gpe-what(1) [debian man page]

GPE-WHAT(1)							     gpe-what							       GPE-WHAT(1)

NAME

       gpe-what - context-sensitive help for GPE.

SYNOPSIS

       gpe-what

DESCRIPTION

       gpe-what is a notification tray applet to control context sensitive help in the GPE Palmtop Environment.

       The GPE user interface is heavily icon-oriented, and it is not always completely obvious what the exact effect of each button is going to
       be. On a desktop system this would be dealt with by "mouse-over" tooltips, but these do not really work when your pointing device is a
       stylus. GPE-What provides an alternative mechanism for interactive help.

       GPE-what implements a modal help system for the GPE environment. It provides a "help" icon in the dock panel.

       When this icon is clicked, the system enters "help mode"; normal UI is suspended, and the next mouse click selects the widget for which
       help is wanted. The help text, if available, is displayed in a small pop-up bubble. This mechanism much much more useful for touchscreen
       use compared to the "mouse-over" tooltips known from a desktop PC.

       This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

AUTHOR

       Philip Blundell
	  Author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 Neil Williams

Debian 1							 December 21, 2006						       GPE-WHAT(1)

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GPE-ANNOUNCE(1) 						   gpe-announce 						   GPE-ANNOUNCE(1)

NAME

       gpe-announce - program to announce alarms to the user

SYNOPSIS

       gpe-announce

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the gpe-announce.

       This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       gpe-announce announces alarms set by gpe-calendar and gpe-clock to the user in the G Palmtop Environment

OPTIONS

       gpe-announce "alarm text"

       The text displayed by the alarm box can be specified as a quoted string on the command line.

       Further arguments are ignored due to problems with the upstream gstreamer support.

AUDIO SUPPORT

       To allow audio sounds, ensure that /dev/mixer exists and that no other processes are using /dev/dsp (e.g. a music player like rhythmbox,
       even when not playing, will make gpe-announce think that the audio device is busy).

       You may need to load the snd_pcm_oss kernel driver for /dev/mixer to appear:

	   $ sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Neil Williams codehelp@debian.org for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

AUTHOR

       Joe McCarthy

COPYRIGHT

       CopyrightCopyright (C) 2007 Neil Williams

Debian 1							 January 16, 2008						   GPE-ANNOUNCE(1)

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