Author: mvw
Date: 2008-07-06 10:26:46-0700
New Revision: 15181
Modified:
trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml
Log:
Updates for the manual. E.g. the Profiles settings.
Modified: trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml
Url: http://argouml.tigris.org/source/browse/argouml/trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml?view=diff&rev=15181&p1=trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml&p2=trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml&r1=15180&r2=15181
==============================================================================
--- trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml (original)
+++ trunk/documentation/manual/argomanual.xml 2008-07-06 10:26:46-0700
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@
<indexterm><primary>GIF</primary></indexterm>
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF"><emphasis>Graphics
Interchange Format (GIF)</emphasis></ulink> uses lossless compression,
- and preserves shap edges well, which makes it well-suited for ArgoUML.
+ and preserves sharp edges well, which makes it well-suited for ArgoUML.
The GIF format used to be a patent encumbered format,
but all the patents have currently expired.
</para></listitem>
@@ -2355,6 +2355,7 @@
Note that the splash panel does not show during the load.
</para>
</listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Environment</emphasis>.
Do <emphasis>File=>Export Graphics</emphasis> and observe
@@ -2366,10 +2367,12 @@
<emphasis>File=>Export Graphics</emphasis> dialog and notice
that the new format is now the default.
</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>User</emphasis>.
Enter your name and email address.
</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Appearance</emphasis>.
Change the "Look and Feel:" to Metal."
@@ -2381,6 +2384,34 @@
The display should be markedly different.
You can change it back or leave it that way as you prefer.
</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Profiles</emphasis>.
+ Look in the Explorer Pane under "Profile Configuration".
+ The only folder by default is the UML 1.4 profile.
+ Now go to <emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Profiles</emphasis>
+ and look at the field "Default Profiles".
+ It only contains the same UML 1.4 profile.
+ Add the Java profile to it, and press OK.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you now look at the Explorer Pane, nothing has changed,
+ since you adapted the default setting, not the project setting.
+ Press <emphasis>File=>New</emphasis> and
+ check out the profiles in the Explorer Pane:
+ it now shows both the UML 1.4 profile and the Java profile.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Many examples in this manual presume that the Java profile is available,
+ so you may best leave it enabled.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Configure Shortcuts</emphasis>.
+ (To be written).
+ <!-- Does not work - see issue 5207. -->
+ </para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Notations</emphasis>.
We played around with this earlier with the
@@ -2401,10 +2432,14 @@
Double click in the operation section to create a method.
Observe the difference in the displays.
</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Diagram Appearance</emphasis>.
- (To be written).
+ This settings makes it possible to change the font and font-size used in the diagrams.
+ Hence this setting does not influence the font used in the UI of ArgoUML itself.
+ The default font for ArgoUML is Dialog.
</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Edit=>Settings=>Modules</emphasis>.
This shows the currently loaded modules.
@@ -2436,10 +2471,10 @@
Go To Diagram panel.
Select the class diagram entry in this panel and click on
the "Go to Selection" button.
- There should be 0 nodes and 0 edges in the leftmost column.
+ There should be 0 nodes and 0 edges in the description column.
Click on the "Close" button.
In the Details Pane (Properties tab) enter the name as "Blort".
- Create two classes (See ...) in the class diagram and go
+ Create two classes <!-- (See ...)--> in the class diagram and go
back to <emphasis>View=>Goto Diagram</emphasis>.
You should now see 2 nodes and 0 edges shown.
Click on the "Close" button again and link the classes with
@@ -2496,7 +2531,7 @@
<emphasis>View=>Zoom.</emphasis>
As an exeption to a general rule the toolbar equivalent of
<emphasis>View=>Zoom</emphasis> does not operate in the
- same way as the correspinding menu item.
+ same way as the corresponding menu item.
Highlight <emphasis>View=>Zoom.</emphasis> and a submenu
will appear that contains "Zoom Out", "Zoom Reset" and
"Zoom In".
@@ -2511,7 +2546,7 @@
<emphasis>View=>Adjust Grid.</emphasis>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- <emphasis>View=>Adjust Grid Snap.</emphasis>
+ <emphasis>View=>Adjust Snap.</emphasis>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>View=>Page Breaks.</emphasis>
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