as objects </term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The file manager window represents a particular folder. Opening a folder opens the new window for that folder. Each time you open a particular folder, you will find its window displayed in the same place on the screen and the same size as the last time you viewed it (this is the reason for the name 'spatial mode').</para>

+ <para>Using spatial mode may lead to more open file manager windows on the screen. On the other hand, some users find that representing files and folders as though they were real physical objects with particular locations makes it easier to work with them. For more information on using spatial mode see <xref linkend="caja-spatial-mode" /></para>

+

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-spatial-mode">

+ <title>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_spatial_mode.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <note>

+ <para>Notice how, when in spatial mode, <application>Caja</application> indicates an open folder with a different icon.</para>

+ </note>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+ <!-- ====================================================== Spatial mode -->

+ <sect1 id="caja-spatial-mode">

+ <title>Spatial Mode</title>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-24"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>navigating</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The following section describes how to browse your system using the <application>Caja</application> file manager when configured in spatial mode. In spatial mode, each <application>Caja</application> window corresponds to a single folder. When you open a folder its window appears at the same place on the screen as the last time you looked at it. This is the default behaviour in <application>Caja</application>.</para>

+ <para>For a comparison of browser mode and spatial mode, see <xref linkend="caja-presentation"/>.</para>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-510">

+ <title>Spatial Windows</title>

+ <para>A new spatial window opens each time you open a folder. To open a folder, do one of the following:</para>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-25"/><!-- removed id: Displaying Folder Contents -->

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Double-click the folder's icon on the desktop or an existing window</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>O</keycap></keycombo>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Select the folder, and press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo></para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Choose an item from the <link linkend="places-menu"><guimenuitem>Places</guimenuitem> menu</link> on the top panel. Your Home Folder and folders you have bookmarked are listed here. For more on bookmarks, see <xref linkend="caja-bookmarks"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+

+ <para>To close the current folder while opening the new one, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> when double-clicking, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>down arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>

+

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-504"/> shows a spatial mode window

+that displays the contents of the Computer folder.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-504">

+ <title>Contents of a folder in a spatial mode.<indexterm><primary>file

+manager</primary><secondary>icon view</secondary><tertiary>illustration</tertiary></indexterm></title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_spatial_view.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Displaying a folder in spatial mode.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <para>In spatial mode each open <application>Caja</application> windows shows only one location. Selecting a second location will open a second <application>Caja</application> window. Because each location remembers the previous position on screen in which it was opened it allows you to easily recognize folders when many of them are open at once.</para>

+ <para>Some people consider spatial mode better, particularly for moving files or folders to different location, others find the number of open windows daunting. <xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open" /> shows an example of spatial browsing with many open locations.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-spatial-many-open">

+ <title>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_spatial_mode.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Three Folders Opened in Spatial Mode.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+<note>

+<para>Because spatial mode will fill your screen with <application>Caja</application> windows it is important to be able to reposition them effectively. By holding the <keycap>Alt</keycap> key and clicking anywhere within the bounds of a <application>Caja</application> window you may reposition it simply, instead of requiring that you reposition it by dragging its title bar.</para>

+</note>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-spatial-components">

+ <title>Spatial Window Components</title>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-85"/> describes the components of file

+object windows.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-85">

+ <title>The Spatial Window Components</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="29.39*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="70.61*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Component</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Menubar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.</para>

+ <para>You can also open a popup menu from file manager windows. To open this

+popup menu right-click in a file manager window. The items in this menu depend

+on where you right-click. For example, when you right-click on a file or folder,

+you can choose items related to the file or folder. When you right-click on

+the background of a view pane, you can choose items related to the display

+of items in the view pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <anchor id="goscaja-components-view"/>

+ <para>View pane</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Shows the contents of the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Folders</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>FTP sites</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Windows shares</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>WebDAV servers</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Locations that correspond to special URIs</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Statusbar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Displays status information.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Parent folder selector</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>This drop-down list shows the hierarchy of the folder. Choose a folder from the list to open it.</para>

+ <tip><para>Hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the list to close the current folder as you open the new one.</para></tip>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-4">

+ <title>Displaying Your Home Folder in a Spatial Window</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>Home location</secondary>

+ <see>Home location</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Home location</primary>

+ <secondary>displaying</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To display your Home Folder,

+perform one of the following actions:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Double-click on the <guilabel>Home</guilabel> object on the

+desktop.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From a folder window's menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem><para>From the top panel menubar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>The spatial window displays the contents of your Home Folder.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-511">

+ <title>Displaying a Parent Folder</title>

+ <para>A parent folder is the folder that contains the current folder. To display the contents of your current folder's parent, do one of the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Parent</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Choose from the parent folder selector at the bottom left of the window.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>To close the current folder while opening the parent, hold down <keycap>Shift</keycap> while choosing from the parent folder selector, or press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>up arrow</keycap></keycombo>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-512">

+ <title>Closing Folders</title>

+ <para>To close folders you may simply click on the close window button, this however may not be the most efficient way to close many windows.

+If you would like to view only the current folder, and not the folders you opened to reach the current folder, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close Parent Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+If want to close all folders on the screen, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Close All Folders</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-501">

+ <title>Displaying a Folder in a Browser Window</title>

+ <para>If you wish to display a single folder in browser mode, while otherwise continuing to work in spatial mode, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select a folder while in spatial mode.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Browse Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-open-location">

+ <title>Opening a Location</title>

+ <para>You can open a folder or other location in spatial mode by typing its name.</para>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice>

+ <shortcut>

+ <keycombo><keysym>L</keysym></keycombo>

+ </shortcut>

+ <guimenu>File</guimenu>

+ <guimenuitem>Open Location</guimenuitem>

+</menuchoice>, and type the path or URI of the location you wish to open.

+</para>

+

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <!-- ====================================================== Browser mode -->

+ <sect1 id="caja-browser-mode">

+ <title>Browser Mode</title>

+ <!-- Viewing Files in a File Browser Window -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-210"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-447"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>windows</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The following section describes how to browse your system using the <application>Caja</application> file manager when configured in browser mode. In browser mode, opening a folder updates the current file manager to show the contents of the new folder.</para>

+ <para>For a comparison of browser mode and spatial mode, see <xref linkend="caja-presentation"/>.</para>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-492">

+ <title>The File Browser Window</title>

+ <para>You can access the file browser in the following ways:

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Tools</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>File Browser</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>While in spatial mode you may open a folder in browser mode by right clicking on that folder and choosing <guimenuitem>Browse Folder</guimenuitem>. A new file browser window will then open and display the contents of the selected folder.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>If <application>Caja</application> is set to always open browser windows, double clicking any folder will open a browser window, see <xref linkend="goscaja-56"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist></para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-home-browser-mode">

+ <title>Contents of a Folder in a File Browser Window</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_browser_mode.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase> A folder in a file browser window.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <note>

+ <para>In some distributions of the MATE Desktop, the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> toolbar button might have another designation, for example, <guibutton>Documents</guibutton>.</para>

+ </note>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-493">

+ <title>The File Browser Window Components</title>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-83"/> describes the components of a file

+browser window.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-83">

+ <title>File Browser Window Components</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="29.39*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="70.61*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Component</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Menubar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Contains menus that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.</para>

+ <para><!-- TODO MOVE ME to a new section -->You can also open a popup menu from file manager windows. To open this

+popup menu right-click in a file manager window. The items in this menu depend

+on where you right-click. For example, when you right-click on a file or folder,

+you can choose items related to the file or folder. When you right-click on

+the background of a view pane, you can choose items related to the display

+of items in the view pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Toolbar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Contains buttons that you use to perform tasks in the file manager.</para>

+<itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Back</guibutton> Returns to the previously visited location. The adjacent drop down list also contains a list of the most recently visited locations to allow you to return to them faster.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guimenu>Forward</guimenu> Performs the opposite function to the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> toolbar item. If you have previously navigated back in time then this button returns you to the present.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Up</guibutton> Moves up one level to the parent of the current folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Reload</guibutton> Refreshes the contents of the current folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Home</guibutton> Opens your Home Folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Computer</guibutton> Opens your Computer folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Search</guibutton> Opens the search bar.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Location bar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>The location bar is a very powerful tool for navigating your computer. It can appear in three different ways depending on your selection. For more on using the location bar see <xref linkend="caja-location-bar" />. In all three configurations the location bar always contains the following items.</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guimenu>Zoom</guimenu> buttons: Enable you to change the

+size of items in the view pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>View as</guilabel> drop-down list: Enables you to

+choose how to show items in your view pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <anchor id="goscaja-540"/>

+ <para>Side pane</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Performs the following functions:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Shows information about the current file or folder. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Enables you to navigate through your files. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>To display the side pane, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side Pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The side pane contains a drop-down list that enables

+you to choose what to show in the side pane. You can choose from the following

+options:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Places</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Displays places of particular interest.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Information</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Displays the icon and information about the current folder. Buttons may appear in the side pane, these buttons

+enable you to perform actions on the current folder, other than the default action.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Displays a hierarchical representation of your file system. You can

+use the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> to navigate through your files.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>History</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Contains a history list of files, folders, FTP sites, and URIs that

+you have recently visited.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Notes</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Enables you to add notes to your files and folders.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Emblems</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>Contains emblems that you can add to a file or folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>To close the side pane, click on the <guibutton>X</guibutton> button

+at the top right of the side pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <anchor id="goscaja-53"/>

+ <para>View pane</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Shows the contents of the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Folders</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>FTP sites</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Windows shares</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>WebDAV servers</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Locations that correspond to special URIs</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Statusbar</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Displays status information.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-18">

+ <title>Showing and Hiding File Browser Window Components</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>window components, showing

+and hiding</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To show or hide any of the components of the file browser described in <xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-83" /> select any of the following items from the menu:<!-- TODO clean this up, it's too robotic! --></para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To hide the side pane, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side Pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the

+side pane again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side Pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. Alternatively you may press <keycap>F9</keycap> to toggle the visibility of the side pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To hide the toolbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Main Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the

+toolbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Main Toolbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To hide the location bar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Location Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display

+the location bar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Location Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To hide the statusbar, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To display the

+statusbar again, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Statusbar</guimenuitem></menuchoice> again. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-location-bar">

+ <title>Using the Location Bar</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>window components, showing

+and hiding</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file browser's location bar can show either a location field, a button bar, or a search field. Each is useful in different situations. </para>

+

+

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Button bar</guilabel></para>

+ <para>By default the button bar is shown. This shows a row of buttons representing the current location's hierarchy, with a button for each containing folder. Click on the button to jump between folders in the hierarchy. You can return to the original folder, which is shown as the last button in the row.</para>

+ <para>You can also drag buttons, for example to another location, in order to copy a folder.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-903">

+ <title>The button bar.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_button_bar.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The button bar.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Text Location Bar</guilabel></para>

+ <para>The text location bar shows the current location as a text path, for example: '/home/user/Documents'. The location field is particularly useful for jumping to a known folder very quickly.</para>

