diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml index 809bef21ef..6281ef6adc 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml @@ -178,22 +178,22 @@ Mozilla is a modern, - stable browser that is fully ported to FreeBSD. It features a very - standards-compliant HTML display engine. It provides a mail + stable browser that is fully ported to FreeBSD: it features a very + standards-compliant HTML display engine; it provides a mail and news reader. It even has a HTML composer if you plan to write some web pages yourself. Users of &netscape; will recognize the - similarities with Communicator - suite, as both browsers shared the same basis. + similarities with the Communicator + suite, as both browsers share some development history. On slow machines, with a CPU speed less than 233MHz or with less than 64MB of RAM, Mozilla - can be too resource-consuming to be fully usable. You may + can be too resource-demanding to be fully usable. You may want to look at the Opera browser instead, described a little later in this chapter. If you cannot or do not want to compile - Mozilla for any reason, the FreeBSD + Mozilla, for whatever reason, the FreeBSD GNOME team has already done this for you. Just install the package from the network by: @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Firefox, Mozilla and &java; plugin - In this section and in the next one, we assume you + In this section and in the next one, we assume you have already installed Firefox or Mozilla. @@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ To add &java; support to Firefox or - Mozilla, you have to install, at - first, the Mozilla, you first have to install + the java/javavmwrapper port. Then, download the Diablo &jre; package from Start your browser, enter about:plugins in the location bar and press - Enter. A page regarding installed plugins - will be displayed, the &java; - plugin should be listed there now. If it is not the case, as + Enter. A page listing the installed plugins + will be displayed; the &java; + plugin should be listed there now. If it is not, as root, run the following command: &prompt.root; ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \ @@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ &prompt.root; pkg_add -r opera - Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but the same - result can be obtained with the Ports Collection by - typing: + Some FTP sites do not have all the packages, but + Opera can still be obtained + through the Ports Collection by typing: &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/www/opera &prompt.root; make install clean @@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ version is useful in situations requiring the use of plug-ins that are only available for Linux, such as Adobe &acrobat.reader;. In all other respects, the - FreeBSD and Linux versions appear to be functionally + FreeBSD and Linux versions should be functionally identical. @@ -388,10 +388,13 @@ Konqueror is much more than a browser, it is also a file manager and a multimedia viewer. - Konqueror also comes with a set of plugins, + There is also a set of plugins available for + Konqueror, available in misc/konq-plugins. - Konqueror also supports &flash; and a How To + Konqueror also supports &flash;; a How To guide + for getting &flash; support on + Konqueror is available at . @@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ good office suite or a friendly word processor. While some desktop environments like KDE already provide an office suite, - there is no default application. FreeBSD provides all that is + there is no default productivity package. FreeBSD can provide all that is needed, regardless of your desktop environment. This section covers these applications: @@ -503,7 +506,7 @@ AbiWord can import or export many file formats, including some proprietary ones like - Microsoft .doc. + µsoft;'s .doc. AbiWord is available as a package. You can install it by: @@ -578,7 +581,8 @@ and a drawing program. Its user interface is very similar to other office suites, and it can import and export in various popular file formats. It is available in a number of - different languages including interfaces, spell checkers, and + different languages — internationalization has been + extended to interfaces, spell checkers, and dictionaries. The word processor of @@ -593,7 +597,7 @@ can be found on the OpenOffice.org web site. For FreeBSD specific information, and to directly - download packages use the FreeBSD OpenOffice.org Porting Team's web site. @@ -656,9 +660,10 @@ Document Viewers - Some new document formats have recently gained popularity. - The standard viewers they require may not be available in the - base system. We will see how to install them in this + Some new document formats have gained popularity since + the advent of &unix;; + the standard viewers they require may not be available in the + base system. We will see how to install such viewers in this section. This section covers these applications: @@ -751,9 +756,9 @@ viewer. It is originally based on ghostview but it has a nicer look thanks to the Xaw3d library. It is fast and its interface is - clean. gv has many features like - orientation, paper size, scale, or antialias. Almost any - operation can be done either from the keyboard or the + clean. gv has many features, such as + orientation, paper size, scale, and anti-aliasing. Almost any + operation can be done with either the keyboard or the mouse. To install gv as a package, @@ -832,11 +837,11 @@ If, for any reason, you would like to manage your personal finances on your FreeBSD Desktop, there are some powerful and - easy to use applications ready to be installed. Some of them - are compatible with widespread file formats like those of - Quicken or Excel documents. + easy-to-use applications ready to be installed. Some of them + are compatible with widespread file formats, such as the formats used by + Quicken and Excel to store documents. - This section covers these applications: + This section covers these programs: @@ -882,14 +887,14 @@ GnuCash is part of the GNOME effort to provide - user-friendly yet powerful applications to end-users. With + user-friendly, yet powerful, applications to end-users. With GnuCash, you can keep track of your - income and expenses, your bank accounts, or your stocks. It + income and expenses, your bank accounts, and your stocks. It features an intuitive interface while remaining very professional. GnuCash provides a smart - register, a hierarchical system of accounts, many keyboard + register, a hierarchical system of accounts, and many keyboard accelerators and auto-completion methods. It can split a single transaction into several more detailed pieces. GnuCash can import and merge @@ -918,10 +923,10 @@ Gnumeric - Gnumeric is a spreadsheet, part + Gnumeric is a spreadsheet program, part of the GNOME desktop environment. It features convenient automatic guessing of user - input according to the cell format and an autofill system for + input according to the cell format with an autofill system for many sequences. It can import files in a number of popular formats like those of Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, or Quattro Pro. Gnumeric supports graphs through @@ -931,7 +936,7 @@ date, time, and much more. To install Gnumeric as a - package, type in: + package, do: &prompt.root; pkg_add -r gnumeric @@ -953,13 +958,13 @@ Abacus is a small and easy to - use spreadsheet. It includes many built-in functions useful + use spreadsheet program. It includes many built-in functions useful in several domains such as statistics, finances, and mathematics. It can import and export the Excel file format. Abacus can produce &postscript; output. - To install Abacus from its + To install Abacus as a package, do: &prompt.root; pkg_add -r abacus