From a5762961956addd80f6f6b6c9e4c54b513e6f80e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Weber Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 15:46:16 +0000 Subject: Credit kmarass. 2001-09-04 Aaron Weber * C/apx-authors.sgml: Credit kmarass. * C/usage-contact.sgml: groups-of-contacts-management. * C/usage-mainwindow.sgml: Add more info, "whatis" section, "Ximian Evolution" and "vFolder." * C/evolution.sgml: "Ximian Evolution" not "Evolution" * C/preface.sgml: Moved "whatis" section to usage-mainwindow, as per new-outline. * C/usage-mail.sgml: Expand deletion info. Also composer work. svn path=/trunk/; revision=12581 --- help/C/preface.sgml | 123 +++++----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 112 deletions(-) (limited to 'help/C/preface.sgml') diff --git a/help/C/preface.sgml b/help/C/preface.sgml index fa03971fc9..839dbdcb93 100644 --- a/help/C/preface.sgml +++ b/help/C/preface.sgml @@ -1,112 +1,10 @@ - - - Introduction - - - What is Evolution, and What Can It Do for Me? - - Information is useless unless it's organized and accessible; - it's hardly even worth the name if you can't look at it and be - informed. - Evolution's goal is to make the - tasks of storing, organizing, and retrieving your personal - information easier, so you can work and communicate with - others. That is, it's a highly evolved groupware program, an integral - part of the Internet-connected desktop. - - - Without all the hot air, that means it's a tool to help you - get your work done. - - - Because it's part of the GNOME project, - Evolution is Free Software. The - program and its source code are released under the terms of - the GNU General - Public License (GPL), and the - documentation falls under the Free Documentation - License (FDL). For more information about - the GPL and the FDL, visit the Free Software Foundation's - website at http://www.fsf.org. - - - - Evolution can help you work in a - group by handling email, address and other contact - information, and one or more calendars. It can do that on one - or several computers, connected directly or over a network, - for one person or for large groups. - - - The Evolution project has four - central goals: - - - - - The application must be both powerful and easy - to use. In other words, it needs a familiar - and intuitive interface that users can customize to their - liking, and users should have access to shortcuts for - complex tasks. - - - - - Evolution must meet and - exceed the standards set by other groupware products. - It must include support for major network protocols so that it can - integrate seamlessly with existing hardware and network - environments. - - - - - The project must support open standards and be open to - expansion, so that it can become a development platform - as well as an application. From the simplest scripting - to the most complex network and component programming, - Evolution must offer - developers an environment for cutting-edge application - development. - - - - - Data must be safe: Evolution - must not lose mail, corrupt mailbox files or other data, - execute arbitrary scripts, or delete files from - your hard disk. - - - - - - Evolution is designed to make most - daily tasks faster. For example, it takes only one or two - clicks to enter an appointment or an address card sent to you - by email, or to send email to a contact or appointment. - Evolution makes displays faster and - more efficient, so searches are faster and memory usage is - lower. People who get lots of mail will appreciate advanced - features like - Virtual Folders, which let you save searches as though - they were ordinary mail folders. - - - - - - About This Book + About this Book + + Organization This book is divided into two parts, with several appendices. The first part is a guided @@ -119,14 +17,16 @@ Evolution looks or acts can benefit from reading it. - + + + Typographical conventions - Some kinds of words are marked off with special typography: + In this book, we'll mark some words with special typography: Applications - Commands typed at the command line - Labels for interface items + Commands you type at the command line + Labels for Menu selections look like this: @@ -153,7 +53,7 @@ Example Example - This is what an example looks like. + This is what an example looks like. @@ -164,7 +64,6 @@ - - + -- cgit