+ <para>To go to a new location, type a new path or edit the current one, then press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. The path field automatically completes what you are typing when there is only one possibility. To accept the suggested completion, press <keycap>Tab</keycap>.</para>

+ <para>To always use the text location bar, click on the toggle button at the left of the location bar.</para>

+ <para>To quickly switch to the text location bar while using the button bar, press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>L</keycap></keycombo>, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycap>Leading Slash (/)</keycap> to type a path from the root directory. The location bar shows the location buttons again after you press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or cancel with <keycap>Escape</keycap>.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-902">

+ <title>The location bar.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_go_to_location.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The location bar.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Search bar</guilabel></para>

+ <para>By pressing <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> or selecting the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> toolbar button the search bar appears. For more information on searching see <xref linkend="caja-searching" />. The search bar is excellent for locating files of folders when you are not sure of their exact location.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-904">

+ <title>The button bar.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_search_bar.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The search bar.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ </listitem>

+</itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-499">

+ <title>Displaying Your Home Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>Home folder</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>Home location</secondary>

+ <see>Home location</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Home location</primary>

+ <secondary>displaying</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To quickly display your Home Folder,

+perform one of the following actions from a file browser window:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Home</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> toolbar button. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guibutton>Home</guibutton> button in the Places side pane. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>The file browser window displays the contents of your Home Folder.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-500">

+ <title>Displaying a Folder</title>

+ <para>The contents of a folder can be displayed in either list or icon view by selecting the appropriate item in the location bar <guilabel>View as</guilabel> menu. For more information on the list and icon view see <xref linkend="goscaja-7" /></para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Double-click on the folder in the view pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> in the side pane. For more

+information, see <xref linkend="goscaja-27"/>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> buttons in the location bar.

+</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>L</keycap></keycombo> to show the text <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field, type the path

+of the folder that you want to display, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.

+The <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field includes an autocomplete feature.

+As you type a path, the file manager reads your file system. When you type

+enough characters to uniquely identify a directory, the file manager completes

+the name of the directory in the <guilabel>Location</guilabel> field.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> toolbar button and the <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> toolbar button to browse through your navigation history.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>To change to the folder that is one level above the current folder,

+choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Up</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, click on the <guibutton>Up</guibutton> toolbar

+button.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-26">

+ <title>Displaying a Parent Folder</title>

+ <para>The parent folder of the current folder which you are browsing is the one which exists, in a hierarchical representation, one level above the current. To display the contents of parent folder, perform one of the

+following steps:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press the <guibutton>Up</guibutton> button on the toolbar.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Parent</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press the <keycap>Backspace</keycap> key.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-27">

+ <title>Using the Tree From the Side Pane</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>Tree, using </secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Tree, using</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> view is one of the most useful features of the side pane. It displays a hierarchical representation of your file system and provides a convenient way to browse and to navigate

+your file system. To display the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> in the side pane, choose <guimenuitem>Tree</guimenuitem> from the drop-down list at the top of the side pane. </para>

+<para>In the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>view, open folders are represented as downwards facing arrows.</para>

+

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-34"/> describes tasks you can

+perform with the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>, and how to do so.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-34">

+ <title>Tree Tasks</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Task</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Open the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Choose <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> from the drop-down

+list at the top of the side pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Close the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Choose another item from the drop-down list at the

+top of the side pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Expand a folder in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Click on the arrow next to the folder in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Collapse a folder in the <guilabel> Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Click on the arrow next to the folder in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Display the contents of

+a folder in the view pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Select the folder in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Open a file.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select the file in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ <para>You can set your preferences so that the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> does

+not display files. For more information, see <xref linkend="goscaja-438"/>. </para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-5">

+ <title>Using Your Navigation History</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>navigating history list</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file browser window maintains a history

+list of files, folders, FTP sites, and URI locations you have recently visited. You can use the history

+list to navigate to quickly return to these places. Your history list contains the last ten items that

+you viewed.</para>

+ <para>To clear your history list choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-77">

+ <title>Navigating Your History List Using the Go Menu</title>

+ <para>To display a list of previously-viewed items, choose the <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu. Your history list is displayed in the lower part of the <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu. To open an item in your history list, simply click on the item.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-78">

+ <title>Navigating Your History List Using the Toolbar</title>

+ <para>To use the toolbar to navigate your history list, perform one of the

+following actions:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To open the folder or URI in your history

+list, click on the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> toolbar button.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To open the folder or URI in your history list,

+click on the <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> toolbar button.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To display a list of previously-viewed items, click on the

+down arrow to the right of the <guibutton>Back</guibutton> toolbar button.

+To open an item from this list, click on the item.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To display a list of items that you viewed after you viewed

+the current item, click on the down arrow to the right of the <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> toolbar button. To open an item from this list, click

+on the item.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-80">

+ <title>Navigating Your History List Using History in the Side Pane</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>History</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To display the <guilabel>History</guilabel> list in the side pane, choose <guilabel>History</guilabel> from the drop-down list at the top of the side pane. The <guilabel>History</guilabel> list in the side pane displays a list of your previously-viewed

+items.</para>

+ <para>To display an item from your history list in the view pane, double-click on

+the item in the <guilabel>History</guilabel> list.</para>

+

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <!-- ======================================================== Opening -->

+ <sect1 id="caja-open-file">

+ <title>Opening Files</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-28"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>opening files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>When you open a file, the file manager performs the default

+action for that file type.</para>

+ <para>For example, opening a music file will play it with the default music playing application, opening a text file will allow you to read and edit it in a text editor, and opening an image file will display the image.</para>

+ <para>The file manager checks the contents of a file to determine the type

+of a file. If the first lines do not determine the type of the file, then

+the file manager checks the <glossterm>file extension</glossterm>.</para>

+ <note><para>If you open an executable text file, that is, one that Caja considers can be run as a program, then you will be asked what you want to do: run it, or display it in a text editor. You can modify this behaviour in the <link linkend="caja-preferences">File Management preferences</link>.</para></note>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-29">

+ <title>Executing the Default Action</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>executing default actions

+for files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To execute the default action for a

+file, double-click on the file. For example, the default action for plain

+text documents is to display the file in a text viewer. In this case, you

+can double-click on the file to display the file in a text viewer.</para>

+ <para>You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on

+a file to execute the default action. For more information, see <xref linkend="goscaja-56"/>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-30">

+ <title>Executing Non-Default Actions</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>executing non-default

+actions for files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To execute actions other than

+the default action for a file, select the file that you want to perform

+an action on. In the <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu></menuchoice> menu you will either have "Open with" choices, or an

+<menuchoice><guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem></menuchoice> submenu. Select the desired option from this list.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-add-actions">

+ <title>Adding Actions</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-204"/><!-- Assigning Actions to Files -->

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>adding actions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To add actions associated with a file type, perform the

+following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>In the view pane, select

+a file of the type to which you want to add an action.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open with Other Application</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Either choose an application in the open with dialog or browse to the program with

+which you wish to open this type.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>The action you have chosen is now added to the list of actions for that particular file type. If there was

+no prior action associated with the type, the newly added action is the default.</para>

+ <para>You may also add actions in the <guilabel>Open With</guilabel> tabbed section under <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-75">

+ <title>Modifying Actions</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>modifying actions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To modify the actions associated with a file or file

+type, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>In the view pane, select

+a file of the type to which you want to modify the action.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <guilabel>Open With</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use <guibutton>Add</guibutton> or <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> buttons to tailor the list of actions.

+Select the default action with the option to the left of the list.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <!-- =========================================== Searching -->

+ </sect1>

+ <sect1 id="caja-searching">

+ <title>Searching For Files</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>searching files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The <application>Caja</application> file manager includes an easy and simple to use way search for your files and folders. To begin a search press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> or select the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> toolbar button. The search bar should appear as in <xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-925" /></para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-925">

+ <title>The search bar.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_search_bar.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The search bar.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+<para>Enter characters present in the name or contents of the file or folder you wish to find and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>. The results of your search should appear in the view pane as illustrated in <xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-926" /></para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-926">

+ <title>The result of a search.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_search_results.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>The result of a search.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+<para>If you are not happy with your search you can refine it by adding addition conditions. This allows you to restrict the search to a specific file type or location. To add search conditions click the <guibutton>+</guibutton> icon. <xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-927" /> shows a search which has been restricted to the users home directory and to only search for text files.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-927">

+ <title>Restricting a search.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_refine_search.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Restricting a search.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <sect2 id="caja-saving-searches">

+ <title>Saving Searches</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>executing default actions

+for files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Caja searches can also be saved for future use. Once saved, searches may be reopened later. <xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-935" /> shows a user with three saved searches, browsing one of them.</para>

+ <figure id="goscaja-FIG-935">

+ <title>Browsing the results of a saved search.</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_restore_saved_search.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Browsing the results of a saved search.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+<para>Saved searches behave exactly like regular folders, for example you can open, move or delete files from within a saved search.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <!-- =========================================== Managing -->

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-8">

+ <title>Managing Your Files and Folders</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>managing files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>This section describes how to work with your

+files and folders.</para>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-directories-file-systems" status="complete">

+ <title>Directories and File Systems</title>

+ <para>Linux and Unix file systems are organised in a hierarchical, tree-like structure. The highest level of the file system is the <filename>/</filename> or <emphasis>root directory</emphasis>. In the Unix and Linux design philosophy, everything is considered a file - including hard disks, partitions and removable media. This means that all files and directories (including other disks and partitions) exist under the root directory.

+ </para>

+ <para>For example, <filename>/home/jebediah/cheeses.odt</filename> shows the correct full path to the <filename>cheeses.odt</filename> file that exists in the <filename>jebediah</filename> directory which is under the <filename>home</filename> directory, which in turn, is under the root (<filename>/</filename>) directory.

+ </para>

+ <para>Underneath the root (<filename>/</filename>) directory, there is a set of important system directories that are commonly used across most Linux distributions. The following is a listing of common directories that are directly under the root (<filename>/</filename>) directory:

+ </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/bin</filename> - important <emphasis>bin</emphasis>ary applications

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/boot</filename> - files that are required to <emphasis>boot</emphasis> the computer

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/dev</filename> - the <emphasis>dev</emphasis>ice files

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/etc</filename> - configuration files, startup scripts, <emphasis>etc</emphasis>...

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/home</filename> - local users' <emphasis>home</emphasis> directories

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/lib</filename> - system <emphasis>lib</emphasis>raries

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/lost+found</filename> - provides a <emphasis>lost+found</emphasis> system for files that exist under the root (<filename>/</filename>) directory

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/media</filename> - mounted (loaded) removable <emphasis>media</emphasis> such as CDs, digital cameras, etc...

