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>Diskusage Applet</A
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>Copyright</A
> &copy; 2000 by <SPAN
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>John Fleck</SPAN
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><B
>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
><A
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>Disk Usage Applet</A
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><H1
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><A
NAME="DISKUSAGE-APPLET"
>Disk Usage Applet</A
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><P
> <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage Applet</TT
>, shown in <A
HREF="index.html#DISKUSAGE-APPLET-FIG1"
>Figure 1</A
>, provides a panel monitor for the
  amount of space in use and available on your disk drives. To add
  this applet to the panel, right-click on the panel and choose
         <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Add to panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Applet</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Monitors</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Disk Usage</B
>
  </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
NAME="DISKUSAGE-APPLET-FIG1"
></A
><P
><IMG
SRC="diskusage-applet.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 1. Disk Usage Applet</B
></P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="DISKUSAGE-APPLET-USAGE"
>Usage</A
></H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage Applet</TT
> provides
    real-time monitoring of the available space on your disk
    drives.</P
><P
>It provides three pieces of information. The colored pie
    graphically represents how much space is used and how much is
    available. <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>MP:</B
></TT
> indicates the mount point of
    the disk it is currently monitoring. <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>av:</B
></TT
>
    indicates the amount of space available on the selected drive, in
    kilobytes. Clicking on the applet changes the drive being
    monitored. Doing so repeatedly cycles through all available drives.</P
><P
>    Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the
    following items:
    <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>	    <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>File system</B
> &#8212; allows you
	    to change the file system <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage
	    Applet</TT
> monitors.</P
></LI
><LI
><P
>	    <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
>&#8212; opens the
	    <A
HREF="index.html#DISKUSAGE-APPLET-PREFS"
>                <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Properties</B
></TT
>
            </A
> dialog
	    </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>	    <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Update</B
> &#8212; this can be used
	    to force the applet to update the filesystem list the applet
	    uses.
          </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Help</B
> &#8212;
       displays this document.
      </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>       <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>About&#8230;</B
> &#8212;
       shows basic information about <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage
       Applet</TT
>, including the applet's version and the
       author's name.
      </P
></LI
></UL
>
    </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="DISKUSAGE-APPLET-PREFS"
>Customization</A
></H2
><P
>      You can customize <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage Applet</TT
> by
      right-clicking on it and choosing
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Properties</B
>. This will launch the
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Properties&#8230;</SPAN
> dialog, which allows you to
      change various settings.
    </P
><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
NAME="DISKUSAGE-APPLET-FIG2"
></A
><P
><IMG
SRC="diskusage-applet-prefs.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 2. Preferences dialog</B
></P
></DIV
><P
>     The properties are:
     <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
>        <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Colors</B
></TT
> &#8212;  To change the colors
      displayed in the applet, click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>colored
      buttons</B
> next to <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Used Diskspace</B
></TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Free Diskspace</B
></TT
>,
      <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Textcolor</B
></TT
> and
      <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Backgroundcolor</B
></TT
>. A color wheel dialog will
      pop up offering you color options to make changes. When
      finished, click on the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> button on the
      color options window.

       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Size</B
></TT
> &#8212; <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Applet
    Size</B
></TT
> and can be used to change the height (on a
    horizontal panel) or width (on a vertical panel) of the applet.</P
><P
>By checking the <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Automatically pick best applet
    size</B
></TT
> check box, you can force <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage
    Applet</TT
> to automatically choose the appropriate size
    for your panel.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Fonts</B
></TT
> &#8212; Clicking on the bar in this
        window opens a dialog box allowing you to change the font
        displayed in the applet.
       </P
></LI
><LI
><P
>        <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Update Frequency</B
></TT
> &#8212; changes
    the amount of time, in seconds, between updates of
    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage Applet</TT
>.
       </P
></LI
></UL
>
    </P
><P
> 
     </P
><P
> After you have made all the choices you want, click on
      <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> to make the changes and close the
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Properties</SPAN
> dialog. To cancel the changes
      and return to previous values, click on
      <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Cancel</B
> button.
    </P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="AUTHORS"
>Authors</A
></H2
><P
>    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Disk Usage Applet</TT
> was written by Dave Finton
    <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:dfinton@d.umn.edu"
>dfinton@d.umn.edu</A
>&#62;</TT
>, Bruno Widmann
    <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:bwidmann@tks.fh-sbg.ac.at"
>bwidmann@tks.fh-sbg.ac.at</A
>&#62;</TT
> and Martin Baulig
    <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:martin@home-of-linux.org"
>martin@home-of-linux.org</A
>&#62;</TT
>. Please send all comments,
    suggestions, and bug reports to the <A
HREF="http://bugs.gnome.org"
TARGET="_top"
>GNOME bug tracking
    database</A
>. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be
    found <A
HREF="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html"
TARGET="_top"
>    on-line</A
>. If you are using
    GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Bug Report
    Tool</TT
> (<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>bug-buddy</B
>), available in the
    <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Utilities</B
> submenu of <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main
    Menu</B
>, for submitting bug reports.
   </P
><P
>    This manual was written by John Fleck
    (<TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:jfleck@inkstain.net"
>jfleck@inkstain.net</A
>&#62;</TT
>). Please send all comments and
    suggestions regarding this manual to the <A
HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gdp"
TARGET="_top"
>GNOME Documentation Project</A
> 
    by sending an email to <TT
CLASS="EMAIL"
>&#60;<A
HREF="mailto:docs@gnome.org"
>docs@gnome.org</A
>&#62;</TT
>. You can also
    submit comments online by using the <A
HREF="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/"
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>GNOME Documentation Status
    Table</A
>.
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><A
NAME="LICENSE"
>License</A
></H2
><P
>    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
>GNU General Public
    License</I
> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
    either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
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