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>Session</A
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>      The Session Group provides you methods of controlling various items that
      occur with the startup of your GNOME Session. These include startup
      programs and startup hints.
    </P
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><A
NAME="STARTUP-HINTS"
>Startup Hints</A
></H2
><P
>	This Capplet allows you to select any startup hints or messages
	displayed when you first log into GNOME. The capplet allows you to
	choose from various sources of messages.
      </P
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>	The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Enable login hints</B
></TT
> checkbox allows you to turn
	this feature on or off.
      </P
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>	The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Display normal hints</B
></TT
> checkbox will display a
	group of hints on how to use GNOME. This is a good choice for new users
	of GNOME.
      </P
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>	The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Display fortunes instead of hints</B
></TT
> checkbox
	allows you to make use of the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>fortune</TT
>
	application which displays various "fortunes" and sayings. Please refer
	to the fortune documentation for how to set it up.
      </P
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>	The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Display message of the day instead of hints</B
></TT
>
	checkbox allows you to define a message of the day to be displayed
	instead of hints of fortunes. The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Message of the day file to
	use</B
></TT
> text box allows you to define the text file that will be
	used as the message. This is a good choice for system administrators to
	use to inform many users of daily news.
      </P
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><P
><B
>Figure 13. Startup Hints Capplet</B
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><A
NAME="STARTUP-PROGS"
>Startup Programs</A
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>	You may have asked different people about items in <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Startup
	Programs</B
></TT
>.  They might have given you funny looks or you might
	have had to explain <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Startup Programs</B
></TT
> was a menu in
	the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Control Center </TT
> tree.  The reason is
	simple; <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Startup Programs</B
></TT
> is the name given to all
	options that start applications in GNOME, including session management,
	in the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
> Control Center</TT
>.  The options in
	<TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Startup Programs</B
></TT
> control the behavior of GNOME's
	<SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>session manager </SPAN
>.  Session management can be a
	very useful tool for you in your use of GNOME and GNOME applications.
      </P
><P
>	The main concept behind GNOME's <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>session manager
	</SPAN
> is to save your settings and work, at any point, when
	you log out.  Probably one of the most useful features of session
	management is the ability to start applications you had open when you
	logged out of GNOME.  You will see the applications reappear in the same
	location and with the same settings on your desktop as they were when you
	logged out.  <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Session Manager</SPAN
> lets you to log out
	of your GNOME session and when you log back in everything will appear the
	same way you left it.  The idea behind <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
> Session
	  Manager</SPAN
> is simple, but the tools it uses to accomplish these
	tasks are powerful.
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><B
>Figure 14. Startup Programs Capplet</B
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><P
>	The <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Session Properties</SPAN
> dialog monitors the
	state of current running applications and capplets.  It allows you to
	change the style and priority of each program.  You can shut down
	applications, if you wish, and those applications will be removed from
	your GNOME session.  The applications in <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Session
	  Properties</SPAN
> are mostly lower level applications and should
	not be shut down.  However, if there is a part of GNOME that you do not
	wish to run, like the <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Panel</SPAN
>, this is where you
	would shut it down and prevent it from being started when you initiate
	GNOME in the future.
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>	  Programs that are not GNOME compliant are not session managed so will not
	  be restarted without being listed here. You do not need to put GNOME
	  applications in here, you can simply leave them running and save the
	  current session when you log out.
	</P
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>	The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Priority Order</B
></TT
> sets the order the applications
	and capplets will be run.  This lets applications and capplets be
	started after other applications or capplets they are dependent upon.
	Usually most applications will have an order number of 50.  If the
	application or capplet is a part of the window manager or critical
	system then it should be assigned a lower order number.
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>	  The <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Priority Order</B
></TT
> is for advanced users only.
	  Unless you are familiar with the priority order you should have your
	  applications running with a priority of 50.
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>	The <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Style</B
> option sets the type of 
	application running.  There are currently four styles of 
	applications and capplets.
      </P
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><P
>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Normal</B
></TT
> - This style runs the application 
	    with the default style.  It is used for applications you run 
	    which don't have any special properties attributed to them.  
	    The vast majority of applications you run will have this style 
	    and it is safe to assume this style when in doubt.
	  </P
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>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Respawn</B
></TT
> - This style starts the application 
	    or capplet again once it has quit.  It is used primarily for 
	    applications or capplets that need to continue running to 
	    keep GNOME running regardless of user intervention.  Two 
	    examples of applications running with the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>respawn
	    </B
></TT
> style is the GNOME <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Session Manager
	    </SPAN
> and the GNOME <SPAN
CLASS="SYSTEMITEM"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
	  </P
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><P
>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Trash</B
></TT
> - This style indicates applications 
	    or capplets that are only temporary.  Applications and capplets 
	with this style will not restart if you log out.
	  </P
></LI
><LI
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><P
>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Settings</B
></TT
> - This style indicates applications 
	    or capplets only used for storing and relaying your settings to 
	    GNOME and GNOME compliant applications.  These applications and 
	    capplets usually have a lower priority order than most applications 
	    and capplets.
	  </P
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>	  The <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Style</B
> option is for advanced users only.  
	  Unless you are familiar with the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Style</B
> settings 
	  you should keep your applications running with a style of <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>	    Normal</B
></TT
>.
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><B
>Figure 15. Session Properties Manager</B
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