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/mnt</filename> - <emphasis>m</emphasis>ou<emphasis>nt</emphasis>ed filesystems

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/opt</filename> - provides a location for <emphasis>opt</emphasis>ional applications to be installed

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/proc</filename> - special dynamic directory that maintains information about the state of the system, including currently running <emphasis>proc</emphasis>esses

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/root</filename> - <emphasis>root</emphasis> user home directory, pronounced &apos;slash-root&apos;

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/sbin</filename> - important <emphasis>s</emphasis>ystem <emphasis>bin</emphasis>aries

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/srv</filename> - provides a location for data used by <emphasis>s</emphasis>e<emphasis>rv</emphasis>ers</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/sys</filename> - contains information about the <emphasis>sys</emphasis>tem

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/tmp</filename> - <emphasis>t</emphasis>e<emphasis>mp</emphasis>orary files

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/usr</filename> - applications and files that are mostly available for all <emphasis>us</emphasis>e<emphasis>r</emphasis>s to access

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><filename>/var</filename> - <emphasis>var</emphasis>iable files such as logs and databases

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-7">

+ <title>Using Views to Display Your Files and Folders</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>viewer components</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>views</secondary>

+ <tertiary>introduction</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file manager includes views that enable you to show the contents

+of your folders in different ways, icon view, and list view.</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Icon view</para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-naut-icon-view"/> Shows the items in the folder as icons.

+<figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-icon-view">

+ <title>The Home Folder displayed in a icon view.</title>

+<screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_spatial_icon_view.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Your Home Folder displayed in a icon view.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+</figure></para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>List view</para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-FIG-naut-list-view"/> Shows the items in the folder as a list.

+<figure id="goscaja-FIG-naut-list-view">

+ <title>The Home Folder displayed in a list view.</title>

+<screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_spatial_list_view.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Your Home Folder displayed in a list view.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+</figure>

+</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>You may use the <guilabel>View</guilabel> menu, or the <guilabel>View as</guilabel> drop-down list to choose between icon or list view. You can specify how you want to arrange or sort items in the folder and modify the size of the items in the view pane. The following sections describe how to work with icon view and list view.</para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-101">

+ <title>To Arrange Your Files in Icon View</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>icon view</secondary>

+ <tertiary>arranging files in</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>When you display

+the contents of a folder in icon view, you can specify how to arrange the

+items in the folder. To specify how to arrange items in icon view, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Arrange Items</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.

+The <guisubmenu>Arrange Items</guisubmenu> submenu contains the following

+sections:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>At the top is an option that enables you to arrange

+your files manually.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The middle section contains options that enable you to sort

+your files automatically.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The bottom section contains options that enable you to modify

+how your files are arranged.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>Choose the appropriate options from the submenu, as described in the

+following table: </para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec6" colwidth="28.75*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec7" colwidth="71.25*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Option</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Manually</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to arrange the items manually.

+To arrange the items manually, drag the items to the location you require

+within the view pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>By Name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to sort the

+items alphabetically by name. The order of the items is not case sensitive.

+If the file manager is set to display hidden files, the hidden files are shown

+last.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>By Size</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to sort the

+items by size, with the largest item first. When you sort items by size, the

+folders are sorted by the number of items in the folder. The folders are not

+sorted by the total size of the items in the folder.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>By Type</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to sort the

+items alphabetically by object type. The items are sorted alphabetically by

+the description of their <firstterm>MIME type</firstterm>. The MIME type identifies

+the format of a file, and enables applications to read the file. For example,

+an email application can use the <literal>image/png</literal> MIME type to

+detect that a PNG file is attached to an email.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>By Modification

+Date</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to sort the items by the date the items were last modified.

+The most recently modified item is first.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>By Emblems</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to sort the

+items by any emblems that are added to the items. The items are sorted alphabetically

+by emblem name. Items that do not have emblems are last. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec6" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Compact Layout</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec7" valign="top">

+ <para>Select

+this option to arrange the items so that the items are closer to each other.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Reversed Order</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to reverse the order of the option

+by which you sort the items. For example, if you sort the items by name, select

+the <guilabel>Reversed Order</guilabel> option to sort the items in reverse

+alphabetical order.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-listview-arrange">

+ <title>To Arrange Your Files in List View</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>list view</secondary>

+ <tertiary>arranging files in</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>When you display the contents of a folder in list view, you can specify how to arrange the

+items in the folder. To specify how to arrange items in list view, click on the header of the column specifying the property

+by which you wish to arrange the items. To inverse the sorting order click on the same column header again.</para>

+ <para>To add or remove columns from the list view choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Visible Columns</guisubmenu></menuchoice></para>

+ <para>The file manager remembers how you arrange the items in a particular

+folder. The next time that you display the folder, the items are arranged

+in the way that you selected. In other words, when you specify how to arrange

+the items in a folder, you customize the folder to display the items in that

+way. To return the arrangement settings of the folder to the default arrangement

+settings specified in your preferences, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reset View to Defaults</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+<sect3 id="goscaja-102">

+ <title>To Change the Size of Items in a View</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>zooming in and out</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can change the size of items in a view. You can change

+the size if the view displays a file or a folder. You can change the size

+of items in a view in the following ways:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To enlarge the size of items in a view, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To reduce the size of items in a view, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To return items in a view to the normal size, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Normal Size</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>You can also use the zoom buttons on the location bar in a browser window to change the

+size of items in a view. <xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-42"/> describes how

+to use the zoom buttons.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-42">

+ <title>Zoom Buttons</title>

+ <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="21.98*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="32.86*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="44.17*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Button</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Button Name </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_zoom_out_button.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Zoom Out button.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><guibutton>Zoom Out</guibutton> button</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Click on this button to reduce the size of items in a view.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_normal_size_button.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Normal Size button.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para><guibutton>Normal Size</guibutton>

+button </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Click on this button to return

+items in a view to normal size.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_zoom_in_button.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Zoom In button.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><guibutton>Zoom In</guibutton> button</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Click on this button to enlarge the size of items in a view.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ <para>The file manager remembers the size of items in a particular folder.

+The next time that you display the folder, the items are displayed in the

+size that you selected. In other words, when you change the size of items

+in a folder, you customize the folder to display the items at that size. To

+return the size of the items to the default size specified in your preferences,

+choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Reset View

+to Defaults</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-select">

+ <title>Selecting Files and Folders</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-202"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>selecting files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can select files and folders in several

+ways in the file manager. Typically this is achieved by clicking on the files using the mouse, as explained in <xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-10"/>. In addition <xref linkend="caja-select-pattern"/> describes how to select a group of files matching a specific pattern.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-10">

+ <title>Selecting Items in the File Manager</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="36.36*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="63.64*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Task</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2">

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select an item</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Click on the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select a group of contiguous

+items</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>In icon view,

+drag around the files that you want to select.</para>

+ <para>In list view, click

+on the first item in the group. Press-and-hold <keycap>Shift</keycap>, then

+click on the last item in the group.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select multiple items</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>.

+Click on the items that you want to select.</para>

+ <para>Alternatively, press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, then drag around the files that you want to select.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select all items in a folder</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select All Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ <para>To perform the default action on an item, double-click on the item.

+You can set your file manager preferences so that you click once on a file

+to execute the default action. For more information, see <xref linkend="goscaja-56"/>.</para>

+<sect3 id="caja-select-pattern">

+<title>Selecting Files Matching a Specific Pattern</title>

+<para><application>Caja</application> allows you to select all files matching a pattern based upon their filename and an optional number of wildcards. This can be useful if, for example, you wish to select all files which contain the phrase "memo" in their filename. <xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-select-pattern"/> gives some examples of possible patterns and the resulting files they would match.</para>

+<table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-select-pattern">

+ <title>Selecting Items in the File Manager</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="36.36*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="63.64*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Pattern</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2">

+ <para>Files Matched</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>note.*</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>This pattern would match files called note, with any extension.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>*.ogg</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>This pattern would match all files with the .ogg extension</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>*memo*</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>This pattern would match all files or folders whose name contains the word memo.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ <para>To perform the Select Pattern command Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Select Patterns</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu. After entering the desired pattern you are left with those files or folders which matched the pattern selected. You may then do with the selected files or folders what you choose.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-dragndrop">

+ <title>Drag-and-Drop in the File Manager</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-201"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>drag-and-drop</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can use drag-and-drop to perform several tasks in the

+file manager. When you drag-and-drop, the mouse pointer provides feedback

+about the task that you perform. <xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-11"/> describes

+the tasks that you can perform with drag-and-drop. The table also shows the

+mouse pointers that appear when you drag-and-drop.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-11">

+ <title>Drag-and-Drop in the File Manager</title>

+ <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="36.36*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec2" colwidth="98.56*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="28.70*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Task</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2">

+ <para>Action</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Mouse Pointer</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Move an item</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Drag the item to the new location.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/move_pointer.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Move pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Copy an item</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Grab the item, then press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>. Drag the item to the location where you want the copy to reside.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/copy_pointer.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Copy pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Create a symbolic link to

+an item</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Grab the

+item, then press-and-hold <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap></keycombo>.

+Drag the item to the location where you want the symbolic link to reside.</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/link_pointer.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Symbolic link pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>Ask what to do with the

+item you drag</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">

+ <para>Grab the item, then press-and-hold <keycap>Alt</keycap>. You may also use the middle mouse button to perform the same operation.

+Drag the item to the location where you want the item to reside. Release the mouse button.

+A popup menu appears. Choose one of the following items from the popup menu:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guimenuitem>Move here</guimenuitem>

+ </para>

+ <para>Moves the item to the location.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guimenuitem>Copy here</guimenuitem>

+ </para>

+ <para>Copies the item to the location. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guimenuitem>Link here</guimenuitem>

+ </para>

+ <para>Creates a symbolic link to the item at the location.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guimenuitem>Set as Background</guimenuitem>

+ </para>

+ <para>If the item is an image, sets the image to be the background.

