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- <sect1 id="config-hints">
- <title>Startup Hints</title>
- <para>
- Startup hints have become a common occurance in a lot of
- applications, and <application>Gnome</application> is one of
- them. Startup hints open when a program is started, it displays
- tips for the application to make the user's experience more
- fruitful.
- </para>
- <para>
- In <application>Gnome</application>, the startup hints can be
- configured. This configuration takes place in the
- <application>Startup Hint</application> capplet of
- <application>Gnome Control Center</application>.
- </para>
- <sect2 id="config-hints-window">
- <title>Configuration</title>
- <para>
- Sometimes the user desires the hints window to not show up. To
- enable or disable, click the <guibutton>Enable login
- hints</guibutton> button.
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Display normal hints</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The startup hints will show the regular startup hints.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Display fortunes insetad of hints</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>fortunes</application> is a small program
- that displays random quotes. The gnome startup hints
- application can display
- <application>fortunes</application> quotes instead of
- tips.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term>Display message of the day instead of hints</term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Often times administrators will create a "message of the
- day" ("MOTD") to notify users of important events. The
- gnome startup hints application can display these
- instead of tips.
- </para>
- <para>
- Most of the time, <filename>/etc/motd</filename> holds the
- motd. If the file is different from
- <filename>/etc/motd</filename>, you can edit that in the
- <guilabel>Message of the day file to use</guilabel>
- field.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </sect2>
- </sect1>