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* Added docs and screenshots for preference panels:
Appearance, Backgrounds, DataTranslations, E-mail,
Filetypes, Fonts, Keyboard, Keymap, Menu, Mouse,
Network, Screen, Screensaver, Sounds, Time, VirtualMemory
Adapted some contents for E-mail preferences from
src/documentation/haiku_user_guide/HaikuUserGuide.txt
As I haven't succeeded to get email running in vmware, I'd appreciate if someone
can proof read what's written in E-mail preferences.
* Added preferences to the user guide contents.
* Various formatting details and inter-documents-links
Wow! Thanks a lot!
git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/haiku/trunk@28555 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96
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<head>
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<title>Appearance</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../welcome/welcome.css">
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</head>
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<body lang="en-US">
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<div class="logo">
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<img src="../welcome/welcome-images/logo.png" alt="logo">
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<div class="title">Appearance</div>
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</div>
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<div class="topnav">
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<p>
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<a href="preferences.html">Preferences</a>
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Next: <a href="prefs-backgrounds.html">Backgrounds</a>
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="content">
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<p>The Appearance preferences lets you change some aspects of Haiku's visuals.
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</p>
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<h2><a name="colors">Colors</a></h2>
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<img src="prefs-images/appearance-colors.png" alt="appearance-colors.png" width="460" height="337">
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<br>
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<p>In the first tab, <i>Colors</i>, you can change the colors of different parts of the user interface. The color well accepts drag&drops from other programs, letting you drag colors over from e.g. <i>WonderBrush</i>, <i>Icon-O-Matic</i> or the <i>Backgrounds</i> panel.
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</p>
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<h2><a name="antialiasing">Antialiasing</a></h2>
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<img src="prefs-images/appearance-antialiasing.png" alt="appearance-antialiasing.png" width="460" height="337">
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<br>
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<p>The second tab, <i>Antialiasing</i>, provides different settings for how things are rendered on screen.<br>
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An activated <i>Glyph hinting</i> aligns all letters in such a way that their vertical and horizontal edges rest exactly between two pixels. The result is a perfect contrast, especially when dealing with black on white. Text appears crisper.
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</p><p>See the difference of the two settings with these magnified screenshots:
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<img src="prefs-images/appearance-glyph-off.png" alt="appearance-glyph-off.png" width="296" height="207"> <img src="prefs-images/appearance-glyph-on.png" alt="appearance-glyph-on.png" width="296" height="207">
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<br>
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<p>Another technique to improve rendering is <i>Antialiasing</i>, which supports all vector graphics as well as text. It smoothes lines by changing the color of certain pixels. There are two methods for that:</p>
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<p><i>Greyscale</i> changes the intensity of pixels at the edge.</br>
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<i>LCD subpixel</i> does an even better job, especially with (high resolution) LCD monitors. Instead of the intensity of a pixel, it changes its color which moves an edge by a fraction of a pixel, because LCD displays produce every pixel with a red, green and blue component.
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</p><p>Again, the two different methods with magnified screenshots:
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<img src="prefs-images/appearance-glyph-off.png" alt="appearance-glyph-off.png" width="296" height="207"> <img src="prefs-images/appearance-subpixel.png" alt="appearance-subpixel.png" width="296" height="207">
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<br>
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<p>Subpixel based antialiasing adds a slight colored shine to objects. Something not everyone tolerates. In Haiku you can mix the two antialiasing methods and find the right setting for you by using a slider.
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</p><p><b>Note: </b>The subpixel based antialiasing in combination with the glyph hinting is subject of a software patent and is therefore not available by default. Depending on where in the world you live, you may get an unlocked version. Sorry about that. Talk with your representative.
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</p><p><br>
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</p><p><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><i>Defaults</i></td><td> </td><td>resets everything to default values.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>Revert</i></td><td> </td><td>brings back the settings that were active when you started the Appearance preferences.</td></tr>
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</table>
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</p>
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</div>
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<div class="bottomnav">
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<p>
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<a href="preferences.html">Preferences</a>
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Next: <a href="prefs-backgrounds.html">Backgrounds</a>
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</p>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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