+ You can use this command to set the background of the desktop, the side pane or the view pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guimenuitem>Cancel</guimenuitem>

+ </para>

+ <para>Cancels the drag-and-drop operation.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/ask_pointer.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Ask pointer.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-9">

+ <title>Moving a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>moving files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can move a file or folder by dragging it with the mouse, or with the cut and paste commands. The following sections describe these two methods.</para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-537">

+ <title>Drag to the New Location</title>

+ <para>To drag a file or folder to a new location, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open two file manager windows:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>The window containing the item you want to move.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The window you want to move it to, or the window containing the folder you want to move it to.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Drag the file or folder that you want to move to the new location. If the new location is a window, drop it anywhere in the window. If the new location is a folder icon, drop the item you are dragging on the folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>To move the file or folder to a folder that is one level below the current

+location, do not open a new window. Instead, drag the file or folder to the

+new location in the same window.</para>

+ <tip><para>For more on dragging items, see <xref linkend="caja-dragndrop"/>.</para></tip>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-538">

+ <title>Cut and Paste to the New Location</title>

+ <para>You can cut a file or folder and paste the file or folder into another

+folder, as follows:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to move, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open the folder to which you want to move the file or folder,

+then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste

+</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-10">

+ <title>Copying a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>copying files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can copy a file or folder by dragging it with the mouse, or with the copy and paste commands. The following sections describe these two methods.</para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-640">

+ <title>Drag to the New Location</title>

+ <para>To copy a file or folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open two file manager windows:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>The window containing the item you want to move.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The window you want to move it to, or the window containing the folder you want to move it to.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Drag the file or folder that you want to move to the new location. Press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> either before or during the drag. If the new location is a window, drop it anywhere in the window. If the new location is a folder icon, drop the item you are dragging on the folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>To copy the file or folder to a folder that is one level below the current

+location, do not open a new window. Instead, grab the file or folder, then

+press-and-hold <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>. Drag the file or folder to the new location

+in the same window.</para>

+ <tip><para>For more on dragging items, see <xref linkend="caja-dragndrop"/>.</para></tip>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-441">

+ <title>Copy and Paste to the New Location</title>

+ <para>You can copy a file or folder and paste the file or folder into another

+folder, as follows:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to copy, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open the folder to which you want to copy the file or folder,

+then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Paste

+</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-82">

+ <title>Duplicating a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>duplicating files and

+folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To create a copy of a file or folder

+in the current folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to duplicate.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Duplicate</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <para>A copy of the file or folder appears in the current folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-11">

+ <title>Creating a Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>creating folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To create a folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open the folder where you want to create the new folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click

+on the background of the window, then choose <guimenuitem>Create Folder</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ <para>An <guilabel>untitled</guilabel> folder is added to the location. The

+name of the folder is selected.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Type a name for the folder, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-templates-docs">

+ <title>Templates and Documents</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>creating documents</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can create templates from documents that you frequently

+create. For example, if you often create invoices, you can create an empty

+invoice document and save the document as <literal>invoice.doc</literal> in

+the <literal>$HOME/Templates</literal> folder.</para>

+ <para>You can also access the templates folder from a file browser window.

+Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Templates</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <para>The template name is displayed as a submenu item in the <guilabel>Create

+Document</guilabel> menu.</para>

+ <para>You can also create subfolders in the template folder. Subfolders display

+as submenus in the menu. </para>

+ <para>You can also share templates. Create a symbolic link from the template

+folder to the folder containing the shared templates. </para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-514">

+ <title>To Create a Document</title>

+ <para>If you have document templates, you can choose to create a document

+from one of the installed templates. </para>

+ <para>To create a document perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the folder where you want to create the new document.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Document</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click on

+the background of the view pane, then choose <guimenuitem>Create Document</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ <para>The names of any available templates are displayed as submenu items

+from the <guilabel>Create Document</guilabel> menu.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Double-click on the template name for the document that you

+want to create. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Rename the document before saving to the appropriate folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-12">

+ <title>Renaming a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>renaming folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To rename a file or folder perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to rename.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click on the file

+or folder, then choose <guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ <para>The name of the file or folder is selected.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Type a new name for the file or folder, then press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-13">

+ <title>Moving a File or Folder to Trash</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>Trash</secondary>

+ <see>Trash</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Trash</primary>

+ <secondary>moving

+files or folders to</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To move a file or folder

+to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to move to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click on the

+file or folder, then choose <guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>Alternatively, you can drag the file or folder to the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object on the desktop.</para>

+ <note>

+ <para>When you move a file or folder from a removable media to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, the file or folder is stored in a <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>

+location on the removable media. To remove the file or folder permanently

+from the removable media, you must empty <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>

+ </note>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-443">

+ <title>Deleting a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>deleting files or folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>When you delete a file or folder, the file or

+folder is not moved to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, but is deleted from your

+file system immediately. The <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item is

+only available if you select the <guilabel>Include a Delete command that bypasses

+Trash</guilabel> option in the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel>

+ dialog. </para>

+ <para>To delete a file or folder perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to delete.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, right-click on the file

+or folder, then choose <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>

+ Alternatively, select the file or folder you want to delete, and press <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>.

+ <note>

+ <para>

+ This shortcut is independent from the <guilabel>Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash</guilabel> option.

+ </para>

+ </note>

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-symlink">

+ <title>Creating a Symbolic Link to a File or Folder</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-14"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>creating symbolic link</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>symbolic link</primary>

+ <secondary>to file or folder, creating</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>A symbolic link is

+a special type of file that points to another file or folder. When you perform

+an action on a symbolic link, the action is performed on the file or folder

+to which the symbolic link points. However, when you delete a symbolic link,

+you delete the link file, not the file to which the symbolic link points.</para>

+ <para>To create a symbolic link to a file or folder, select the file or folder

+to which you want to create a link. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Make Link</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A link to the

+file or folder is added to the current folder. </para>

+ <para>Alternatively, grab the item to which you want to create a link, then

+press-and-hold <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap></keycombo>. Drag the item

+to the location where you want to place the link.</para>

+ <para>By default, the file manager adds an emblem to symbolic links.</para>

+ <note>

+ <para>The permissions of a symbolic link are determined by the file

+or folder to which a symbolic link points.</para>

+ </note>

+ <tip><para>For more on dragging items, see <xref linkend="caja-dragndrop"/>.</para></tip>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-476">

+ <title>Viewing the Properties of a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>viewing properties</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To view the properties of a file or folder, perform the

+following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder whose properties you want to view. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A properties dialog is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use the properties dialog to view the properties of the file

+or folder. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the properties

+dialog.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+

+ <para>The following table lists the properties that you can view or set for files and folders, the exact information shown depends on the object type:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="27.27*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="72.73*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Property</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Name</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The name of the file or folder. You can change the name here and the file or folder will be renamed when you click on <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Type</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The type of object, file or folder for example.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Location</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The system path for the object. This represents where the object is situated on your computer, relative to the system root.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Volume</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The volume on which a folder resides. This is the physical location of the folder, on which media it resides, for example which hard disk or CDROM drive.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Free space</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The amount of free space on the media upon which a folder resides. This represents the maximum amount of data you can copy to this folder.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>MIME Type</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The official naming of the type of file.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Modified</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The date and time at which the object was last changed.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Accessed</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>The date and time at which the object was last viewed.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-permissions-overview" status="review">

+ <title>File Permissions</title>

+ <para>Permissions are settings assigned to each file and folder

+ that determine what type of access users can have to the file or folder. For example, you can determine whether other users can read and edit a file that belongs to you, or only have access to read it but not make changes to it.</para>

+ <para>Each file belongs to a particular user, and is associated with a group that the owner belongs to. The super user "root" has the ability to access any file on the system.</para>

+ <para>You can set permissions for three categories of users:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><term>Owner</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The user that created the file or folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Group</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>A group of users to which the owner belongs.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Others</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>All other users not already included.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ <para>For each category of user, different permissions can be set. These behave differently for files and folders, as follows:

+ </para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><term>read</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Files can be opened</para>

+ <para>Directory contents can be displayed</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>write</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Files can be edited or deleted</para>

+ <para>Directory contents can be modified</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>execute</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Executable files can be run as a program</para>

+ <para>Directories can be entered</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ <para>For more on changing the permissions for a file or folder, see <xref linkend="caja-permissions" />.</para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-permissions">

+ <title>Changing Permissions</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-430"/>

+

+ <sect3 id="caja-permissions-file">

+ <title>Changing Permissions for a File</title>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>changing permissions</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>permissions</primary>

+ <secondary>changing file</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To change the permissions of a file, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file that you want to change. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <xref linkend="caja-properties"/> for the item is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To change the file's group, choose from the groups the user belongs to in the drop-down selector.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>For each of the owner, the group, and all other users, choose from these permissions for the file:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><term>None</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>No access to the file is possible. (You can't set this for the owner.)</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Read-only</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The users can open a file to see its contents, but not make any changes.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Read and write</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Normal access to a file is possible: it can be opened and saved.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To allow a file to be run as a program, select <guilabel>Execute</guilabel></para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect3>

+

+ <sect3 id="caja-permissions-folder">

+ <title>Changing Permissions for a Folder</title>

+

+ <para>To change the permissions of a folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the folder that you want to change. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <link linkend="caja-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> tab.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To change the folder's group, choose from the groups the user belongs to in the drop-down selector.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>For each of the owner, the group, and all other users, choose from these folder access permissions:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><term>None</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>No access to the folder is possible. (You can't set this for the owner.)</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>List files only</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The users can see the items in the folder, but not open any of them.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Access files</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Items in the folder can be opened and modified, provided their own permissions allow it.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Create and delete files</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The user can create new files and delete files in the folder, in addition to being able to access existing files.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+

+ <para>To set permissions for all the items contained in a folder, set the <guilabel>File Access</guilabel> and <guilabel>Execute</guilabel> properties and click on <guibutton>Apply permissions to enclosed files</guibutton>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-200">

+ <title>Adding Notes to Files and Folders</title>

+ <para>You can add notes to files or folders. You can add notes to files or

+folders in the following ways:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From the properties dialog</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> in the side pane</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <sect3 id="caja-notes">

+ <title>To Add a Note Using the Properties Dialog</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-472"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>notes</primary>

+ <secondary>adding to files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>notes</secondary>

+ <tertiary>adding</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To add a note

+to a file or folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder to which you want to add a note. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <link linkend="caja-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tab. In the <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tabbed section, type the note.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the properties

+dialog. A note emblem is added to the file or folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para><indexterm><primary>notes</primary><secondary>deleting</secondary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>file manager</primary><secondary>notes</secondary><tertiary>deleting</tertiary></indexterm>To delete a note, delete the note text from the <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-473">

+ <title>To Add a Note Using Notes in the Side Pane</title>

+ <para>To add a note to a file or folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open the file or folder to which you want to add a note in

+the view pane.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <guilabel>Notes</guilabel> from the drop-down list

+at the top of the side pane. To display the side pane, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Side Pane</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Type the note in the side pane. A note emblem is added to

+the file or folder in the view pane, and a note icon is added to the side

+pane. You can click on this icon to display the note.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>To delete a note, delete the note text from <guilabel>Notes</guilabel>

+in the side pane.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-bookmarks">

+ <title>Using Bookmarks For Your Favorite Locations</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-36"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>bookmarks</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can keep a list of <firstterm>bookmarks</firstterm> in <application>Caja</application>: folders and other locations that you frequently need to open.</para>

+ <para>Your bookmarks are listed in the following places:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>The <guimenu>Places</guimenu> menu on the top panel.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The <guimenu>Places</guimenu> menu in a folder window.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu in a <application>Caja</application> browser window.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The side pane in the <xref linkend="filechooser-open"/>. This allows you to quickly open a file that is in one of your bookmarked locations.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The list of commonly used locations in the <xref linkend="filechooser-save"/>. This allows you to quickly save a file to a location you have in your bookmarks.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+

+ <para>To open an item that is in your bookmarks, choose the item from a menu.</para>

+

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-40">

+ <title>Adding a Bookmark</title>

+ <para>To add a bookmark, open the folder or location that you want to bookmark, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <para>If you are using a <application>Caja</application> browser window, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Bookmark</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-41">

+ <title>To Edit a Bookmark</title>

+ <para>To edit your bookmarks perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or in a browser window, <menuchoice><guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu><guimenuitem>Edit Bookmarks</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. An <guilabel>Edit Bookmarks</guilabel>

+dialog is displayed. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the bookmark on the left side of

+the <guilabel>Edit Bookmarks</guilabel> dialog. Edit the details for the bookmark

+on the right side of the <guilabel>Edit Bookmarks</guilabel> dialog, as follows:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="27.27*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="72.73*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Use this text box to specify the name that identifies the

+bookmark in the menus.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Location</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Use this field to specify the location of the bookmark.</para>

+ <para>Folders on your system use the <uri>file:///</uri> URI.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To delete a bookmark, select the bookmark on the left side

+of the dialog. Click <guilabel>Delete</guilabel>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-trash">

+ <title>Using Trash</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-44"/>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Trash icon, empty.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Trash</primary>

+ <secondary>introduction</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Trash is a special folder that holds files that you no longer want to keep.

