Jeff Zaroyko : wineusr: Minor improvements to the introduction.
Alexandre Julliard
julliard at winehq.org
Fri Jul 16 09:46:39 CDT 2010
Module: docs
Branch: master
Commit: 5a02bc4930b31513b614cc52d2087c182df9cc2f
URL: http://source.winehq.org/git/docs.git/?a=commit;h=5a02bc4930b31513b614cc52d2087c182df9cc2f
Author: Jeff Zaroyko <jeffz at jeffz.name>
Date: Fri Jul 16 13:09:58 2010 +1000
wineusr: Minor improvements to the introduction.
---
en/wineusr-introduction.sgml | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/en/wineusr-introduction.sgml b/en/wineusr-introduction.sgml
index 4b326dd..ea087cd 100644
--- a/en/wineusr-introduction.sgml
+++ b/en/wineusr-introduction.sgml
@@ -19,17 +19,18 @@
<sect2>
<title>Further questions and comments</title>
<para>
- If, after examining this guide, the FAQ, and other relevant
- documentation there is still something you cannot figure out,
- we would love to hear from you. The <ulink
- url="http://www.winehq.org/site/forums">mailing lists</ulink>
- section contains several mailing lists and an IRC channel, all
- of which are great places to seek help and offer suggestions.
- If you are particularly savvy, and believe that something can be
- explained better, you can file a <ulink
- url="http://bugs.winehq.org/">bug report</ulink> or <ulink
- url="http://wiki.winehq.org/SubmittingPatches">post a
- patch</ulink> on Wine's documentation itself.
+ If, after examining this guide,
+ the <ulink url="http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ">FAQ</ulink>, and
+ other relevant documentation there is still something you
+ cannot figure out, we would love to hear from you.
+ The <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/site/forums">mailing
+ lists</ulink> section contains several mailing lists and an
+ IRC channel, all of which are great places to seek help and
+ offer suggestions. If you are particularly savvy, and
+ believe that something can be explained better, you can file
+ a <ulink url="http://bugs.winehq.org/">bug report</ulink>
+ or <ulink url="http://wiki.winehq.org/SubmittingPatches">post
+ a patch</ulink> on Wine's documentation itself.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -64,20 +65,28 @@
linkend="getting-wine">Getting Wine</link> and see
the <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org/site/download">Wine
Downloads</> page. For the casual or new user the simplest
- is to get an rpm distribution.
+ is to get a packaged version for your distribution.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Configure wine using the <link
+ Optionally configure wine using the <link
linkend="config-wine-main"><emphasis><filename>winecfg</></>
- </link> command. For most people wine should now be usable.
+ </link> command. Wine should work without any
+ additional configuration options.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- To test your installation run wine's Windows 3.1 like file
- manager using the <filename>wine winefile</> command.
+ To test your installation run wine's notepad clone
+ using the <filename>wine notepad</> command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Check the Wine <ulink url="http://appdb.winehq.org">AppDB</ulink>
+ for specific instructions or steps required to install or run
+ your application.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -87,9 +96,10 @@
<filename>filespec/appname.exe</></></link> command.
</para>
<para>
- The first command you will run will be to install a package.
+ The first command you will run will be to install an application.
Typically something like <filename>wine
- /media/cdrom/setup.exe</> or the equivalent.
+ /media/cdrom/setup.exe</> or the equivalent path might be used
+ to install an application from CD.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Support for alternative input devices
+ Support for alternative input devices such as graphics tablets.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -326,7 +336,8 @@
and filesharing programs have very good open source equivalents.
Furthermore, a sizable number of Windows programs have been
ported to Linux directly, eliminating the need for Wine (or
- Windows) entirely.
+ Windows) entirely. These alternatives should be found through
+ your system's package management facilities.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
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