From 1f545ddb0d249634fd78f4eb7bfd95ea98dbea40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darrell Anderson Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:00:32 -0500 Subject: Update help handbooks. --- doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook | 49 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook') diff --git a/doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook b/doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook index 9da36104a..2ad77c94b 100644 --- a/doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook +++ b/doc/khelpcenter/whatistde.docbook @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ collection of programs, technologies and documentation that attempt to make life easier for computer users. &tde; is targeted at &UNIX; workstations. &tde; features network transparency and a contemporary work -philosophy. +flow philosophy. -The Trinity Desktop Environment is a fork of the K Desktop Environment +Historically, the Trinity Desktop Environment is a fork of the K Desktop Environment version 3.5, originally written by the KDE Team, a world-wide network of software engineers committed to Free Software development. This group's major goal in free software development is to provide high quality software @@ -25,38 +25,38 @@ that empowers the user with easy control of his computer's resources. &tde; seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for &UNIX; workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under -&MacOS; or &Windows; 95/NT. &tde; meets the requirement +&MacOS; or &Windows;. &tde; meets the requirement of users for an easy to use work environment. Tools used to reach -this end are: enhanced inter-application communication, component +this goal are: enhanced inter-application communication, component reuse, generalized drag and drop, uniform look and feel and many more. Thus, &tde; offers much more than the traditional &UNIX; window managers. Stability, scaleability and openness are qualities which have made &UNIX; the undisputed choice for the information technology -professional for many years. &tde; builds on top of this excellent +professional for many years. &tde; builds on top of this excellent base framework and brings new, much needed qualities: usability, user -friendliness and beauty! &tde; was the first, and stays the forefront -player in bringing these qualities to &UNIX;, which constituted for +friendliness and beauty! &tde; remains as a forefront +player in bringing these qualities to &UNIX; systems, which constituted for years, the premier platform for server computers and scientific institutions, but wasn't very attractive for desktop users. -Without &UNIX; the Internet would not exist, or at least would -have a vastly different form. &UNIX; has not, until now, addressed the +Without Unix the Internet would not exist, or at least would +have a vastly different form. Unix has not, until recent years, addressed the needs of the average computer user. This fact is particularly -unfortunate, since a number of implementations of &UNIX; (&Linux;, FreeBSD, NetBSD, &etc;) are freely available on the Internet, all of which are of exceptional quality and -stability. +stability. &tde; The Desktop Environment -In combination with a free implementation of &UNIX;, &tde; +In combination with a free implementation of &UNIX; systems, &tde; provides to the world an open and completely free desktop computing platform either at home or at work. @@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ platform either at home or at work. its source code for anyone to modify. While there will always be room for improvement we believe we -have now delivered a viable alternative to some of the more commonly +provide a viable alternative to some of the more commonly found and commercial operating systems/desktops combinations available -today. It is our hope that the combination of &UNIX; and &tde; will +today. It is our hope that the combination of &UNIX; systems and &tde; will finally bring the same open, reliable, stable, and monopoly free computing to the average computer user that scientists and computing -professionals world-wide have enjoyed for years. +professionals world-wide have enjoyed for years. @@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ professionals world-wide have enjoyed for years. &tde; focuses on the user's needs, but it's obvious that this focus is more easily achieved by also giving developers the best -tools. &tde; code contains, and comes with, some of the best +tools. &tde; code contains, and comes with, some of the best development technologies of the modern computing age. -Authoring applications under &UNIX;/X11 used to be an extremely -tedious and labor intensive process. &tde; recognizes the fact that a +Authoring applications under &UNIX;/X11 systems used to be an extremely +tedious and labor intensive process. &tde; developers recognize the fact that a computing platform is only as good as the number of first class applications available to the users of that particular platform. -&tde; defines new technologies in &DCOP; and KParts, created to -offer a component document model and technology. Together with the +&tde; includes technologies such as &DCOP; and KParts, created to +offer a component document model and technology. Together with the complete &tde; libraries programming interface, &DCOP;/KParts are set in direct competition with other similar technologies like &Microsoft; MFC/COM/ActiveX technologies. The @@ -103,17 +103,16 @@ reinventing the wheel. &tde; The Office Application Suite In its current form, &tde; provides, apart from the essential desktop -component applications, a suite of powerful office programs known to the -world by the name &koffice;. +component applications, a suite of office programs known as &koffice;. &koffice; is based on the &tde; &DCOP;/KParts -technologies. It currently contains: a word processor with desktop +technologies. It contains: a word processor with desktop publishing capabilities (&kword;), a spreadsheet application (&kspread;) and accompanying charting program (&kchart;), a presentation program -(&kpresenter;) and a vector drawing program (&kontour;). Tying things +(&kpresenter;) and a vector drawing program (&karbon14;). Tying things together is the KOffice Workspace, an integrated shell to ease the use of the &koffice; components in -conjunction with each other. Additional components include an email +conjunction with each other. Additional components include an email client, a news reader, and a powerful PIM (Personal Information Manager - an organizer). -- cgit v1.2.1