+Files in the Trash are not deleted permanently until you empty the trash. This two-stage process is in

+case you change your mind, or accidentally remove the wrong file.</para>

+ <para>You can move the following items to <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Files</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Folders</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Desktop objects</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>If you need to retrieve a file from <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you

+can display <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and move the file out of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>. When you empty <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the

+contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-107">

+ <title>To Display Trash</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Trash</primary>

+ <secondary>displaying</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can display the contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following

+ways:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From a file browser window</para>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in

+the window.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From a spatial window</para>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are

+displayed in the window.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From the desktop</para>

+ <para>Double-click on the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object on the desktop.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-108">

+ <title>To Empty Trash</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Trash</primary>

+ <secondary>emptying</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can empty the contents of <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following

+ways:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From a file browser window</para>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Empty

+Trash</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>From the desktop</para>

+ <para>Right-click on the <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, then choose <guimenuitem>Empty Trash</guimenuitem>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <caution>

+ <para>When you empty trash, you destroy all files in the trash. Be sure that the trash only contains files

+you no longer need.

+ </para>

+ </caution>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-hidden-files">

+ <title>Hidden Files</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>hidden</primary>

+ <secondary>files</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>By default, <application>Caja</application> does not display certain system and backup files in folders. This prevents accidental modification or deletion of them, which can impair the operation of your computer, and also reduces clutter in locations such as your Home Folder. Caja does not display:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Hidden files, whose filename begins with a period (.),</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Backup files, whose filename ends with a tilde (~)</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Files that are listed in a particular folder's <filename>.hidden</filename> file.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+

+ <para>You may hide or show hidden files in a particular folder by selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Hidden Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+

+ <para>To set <application>Caja</application> to always show hidden files, see <xref linkend="caja-preferences"/>.</para>

+

+ <sect3 id="caja-managing-hidden-files">

+ <title>Hiding a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>create</primary>

+ <secondary>hidden</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To hide a file or folder in <application>Caja</application>, either rename the file so its name begins with the period (.) character, or create a text file named <filename>.hidden</filename> in the same folder, and add its name to it, as in the example below:</para>

+ <programlisting>filename

+foldername</programlisting>

+ <para>You may need to refresh the relevant <application>Caja</application> window to see the change: press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+ <!-- ====================================================== File properties -->

+

+ <sect1 id="caja-properties">

+ <title>Item Properties</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-51"/><!-- was: changing icon, but linked to from the GUI -->

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>properties</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>file properties</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>

+ The <guilabel>Item Properties</guilabel> window shows more information about any file, folder, or other item in the file manager. With this window, you can also do the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Change the icon for an item: see <xref linkend="caja-icon"/>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Add or remove emblems for an item: see <xref linkend="caja-emblems"/>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Change the UNIX file permissions for an item: see <xref linkend="caja-permissions"/>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Choose which application is used to open an item, and others of the same type.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Add notes to an item: see <xref linkend="caja-notes"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>To open the item properties window, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Select the item whose properties you want to examine or change. If you select more than one item, the properties window will show the properties that are in common to all items.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Do one of the following:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice>

+ <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Right-click on the selected item and choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Press <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>Return</keycap></keycombo>.</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+

+

+

+ </sect1>

+

+

+

+ <!-- ====================================================== Appearance -->

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-203">

+ <title>Modifying the Appearance of Files and Folders</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>modifying appearance

+of files and folders</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The <application>Caja</application> file manager enables you to modify the appearance of your files and folders in several ways. You may customize the way files or folders look by attaching emblems or backgrounds to them. You can also change format in which <application>Caja</application> displays these items to you. The following sections describe how to do so.</para>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-550">

+ <title>Icons and Emblems</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>icons</secondary>

+ <tertiary>introduction</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>emblems</secondary>

+ <see>emblems</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>emblems</primary>

+ <secondary>introduction</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file manager displays your files and folders as icons. Depending on the type of the file the icon may be a image representative of the file type, a small thumbnail or preview showing the files contents. You can also add emblems to your file and folder icons. Such emblems appear in addition to the file icon and provide another means to manage your files. For example you can mark a file as important by adding an <guilabel>Important</guilabel> emblem to it, creating the following visual effect: </para>

+<screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_emblem.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>File icon with Important emblem.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+

+ <para>Notice how the file on the left is distinguished from the file on the right by the addition of the <guilabel>Important (!)</guilabel> emblem to its icon. See <xref linkend="caja-emblems"/> for more on adding emblems.</para>

+ <para>The file manager automatically applies emblems for the following types of files:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Symbolic links</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Items for which you have the following permissions:<indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>and emblems</secondary></indexterm></para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>No read permission</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>No write permission</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>The following table shows the default emblems:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Default Emblem</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_link_emblem.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Symbolic link emblem.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><indexterm><primary>symbolic links</primary><secondary>and emblems</secondary></indexterm>Symbolic

+link</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_nowrite_emblem.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>No write permission emblem.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>No write permission</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/caja_noread_emblem.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>No read permission emblem.</phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>No read permission</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-icon">

+ <title>Changing the Icon for a File or Folder</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>icons</secondary>

+ <tertiary>changing</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To change the icon that represents an

+individual file or folder, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the file or folder that you want to change.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <xref linkend="caja-properties"/> for the item is displayed. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>On the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tabbed section, click on

+the current <guibutton>Icon</guibutton>. A <guilabel>Select custom

+icon</guilabel> dialog is displayed. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use the <guilabel>Select custom icon</guilabel> dialog to choose

+the icon to represent the file or folder. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the properties

+dialog.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>To restore an icon from a custom icon to the default icon,

+Select the file or folder that you want to change, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+click on the <guibutton>Icon</guibutton> button, in the <guilabel>Select custom

+icon</guilabel> dialog click <guibutton>Revert</guibutton>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-emblems">

+ <title>Adding an Emblem to a File or Folder</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-112"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>emblems</primary>

+ <secondary>adding to file</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>emblems</primary>

+ <secondary>adding to folder</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To add an emblem to an item perform the following

+steps: </para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the item to which you want to add an emblem.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Right-click on the item, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. The <link linkend="caja-properties">properties window</link> for the item is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Emblems</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>Emblems</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select the emblem to add to the item.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the properties

+dialog.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>In browser windows you may also add emblems to items by dragging them from the emblem side pane.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-471">

+ <title>Creating a New Emblem</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>emblems</primary>

+ <secondary>adding new</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To Create a new emblem, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guibutton>Emblem</guibutton> button, then click

+on the <guibutton>Add a New Emblem</guibutton> button. A <guilabel>Create

+a New Emblem</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Type a name for the emblem in the <guilabel>Keyword</guilabel>

+text box.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guilabel>Image</guilabel> button. A dialog is

+displayed, click <guibutton>Browse</guibutton>. When you choose an emblem,

+click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> on the <guilabel>Create a

+New Emblem</guilabel> dialog.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-backgrounds-and-emblems">

+ <title>Changing Backgrounds</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-50"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-63"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-64"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>changing backgrounds</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>backgrounds</primary>

+ <secondary>changing screen component</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file manager includes background patterns and emblems that you can

+ use to change the appearance of your folders. Background patterns and emblems

+ can also be used on the desktop, on folders and certain side panes in the file

+ browser, and on panels.</para>

+ <para>To change the background of a window, pane, or panel, perform the following

+ steps: </para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

+ in any file manager window. The <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click the <guibutton>Patterns</guibutton> button or the <guibutton>Colors</guibutton>

+ button to see a list of background patterns or background colors you can use.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>To change the background, drag a pattern or color to the desired window, pane, or panel.

+ To reset the background, drag the <guilabel>Reset</guilabel> entry to the desired window, pane,

+ or panel.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+

+ <para>You can set the background of all folders in the file manager by dragging a pattern

+ or color with your right or middle mouse button. When you release the drag, you will see

+ a popup menu with the option to set the pattern or color as the background for all folders.</para>

+

+ <para>You can add a new pattern to the list by clicking the <guibutton>Add a New Pattern</guibutton>

+ button when the patterns are selected. Locate an image file in the file chooser dialog and click

+ <guibutton>Open</guibutton>. The image file will appear in the list of patterns you can use.</para>

+

+ <para>You can add a new color to the list by clicking the <guibutton>Add a New Color</guibutton>

+ button when the colors are selected. Select a color in the color chooser dialog and click

+ <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. The color will appear in the list of colors you can use.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <!-- ====================================================== Removable media -->

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-460">

+ <title>Using Removable Media</title>

+ <!-- compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-469"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>removable media</primary>

+ <secondary>introduction</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>

+ The file manager can initiate various actions when removable media appear,

+ such as mounting it, opening a file manager window showing its contents,

+ or running a suitable application that can handle it (for example a music

+ player for an audio CD). See <xref linkend="goscaja-61"/> for how to

+ configure these actions for different media formats.

