debian man page for gpe-what

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)