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    <title>Nautilus 1.0 Release Notes</title>
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 <sect1 id="intro">
  <title>Introduction</title>

  <para>
   These release notes, last updated March 9, 2001, describe known
   issues for Nautilus versions 1.0.
  </para>

  <para>
   For information about Mozilla, visit mozilla.org and read the
   latest Mozilla release notes.
  </para>

  <para>
   Solutions to some common problems with Nautilus can be found at the
   Eazel Customer Support site. Click <ulink type="http"
   url="http://support.eazel.com"> here</ulink> to see if your problem
   is described.
  </para>

 </sect1>

 <sect1 id="new">
  <title>What's New in Nautilus 1.0</title>

  <itemizedlist>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     The <guimenuitem>Nautilus window</guimenuitem> makes it easy for
     you to view and manage files on your computer, and visit sites on
     the Web.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     The <guimenuitem>sidebar</guimenuitem> includes views of your
     directory hierarchy (tree), access to help and information
     sources, a list of recently-visited page, folder, and website
     locations, and space to record notes about specific folders and
     other items.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     Nautilus offers various <guimenuitem>views</guimenuitem> of your
     file and folders, such as an icon view, a list view, and a music
     view for MP3 files.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     For people who have a lot of MP3 files, extra features for
     <guimenuitem>music files and folders</guimenuitem> let you
     organize your MP3s into albums, attach custom icons, and more.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     Nautilus includes a fast <guimenuitem>find</guimenuitem> feature
     that indexes your hard disk so you can quickly search for a file
     by content as well as file name, creation date, and other file
     attributes.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     Nautilus has several <guimenuitem>customization</guimenuitem>
     features: You can change backgrounds, personalize icons, and
     switch themes.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   <listitem>
    <para>
     Quick access to <guimenuitem>Eazel Services</guimenuitem>
     is available through the Nautilus toolbar.
    </para>
   </listitem>

   </itemizedlist>
  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="require">
   <title>System Requirements</title>

   <para>
    Red Hat Linux 6.1 or 6.2: An IA-32-compatible system with a
    minimum of 32MB of RAM.</para>

   <para>
    Red Hat Linux 7: The latest GNOME 1.2 libraries running on an
    IA-32-compatible system with a minimum of 32MB of RAM.
   </para>

  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="beta">
   <title>Upgrading From a Beta Version of Nautilus</title>

   <para>
    <guimenuitem>Restoring Custom Settings</guimenuitem>
   </para>

   <para>
    If you installed Nautilus Preview Release 1, 2, or 3, you will
    lose some of your custom settings when you upgrade to Nautilus
    1.0. One symptom of this problem is that your icons will look like
    text files and your desktop may not be correctly drawn.
   </para>

   <para>
    The preview release versions of Nautilus created XML files (links
    and metafiles containing your customization information) with
    incorrect capitalization. Because of this error, your Nautilus
    links may now appear as plain text files beginning with
    "&lt;?xml," and customizations such as custom icons, captions, and
    backgrounds may be lost.
   </para>

   <para>
    To restore a normal appearance, open a terminal window and run this
    command:
   </para>

   <para>
    nautilus-xml-migrate <emphasis>directory</emphasis>
   </para>

   <para>
    This command searches the directory you specify (or the current
    directory if you don't specify one) and all subdirectories for
    files with a first line beginning with "&lt;?xml" and a second line
    beginning with "&lt;NAUTILUS." If any such files are found, their XML
    tags will be corrected to be lower case instead of upper case.
   </para>

   <para>
    After the command has been executed, return to Nautilus and click
    the Refresh button to see the corrected window.
   </para>

   <para>
    <guimenuitem>Problems Loading Web Pages</guimenuitem>
   </para>

   <para>
    If you installed Nautilus Preview Release 1 or 2, and you are
    having problems loading Web pages, you may need to delete two
    directories. Follow these steps:
   </para>

   <para>
    1. Shut down Nautilus and the gconfd utility. To do this, open a
    terminal window and enter the following commands:
   </para>

     <simplelist>
      <member>nautilus --quit </member>
      <member>nautilus-clean.sh -x</member>
     </simplelist>

    <para>
     2. Remove the following two directories:
    </para>

     <simplelist>
      <member>~/.gconf</member>
      <member>~/.gconfd</member>
     </simplelist>

   <para>
    3. Restart Nautilus.
   </para>

   <para><guimenuitem>Medusa Off by Default</guimenuitem></para>

   <para>The Medusa daemon, which indexes your hard disk so fast
   searches can be performed, is turned off by default. To turn it on,
   follow these steps:
   </para>

   <para>
    1. Open the preferences menu and choose Preferences.
   </para>

   <para>
    2. Click Search in the left-hand column of the Preferences dialog box.
   </para>

   <para>
    3. In the Fast Search section, make sure that the button next to
    Enable fast search is turned on.
   </para>

   <para>
    4. Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
   </para>

   <para>Note: For Medusa to perform its indexing task, the crond
   program must also be running. If you have turned off crond, Medusa
   won't work.
   </para>

  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="session">
   <title>Setting Nautilus to Start Automatically</title>

   <para>
    You can adjust your GNOME settings so Nautilus starts
    automatically whenever you start GNOME. Follow these steps:
   </para>

   <orderedlist>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Make sure Nautilus is running. You should see the Nautilus
      desktop or an open Nautilus window.
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Log out of GNOME (open the GNOME Main Menu and choose Log out).
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      In the Log out dialog box, click the "Save current setup" checkbox.
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Proceed to log out. The next time you log into GNOME, Nautilus
      will start automatically.
     </para>
    </listitem>

   </orderedlist>

   <para>
    To stop Nautilus from launching automatically:
   </para>

   <orderedlist>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Open the GNOME Main Menu (footprint) and choose
      <menuchoice><guimenu>Programs</guimenu>
      <guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu>
      <guimenuitem>Session</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Startup
      Programs</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. (The menu option may be
      Session Properties and Startup Programs.)
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      The GNOME Control Center opens in the Session Properties and
      Startup Programs section. If you see a Startup Programs tab,
      click it.
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Click the Browse Currently Running Programs button.
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      In the list of programs, locate and select "nautilus."
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Click Remove.
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Make sure the checkbox labeled "Automatically save changes to
      session" is enabled. (If your GNOME Control Center window has
      tabs, this checkbox is under the Session Options tab.)
     </para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
     <para>
      Click OK.
     </para>
    </listitem>

   </orderedlist>

 </sect1>

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