+ </para>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-462">

+ <title>To Mount Media</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>removable media</primary>

+ <secondary>mounting</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To <firstterm>mount</firstterm> media is to make the file

+system of the media available for access. When you mount media, the file system

+of the media is attached as a subdirectory to your file system.</para>

+ <para>To mount media, insert the media in the appropriate device. An icon

+that represents the media is added to the desktop. The icon is added only

+if your system is configured to mount the device automatically when media

+is detected. </para>

+ <para>If your system is not configured to mount the device automatically,

+you must mount the device manually. Double-click on the <guilabel>Computer</guilabel> icon from the desktop. A <guilabel>Computer </guilabel> dialog

+is displayed. Double-click on the icon that represents the media. For example,

+to mount a floppy diskette, double-click on the <guilabel>Floppy</guilabel>

+icon. An icon that represents the media is added to the desktop. </para>

+ <note>

+ <para>You cannot change the name of a removable media icon.</para>

+ </note>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-461">

+ <title>To Display Media Contents</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>removable media</primary>

+ <secondary>displaying media contents</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can display media contents in any of the

+following ways: </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Double-click on the icon that represents the media on the

+desktop. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Right-click on the icon that represents the media on the

+desktop, then choose <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>A file manager window displays the contents of the media. To reload

+the display, click on the <guibutton>Reload</guibutton> button.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-463">

+ <title>To Display Media Properties</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>removable media</primary>

+ <secondary>displaying media properties</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To display the properties of removable media,

+right-click on the icon that represents the media on the desktop, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. A dialog displays the properties of the media.</para>

+ <para>To close the properties dialog, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-464">

+ <title>To Eject Media</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>removable media</primary>

+ <secondary>ejecting</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To eject media, right-click on the media icon on the desktop,

+then choose <guimenuitem>Eject</guimenuitem>. If the drive for the media is

+a motorized drive, the media is ejected from the drive. If the drive for the

+media is not motorized, wait until the desktop icon for the media disappears,

+then eject the media manually.</para>

+ <para>You cannot eject media from a motorized drive when the media is mounted.

+To eject media, first unmount the media. For example, to remove a USB flash drive, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Close all file manager windows, <application>Terminal</application>

+windows, and any other windows that access the USB drive. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Right-click on the icon that represents the drive on

+the desktop, then choose <guimenuitem>Eject</guimenuitem>. The desktop icon

+for the drive disappears.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Remove the USB flash drive.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <caution>

+ <para>You must unmount removable media before ejecting. Do not remove a USB flash drive before you unmount the flash drive. If you do not unmount the media first you might lose data.</para>

+ </caution>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+ <sect1 id="caja-cdwriter">

+ <title>Writing CDs or DVDs</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-475"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>writing CDs</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>CDs, writing</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>writing CDs</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>burning CDs</primary>

+ <see>writing CDs</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Writing to a CD or DVD may be useful for backing up your important documents. To do this, your computer must have a CD or DVD writer.

+ </para>

+ <tip><para>A simple way to check what sort of CD or DVD drive your computer has is to choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the top panel menubar. If the icon for your CD drive has terms like "CD-RW" or "DVD(+-)R" in its label, then your computer is able to write discs.</para></tip>

+

+ <para>You can start choosing files to burn to a disc at any time. The file manager provides

+a special folder for files and folders that you wish to write to a CD or DVD. From there you can easily write all of the content (which you place in this special folder) to a CD or DVD.</para>

+

+ <sect2 id="caja-cdwriter-data">

+ <title>Creating Data Discs</title>

+ <para>To write a CD or DVD, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Open <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenu>System Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>CD/DVD Creator</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The file manager opens the CD/DVD Creator folder.</para>

+ <note><para>In a File Browser window, the <guimenuitem>CD/DVD Creator</guimenuitem> item is available in the <guimenu>Go</guimenu> menu.</para></note>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Drag the files and folders that you want to write to CD or DVD to

+the CD/DVD Creator folder.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Insert a writable CD or DVD into the CD/DVD writer device on your system.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press the <guibutton>Write to Disc</guibutton> button, or choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Write to CD/DVD</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A <guilabel>Write to Disc</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Use the <guilabel>Write to Disc</guilabel>

+dialog to specify how you want to write the CD, as follows:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Write disc to</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select the device to which you want to write the

+CD from the drop-down list. To create an CD image file, select the <guilabel>File image</guilabel> option. A CD image file is a normal file that contains all of the data in the same format as a CD, that you can write to a CD later.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Disc name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Type a name for the CD in the text box.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Data size</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Shows the size of the data to be written to disc.

+The blank disk must be at least this size.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Write speed</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select the speed at which you want to write the

+CD from the drop-down list.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Click on the <guibutton>Write</guibutton> button. </para>

+ <para>If you selected the <guilabel>File image</guilabel> option from the <guilabel>Target to write to</guilabel> drop-down list, a <guilabel>Choose a filename

+for the disc image</guilabel> dialog is displayed. Use the dialog to specify

+the location where you want to save the disc image file. By default, disc image

+files have a <filename>.iso</filename> file extension.</para>

+ <para>A <guilabel>Writing disc</guilabel> dialog is displayed. This process takes some time. When the disc is

+written or when the disc image file is created, a message to indicate that the

+process is complete is displayed in the dialog.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <tip><para>You can set the CD/DVD Creator folder to open automatically when you instert a blank disc. See <xref linkend="goscaja-61"/>.</para></tip>

+ <note><para>The filesystem written to the CD will be readable with long filenames on all recent operating systems. Both the Joliet and the Rock Ridge CD-ROM filesystem extensions are used.</para></note>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-cdwriter-copy">

+ <title>Copying CDs or DVDs</title>

+ <para>You can create a copy of a CD or DVD, either to another disc or to an image file stored on your computer. To create a copy, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Insert the disc you want to copy.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Computer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the top panel menubar.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Right-click on the CD icon, and choose <guimenuitem>Copy Disc</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>The <guilabel>Write to Disc</guilabel> dialog is displayed.</para></listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>If you have only one drive with write capabilities, the process will first create a disc image file on your computer. It will then eject the original disk, and ask you to change it for a blank disk on which to write the copy.</para>

+ <tip><para>If you want to create more than one copy, choose the Image File option on the <guilabel>Write to Disc</guilabel> and then write the disc image: see <xref linkend="caja-cdwriter-writeimage"/>.</para></tip>

+

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-cdwriter-writeimage">

+ <title>Creating a Disc from an Image File</title>

+ <para>You can write a disc image to a CD or DVD. For example, you may have downloaded a disc image from the internet, or previously created one yourself. Disc images usually have a <filename>.iso</filename> file extension and are sometimes called iso files.</para>

+ <para>To write a disc image, right-click on the disc image file, then choose <guimenuitem>Write to Disc</guimenuitem> from the popup menu.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-515">

+ <title>Navigating Remote Servers</title>

+ <para>The <application>Caja</application> file manager provides an integrated

+access point to your files, applications, FTP sites, Windows shares, WebDav servers and SSH servers.</para>

+ <sect2 id="caja-server-connect">

+ <title>To Access a remote server</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-37"/>

+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->

+ <!-- To Add a Network Server -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-466"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>FTP sites</primary>

+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>FTP sites</secondary>

+ <see>FTP sites</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can use the file manager to access

+a remote server, be it an FTP site, a Windows share, a WebDav server or an SSH server.</para>

+<para>To access a remote server, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+You may also access this dialog from the menubar by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Connect to Server</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+<para>To connect to a remote server, start by choosing the service type, then enter the server address.</para>

+<para>If required by your server, you may provide the following optional information : </para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="27.27*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="72.73*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Port</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Port to connect to on the server. This should only be used if it is necessary to

+change the default port, you would normally leave this blank.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Folder</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Folder to open upon connecting to server.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>User Name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>The user name of the account used to connect to the server.

+This should be supplied with the connection information if needed.

+The user name information is not appropriate for a public FTP connection.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Name to use for connection</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>The designation of the connection as it will appear in the file manager.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Share</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Name of desired windows share. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Domain name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Windows domain. This is only applicable to Windows shares.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+<para>If the server information is provided in the form of a URI, or you require a specialized connection, choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Custom Location</guimenuitem></menuchoice> as the service type.</para>

+<para>Once you have filled in the information, click on

+the <guibutton>Connect</guibutton> button. When the connection succeeds, the contents of the site are displayed and you may drag and drop files to and from the remote server.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-accessnetwork">

+ <title>To Access Network Places</title>

+ <!-- MOVE THIS ANCHOR -->

+ <!-- To Add a Network Server -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-508"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-509"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-465"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>network places</primary>

+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>network places</secondary>

+ <see>network places</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>If your system is configured

+to access places on a network, you can use the file manager to access the

+network places. </para>

+ <para>To access network places, open the file manager and choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Places</guimenu><guimenuitem>Network Servers</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. A window opens that displays the network places that you

+can access. Double-click on the network that you want to access. </para>

+ <para><indexterm><primary>NFS servers</primary><see>Unix network</see></indexterm>To

+access UNIX shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Unix Network (NFS) </guilabel>

+object. A list of the UNIX shares available to you is displayed in the file

+manager window.</para>

+ <para><indexterm><primary>Samba servers</primary><see>Windows network</see></indexterm>To access Windows shares, double-click on the <guilabel>Windows

+Network (SMB) </guilabel> object. A list of the Windows shares available to

+you is displayed in the file manager window.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <!-- special URIs by and large obsolete or at least arcane -->

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-467">

+ <title>Accessing Special URI Locations</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>special URI locations</primary>

+ <secondary>accessing</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>special URI

+locations</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>URI, special</primary>

+ <see>special URI locations</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Caja has certain special URI locations that enable you to access particular functions from the file manager.</para>

+ <para>These are intended for advanced users: in most cases, an easier method of accessing the function or location exists.</para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-479"/> lists the special URI locations that you can

+use with the file manager.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-479">

+ <title>Special URI Locations</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="33.94*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="66.06*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>URI Location</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <command>burn:///</command>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>This is a special location where you can copy files and folders that you want to write

+to a CD. From here you can write the contents of the location to a CD easily. See also <xref linkend="caja-cdwriter"/>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <command>network:///</command>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Displays network locations to

+which you can connect, if your system is configured to access locations on

+a network. To access a network location, double-click on the network location.

+You can also use this URI to add network locations to your system. See also <xref linkend="caja-accessnetwork"/>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+

+

+ <!-- ============================================== prefs -->

+ <sect1 id="caja-preferences">

+

+ <title>Caja Preferences</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscaja-15"/>

+ <anchor id="goscaja-17"/>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.16 -->

+ <anchor id="prefs-filemanager"/>

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-84"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>customizing</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>

+ <tertiary>introduction</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preferences,

+file manager</primary>

+ <see>file manager preferences</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Use the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog to customize the file manager to suit your requirements

+and preferences.</para>

+ <para>To display the <guilabel>File Management Preferences</guilabel> dialog, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can also access this dialog directly from the top panel Menubar

+by choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>File Management</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <para>You can set preferences in the following categories: </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The default settings for views.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The behavior of files and folders, executable text files,

+and Trash.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The information that is displayed in icon captions and the date format.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The columns that appear in the list view and their order.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Preview options to improve the performance of the file manager.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>How removable media and connected devices are handled.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-438">

+ <title>Views Preferences</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>

+ <tertiary>views</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>You can specify a default view,

+and select sort options and display options. You can also specify default

+settings for icon views and list views.</para>

+ <para>To specify your default view settings,

+choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tab to

+display the <guilabel>Views</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-30"/> lists the views preferences that

+you can modify. </para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-30">

+ <title>Views Preferences</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>View new folders using</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select the default view for folders. When you open

+a folder, the folder is displayed in the view that you select. This can be the icon view, the list view, or the compact view, which is a variant of the icon view that is organized in columns rather than rows..</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Arrange items</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select the characteristic by which you want to sort

+the items in folders that are displayed in this view.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Sort folders before files</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select this option to list folders before

+files when you sort a folder.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Show hidden and

+backup files</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select this option to display files that are normally not shown in folders. For more on hidden files, see <xref linkend="caja-hidden-files"/>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Default zoom level</guilabel> in the Icon View, Compact View, or List View sections

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Select the default zoom level for folders that are displayed

+in this view. The zoom level specifies the size of items in a view.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Use compact layout</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Select

+this option to arrange the items in icon view so that the items in the folder

+are closer to each other.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Text beside icons</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select this option to place the icon captions

+for items beside the icon rather than under the icon.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>All columns have the same width</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select this option to make all columns in a compact view have the same width.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Show only folders</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select this option to display only folders in the <guilabel>Tree</guilabel> in the side pane.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-56">

+ <title>Behavior Preferences</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>

+ <tertiary>behavior</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>To set your preferences for

+files and folders, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel>

+tab to display the <guilabel>Behavior</guilabel> tabbed section. You can set the following preferences:</para>

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Single click to open items</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to perform the default action

+ for an item when you click on the item. When this option is selected, and

+ you point to an item, the title of the item is underlined. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Double click to open items</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to perform the default action for an item when you double-click

+ on the item.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Always open in browser windows</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to use <application>Caja</application> in browser mode

+ rather than spatial mode. Selecting this lets you browse your files and folders in the same window, otherwise you will navigate your files and folders as objects.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Run executable text files when they are opened</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to run an text executable file when you choose

+ the file. An executable text file is a text file that can execute, that

+ is, a shell script.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>View executable text files when they are opened</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to display the contents of an executable text file when you

+ choose the executable text file.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Ask each time</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select

+ this option to display a dialog when you choose an executable text file. The dialog

+ asks whether you want to execute the file or display the file. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Ask before emptying the Trash or deleting files</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to display a confirmation message before <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> is emptied, or files are deleted. Leave this selected unless you have good reason not to.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Include a Delete command that bypasses Trash</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Select this option to add a <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item to

+ the following menus:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>The popup menu that is displayed when you right-click on a

+ file, folder, or desktop object. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para>When you select an item then choose the <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem> menu item, the item is deleted from your file system

+ immediately. There is no way to recover a deleted file. Do not select this unless you have good reason to.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-439">

+ <title>Display Preferences</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>icons</secondary>

+ <tertiary>caption preferences</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>

+ <tertiary>icon captions</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>An icon caption displays the name of a file or folder in

+an icon view. The icon caption also includes three additional items of information

+on the file or folder. The additional information is displayed after the file

+name. Normally only one item of information is visible, but when you zoom

+in on an icon, more of the information is displayed. You can modify what additional

+information is displayed in icon captions. </para>

+ <para>To set your preferences for icon captions, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+Click on the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>

+ <para>Select the items of information that you want to display in the icon

+caption from the three drop-down lists. Select the first item from the first

+drop-down list, select the second item from the second drop-down list, and

+so on. The following table describes the items of information that you can

+select:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Information</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Size</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the size of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Type</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the description of the MIME type of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Date Modified</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose

+this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Date Accessed</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose

+this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the owner of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Group</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the group to which the item belongs.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose

+this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three

+characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Octal Permissions</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this option to display the permissions of the item in octal

+notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>MIME Type</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the MIME type of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>None</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+no information for the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ <para>

+ The date <guilabel>Format</guilabel> option lets you choose how the date is displayed throughout Caja.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-490">

+ <title>List Columns Preferences</title>

+ <para>You can specify what information is displayed in list view in file manager

+windows. You can specify which columns are displayed in list view, and the

+order in which the columns are displayed.</para>

+ <para>To set your preferences for list columns, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+Click on the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tab to display the <guilabel>List Columns</guilabel> tabbed section. </para>

+ <para>To specify a column to display in list view, select the option that

+corresponds to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Show</guibutton> button.

+To remove a column from the list view, select the option that corresponds

+to the column, then click on the <guibutton>Hide</guibutton> button.</para>

+ <para>Use the <guibutton>Move Up</guibutton> and <guibutton>Move Down</guibutton>

+buttons to specify the position of columns in list view.</para>

+ <para>To use the default columns and column positions, click on the <guibutton>Use Default</guibutton> button. </para>

+ <para>The following table describes the columns that you can display:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Information</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Name</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Choose this option to display the name of

+the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Size</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the size of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Type</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the description of the MIME type of the item from the <application>File Types

+and Programs</application> preference tool.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Date Modified</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose

+this option to display the last modification date of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Date Accessed</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose

+this option to display the date that the item was last accessed.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Group</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Choose this option to display the group to

+which the item belongs.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>MIME type</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Choose this option to display the MIME type

+of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Octal Permissions</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying in octal notation</secondary></indexterm>Choose this

+option to display the permissions of the item in octal notation, for example <computeroutput>764</computeroutput>. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Owner</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Choose this option to display

+the owner of the item.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para><indexterm><primary>permissions</primary><secondary>displaying as characters</secondary></indexterm>Choose

+this option to display the permissions of the item as three sets of three

+characters, for example <computeroutput>-rwxrw-r--</computeroutput>.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-60">

+ <title>Preview Preferences</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>preferences</secondary>

+ <tertiary>preview</tertiary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The file manager include some

+file preview features. The preview features can affect the speed with which

+the file manager responds to your requests. You can modify the behavior of

+some of these features to improve the speed of the file manager. For each

+preview preference, you can select one of the options described in the following

+table:</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Option</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Always</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Performs the action for both local files, and files

+on other file systems.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Local Files Only</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Performs the action for local files only.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Never</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Never performs the action. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ <para>To set your preview preferences, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Click on the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel> tab dialog to display the <guilabel>Preview</guilabel>

+tabbed section. </para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-41"/> lists the preview preferences that

+you can modify.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-41">

+ <title>Preview Preferences</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Show text in icons</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select an option to specify when to preview the

+content of text files in the icon that represents the file. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Show thumbnails</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Select

+an option to specify when to show thumbnails of image files. The file manager

+stores the thumbnail files for each folder in a <filename>.thumbnails</filename>

+directory in the user's Home Folder.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Only for files smaller than</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Specify the maximum

+file size for files for which the file manager creates a thumbnail.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Preview sound

+files</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">

+ <para>Select an option to specify when to preview sound files. </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Count number of items</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1">

+ <para>Select an option to specify when to show the

+number of items in folders. When in icon view, you might

+need to increase your zoom level to see the number of items in each folder.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-61">

+ <title>Media Preferences</title>

+ <para>

+ You can configure how <application>Caja</application> handles

+ removable media and devices that are connected to the computer, such

+ as music players or cameras. For each media format or device

+ type, <application>Caja</application> offers to run one of the

+ applications that are known to support this format, as well as

+ the following options:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Option</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Ask what to do</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Make <application>Caja</application> ask for the desired

+ action when the media or device appears.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Do Nothing</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Do nothing.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Open Folder</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Treat the media or device like an ordinary folder and open

+ it in a <application>Caja</application> window.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Open with other Application</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select an application to run with the <application>Caja</application> application chooser dialog. Note that applications known to handle

+ the media or device can be chosen directly from the drop-down list.

+

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ <para>The most common media formats can be configured in the <guilabel>Media Handling</guilabel> section: audio CDs, video DVDs, music players, cameras, and software cds.</para>

+ <para>To configure the handling for other media formats, first select the format in the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down list, then select the desired handling for this format in the <guilabel>Action</guilabel> drop-down list.</para>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscaja-TBL-43"/> lists other media handling preferences that

+you can modify.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscaja-TBL-43">

+ <title>Preview Preferences</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="35.09*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="64.91*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Never prompt or start programs on media insertion</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ Select this option to prevent <application>Caja</application> from showing dialogs or running programs when media or devices appear. When this option is selected, the preferences for the handling of specific media formats are ignored.

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Browse media when inserted</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ When this option is selected, <application>Caja</application>

+ will automatically open a folder when media is inserted. This

+ only applies for media formats for which the handling has not been explicitly configured.

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+

+ </sect1>

+

+ <sect1 id="goscaja-440">

+ <title>Extending Caja</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>file manager</primary>

+ <secondary>running scripts</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>scripts, running from file manager</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+<para>Caja can be extended in two main ways. Through <application>Caja</application> extensions, and through scripts. This section explains the difference between the two and how to install.</para>

+ <sect2 id="goscaja-444">

+ <title>Caja Scripts</title>

+ <para>Caja can run scripts. Scripts are typically simpler in operation than full <application>Caja</application> extensions and can be written in any scripted language capable of being executed on your computer. To run a script choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Scripts</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then choose the script that you want to run from the submenu.</para>

+ <para>To run a script on a particular file, select the file in the view pane.

+Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Scripts</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then choose the script that you want to run on the file from

+the submenu. You can also select multiple files to run your scripts on.</para>

+ <para>You may also access scripts from the <!-- TODO link --> context menu.</para>

+ <note>

+ <para>If you do not have any scripts installed, the script menu will not appear.</para>

+ </note>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-install-scripts">

+ <title>Installing File Manager Scripts</title>

+ <para>The file manager includes a special folder where you can

+store your scripts. All executable files in this folder will appear in the Scripts menu. The script folder

+is located at $HOME/.config/caja/scripts.</para>

+ <para>To install a script, simply copy the script to the script folder and give it the user executable permission.</para>

+ <para>To view the contents of your scripts folder, if you already have scripts installed, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guisubmenu>Scripts</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Open Scripts Folder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.

+You will have to navigate to the scripts folder with the file manager if you do not yet have any scripts. You may need to show hidden files for this, use <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Hidden Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>

+<para>A good source to download <application>Caja</application> scripts is from the <ulink url="http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net"><citetitle>G-Scripts website</citetitle></ulink>.</para>

+ </sect3>

+ <sect3 id="goscaja-write-scripts">

+ <title>Writing File Manager Scripts</title>

+ <para>When executed from a local folder, scripts will be passed the selected file names. When

+executed from a remote folder (e.g. a folder showing web or ftp content), scripts will be passed no parameters.</para>

+ <para>The following table shows variables passed to the script :</para>

+ <informaltable frame="topbot">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Environment variable</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>CAJA_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>newline-delimited paths for selected files (only if local)</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>CAJA_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>newline-delimited URIs for selected files</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>CAJA_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>URI for current location</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>CAJA_SCRIPT_WINDOW_GEOMETRY</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>position and size of current window</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="caja-extensions">

+ <title>Caja Extensions</title>

+ <para><application>Caja</application> extensions are far more powerful than <application>Caja</application> scripts, allowing more freedom where and how they extend <application>Caja</application>. <application>Caja</application> extensions are typically installed by your system administrator.</para>

+<para>Some popular <application>Caja</application> extensions include:

+<orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>caja-actions</para>

+ <para>This extension allows you to easily assign actions based on file type</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>caja-send-to</para>

+ <para>This extension provides a simple way to send a file or folder to another using email, instant messaging, or Bluetooth.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>caja-open-terminal.</para>

+ <para>This extension provides an easy way to open a terminal at the selected starting location.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+</para>

+<note>

+ <para>If you are looking for the <guilabel>Open Terminal</guilabel> command which used to exist in the <application>Caja</application> right click menu by default then you should install the <application>caja-open-terminal</application> extension.</para>

+ </note>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+</chapter>

+<chapter id="prefs">

+ <title>Configuring Your Desktop</title>

+

+ <!-- ids in this section are gradually being converted

+ to something like 'prefs-mouse'.

+ remember to add an anchor for the old id in the right place -->

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-6"/>

+

+ <!-- Desktop Overview / Desktop Preferences -->

+ <anchor id="gosoverview-55"/>

+

+ <!-- ids of sections removed from this document for 2.14 -->

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-10"/><!-- Customizing Your Panels -->

+

+ <highlights>

+ <para>This chapter describes how to use the preference tools to

+customize the MATE Desktop.</para>

+ </highlights>

+ <!-- move the following to its own section, "Using Pref Tools"? -->

+ <para>A preference tool is a small application that allows you to change settings in the MATE Desktop. Each preference tool covers a particular aspect of your computer. For example, with the <application>Mouse</application> preference tool you can set your mouse to left-handed or right-handed use, or change the speed of the pointer on the screen. With the <application>Windows</application> preference tool you can set behaviour common to all windows such as the way in which you select them with the mouse.</para>

+ <para>To open a preference tool, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice> in the top panel. Choose the tool that you require from the submenu.</para>

+ <para>With a few exceptions, the changes you make to settings in a preference tool take effect immediately, without needing to close the preference tool. You can keep the preference tool window open while you try the changes, and make further changes if you wish.</para>

+ <para>Some applications or system components may add their own preference tools to the menu.</para>

+ <note><para>Some preference tools let you modify essential parts of your system, and therefore require administrative access. When you open the preference tool, a dialog box will prompt you for your password. These are in the <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Administration</guisubmenu></menuchoice> submenu. This menu also contains more complex utility applications for managing and updating your system.</para></note>

+

+

+<sect1 id="prefs-personal">

+ <title>Personal</title>

+ <!-- Was Login Photo prefs, could go to About Me if that was enabled by default -->

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-95"/>

+

+ <sect2 id="goscustaccess-11">

+ <title>Assistive Technologies Preferences</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>accessibility</primary>

+ <secondary>setting assistive technology

+preferences</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preference tools</primary>

+ <secondary>Assistive Technologies</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Use the <application>Assistive Technologies</application> preference tool to enable assistive technologies

+in the MATE Desktop. You can also use the <application>Assistive Technology</application> preference tool to open other preference tools which contain preferences related to assistive technologies.</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Preferred Applications</guibutton> lets you specify assistive technology applications to start automatically when you log in. See <xref linkend="prefs-preferredapps"/></para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Keyboard Accessibility</guibutton> lets you configure keyboard accessibility features such as sticky keys, slow keys or bounce keys.

+ See <xref linkend="prefs-keyboard-a11y"/></para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guibutton>Mouse Accessibility</guibutton> lets you configure mouse accessibility features such as dwell clicking. See <xref linkend="goscustdesk-53"/></para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <para><xref linkend="goscustaccess-TBL-14"/> lists the assistive technology

+preferences that you can modify.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscustaccess-TBL-14">

+ <title>Assistive Technology Preferences</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row rowsep="1">

+ <entry>

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Enable assistive technologies</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to enable assistive technologies

+in the MATE Desktop.</para>

+ <para>Note that for technical reasons, you have to log in

+again after enabling this option for it to be fully effective.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="prefs-keyboard-shortcuts">

+ <title>Keyboard Shortcuts Preferences</title>

+

+ <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-39"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preference tools</primary>

+ <secondary>Keyboard Shortcuts</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>shortcut

+keys</primary>

+ <secondary>configuring</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>keyboard shortcuts</primary>

+ <secondary>configuring</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Use the <application>Keyboard Shortcuts</application> preference tool to customize the default keyboard shortcuts to your requirements.</para>

+

+ <para>A <firstterm>keyboard shortcut</firstterm> is a key or combination of

+keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. For more on keyboard shortcuts, and a list of the default shortcuts in MATE, see <xref linkend="keyboard-skills"/>.</para>

+

+ <para>To edit a keyboard shortcut, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem><para>

+ Click the action in the list. If you are using the the keyboard, use the arrow keys to select the shortcut and press <keycap>Return</keycap>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Press the new key or key combination you want to assign to the action.</para>

+ <para>To clear a shortcut, press <keycap>Backspace</keycap>. The action is now marked as <guilabel>Disabled</guilabel>.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+

+ <para>To cancel assigning a shortcut, click elsewhere in the window or press <keycap>Escape</keycap>.</para>

+

+ <para>The shortcuts you can customize are grouped as follows:</para>

+

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry><term>Desktop</term>

+ <listitem><para>These are general shortcuts for the whole desktop, such as logging out, <link linkend="lock-screen">locking the screen</link>, opening the <link linkend="menubar">panel menubar</link>, or launching a web browser.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Sound</term>

+ <listitem><para>Shortcuts for controlling your music player and the system volume.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Window Management</term>

+ <listitem><para>Shortcuts for working with windows and workspaces, such as maximizing or moving the current window, and switching to another workspace. For more information on these kinds of actions, see <xref linkend="windows-manipulating"/> and <xref linkend="overview-workspaces"/>.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Accessibility</term>

+ <listitem><para>Shortcuts for starting assistive technologies, such as

+ a screen reader, a magnifier or an on-screen keyboard.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry><term>Custom Shortcuts</term>

+ <listitem><para>Custom shortcuts that have been added with the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button. This section will not be shown if there are no custom shortcuts.</para></listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+ <para>

+ To add a custom shortcut, use the <guilabel>Add</guilabel> button in the action area. You have to provide a name and a command for the new shortcut. The new custom shortcut will appear in the list of shortcuts and can be edited in the same way as the predefined shortcuts.

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ To remove a custom shortcut, use the <guilabel>Remove</guilabel> button.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="prefs-preferredapps">

+ <title>Preferred Applications</title>

+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->

+ <anchor id="goscustdoc-2"/>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preference tools</primary>

+ <secondary>Preferred Applications</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>default applications</primary>

+ <see>preferred applications</see>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>Use the <application>Preferred

+Applications</application> preference tool to specify the applications that

+you want the MATE Desktop to use when the MATE Desktop starts an application

+for you. For example, you can specify the web browser application (<application>Epiphany

+</application>, <application>Mozilla Firefox</application>, <application>Opera</application>

+...) to launch when you click on a link in other applications such as

+email clients or document viewers.</para>

+

+ <para> <application>Preferred Applications</application> can be found by going to

+<menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Preferred Applications</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

+ <para>You can customize the preferences for the <application>Preferred Applications</application> preference tool in the following functional areas.</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Internet</guilabel> (Web, Mail)

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Multimedia</guilabel> (Multimedia Player)

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>System</guilabel> (Terminal)

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Accessibility</guilabel> (Visual, Mobility)

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+

+ <para>For each preferred application category, a drop-down menu contains a list of possible applications you can choose from. The list depends on the applications installed on your computer.</para>

+ <para>In each category, the last item in the menu (<guimenuitem>Custom</guimenuitem>) permits you to customize the command used by the system when the specific launch action occurs.</para>

+

+ <sect3 id="goscustlookandfeel-32">

+ <title>Custom Command Options</title>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preferred applications</primary>

+ <secondary>custom command</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <para>The following table summarizes the various options you can choose from when you select

+<guimenuitem>Custom</guimenuitem> in the drop-down application menu.</para>

+ <table frame="topbot" id="goscustlookandfeel-TBL-37">

+ <title>Custom command options</title>

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="18.86*"/>

+ <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="47.14*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row>

+ <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">

+ <para>Dialog Element</para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">

+ <para>Description</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Command</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>Enter the command to execute to start the custom application. For the <application>Web

+Browser</application> and the <application>Mail Reader</application> applications, you can include a <literal>%s</literal>

+after the command to tell the application to use the URL or Email address you clicked on. The exact command arguments

+may depend on the specific application.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Run in terminal</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for an

+ application that does not create a window in which to run.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Execute flag (Terminal only)</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>Most terminal applications have an option that cause them to treat the remaining command line options as

+commands to run (<option>-x</option> for <application>mate-terminal</application>). Enter this option here.

+ For example, this is used when executing a command of a launcher for which the chosen type is Application in Terminal.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row>

+ <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Run at start (Accessibility only)</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ </entry>

+ <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">

+ <para>Select this option to run the command as soon as your session begins.</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </table>

+ </sect3>

+ </sect2>

+

+</sect1>

+

+<sect1 id="prefs-look-and-feel">

+ <title>Look and Feel</title>

+

+ <sect2 id="prefs-appearance">

+ <title>Appearance Preferences</title>

+ <para>The <application>Appearance</application> preference tool lets

+ you configure various aspects of how your desktop looks:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Theme,</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Desktop Background,</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Fonts,</para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>User Interface.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ <sect3 id="prefs-theme">

+ <title>Theme Preferences</title>

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-12"/>

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-54"/>

+ <anchor id="goscustdesk-82"/>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>themes</primary>

+ <secondary>setting controls options</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>themes</primary>

+ <secondary>setting window

+frame options</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>themes</primary>

+ <secondary>setting icons options</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>windows</primary>

+ <secondary>setting frame theme options</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>preference tools</primary>

+ <secondary>Theme</secondary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+ <para>A theme is a group of coordinated settings that specifies

+the visual appearance of a part of the MATE Desktop. You can choose themes

+to change the appearance of the MATE Desktop. Use the <application>Theme</application> tabbed section to select a theme. You can choose from a list

+of available themes. The list of available themes includes several themes

+for users with accessibility requirements. </para>

+ <para>A theme contains settings that affect different parts of the MATE Desktop,

+as follows:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Controls</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><indexterm><primary>GTK+

+themes</primary><see>themes, controls options</see></indexterm><indexterm><primary>themes</primary><secondary>controls options</secondary><tertiary>introduction</tertiary></indexterm>The controls setting for a theme determines

+the visual appearance of windows, panels, and applets. The controls setting

+also determines the visual appearance of the MATE-compliant interface items

+that appear on windows, panels, and applets, such as menus, icons, and buttons.

+Some of the controls setting options that are available are designed for special

+accessibility needs. You can choose an option for the controls setting from

+the <guilabel>Controls</guilabel> tabbed section in the <guilabel>Customize Theme</guilabel> window.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Colors</term>