[dia] doc: bug 632660 - help update for text editing
- From: Hans Breuer <hans src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [dia] doc: bug 632660 - help update for text editing
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:08:09 +0000 (UTC)
commit 80244d39e1f0a19594441285151be15cce49a0db
Author: Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>
Date: Mon Apr 25 15:03:02 2011 +0200
doc: bug 632660 - help update for text editing
There are more changes done on the manual since 2009,
so update revision info, too.
(cherry picked from commit 48552765dfb0348dd77838cedd45c447c36ec5b1)
doc/en/Makefile.am | 1 -
doc/en/dia.xml | 14 +++++--
doc/en/graphics/delete-text.png | Bin 23912 -> 0 bytes
doc/en/graphics/toolbox-textedit.png | Bin 0 -> 633 bytes
doc/en/graphics/toolbox.png | Bin 28689 -> 23365 bytes
doc/en/usage-objects.xml | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
6 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/doc/en/Makefile.am b/doc/en/Makefile.am
index fd3f6f5..939c68d 100644
--- a/doc/en/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/en/Makefile.am
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ pngfigures = \
graphics/standard-line-properties.png \
graphics/defaults-text.png \
graphics/toolbox-basic.png \
- graphics/delete-text.png \
graphics/toolbox-image.png \
graphics/dia-startup.png \
graphics/toolbox-lower.png \
diff --git a/doc/en/dia.xml b/doc/en/dia.xml
index 2209665..5d5844d 100644
--- a/doc/en/dia.xml
+++ b/doc/en/dia.xml
@@ -129,19 +129,25 @@
<releaseinfo>
- This is version 0.97.0 of the Dia manual.
+ This is version 0.97.2 of the Dia manual.
</releaseinfo>
<revhistory>
- <revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.97.2</revnumber>
+ <date>2011-04-25</date>
+ <authorinitials>hb</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Actually describing noteable new features/behaviour of dia-0-97.x</revremark>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
<revnumber>0.97.0</revnumber>
- <date>2008-27-05</date>
+ <date>2009-02-20</date>
<authorinitials>sdteffen</authorinitials>
<revremark>Bumping dates and revisions to show progress for 0.97 release</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
<revnumber>0.5-2</revnumber>
- <date>2008-27-05</date>
+ <date>2008-05-27</date>
<authorinitials>HDG</authorinitials>
<revremark>dropping HTML entities, making dia-1.xml independant from dia-cmdline.xml,
dropping file extension from graphics</revremark>
diff --git a/doc/en/graphics/toolbox-textedit.png b/doc/en/graphics/toolbox-textedit.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96c864a
Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/en/graphics/toolbox-textedit.png differ
diff --git a/doc/en/graphics/toolbox.png b/doc/en/graphics/toolbox.png
index c1aa023..c6b3bd6 100644
Binary files a/doc/en/graphics/toolbox.png and b/doc/en/graphics/toolbox.png differ
diff --git a/doc/en/usage-objects.xml b/doc/en/usage-objects.xml
index 6eda9bc..bf311bf 100644
--- a/doc/en/usage-objects.xml
+++ b/doc/en/usage-objects.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,34 @@
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="toolbox-textedit">
+ <title>Textedit Control</title>
+ <figure>
+ <title>Textedit Control</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <screeninfo>Textedit Control</screeninfo>
+ <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/toolbox-textedit" srccredit="Hans Breuer" />
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <para>
+ The Textedit control is new with Dia from version 0.97 - it indicates being
+ in text edit mode. Together with an appropriate object selection it is one way
+ to start text modification.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ An object supporting in-canvas text editing can be in two different selection modes.
+ The normal selection is the same for all objects, it allows to manipulate the objects
+ position, grouping etc.. Some object can enter a second selection mode, which allows
+ to edit their text from the canvas.
+ </para>
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ There are multiple ways to enter text edit mode. You can press-and-hold the left mouse button,
+ activate text editing by Enter or F2 key or select the respective object after activating
+ Textedit from the toolbox.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+ </sect2>
<sect2 id="toolbox-magnify">
<title>Magnify Control</title>
<figure>
@@ -443,12 +471,22 @@
<sect2 id="entering-text">
<title>Entering Text</title>
<para>
- Text can be entered by selecting the object and then typing the text.
+ Text can be entered by selecting the object, entering text edit mode and then
+ typing the text.
The font, size, alignment, and other formatting properties can be changed by
- double-clicking the object.
+ double-clicking the object, when not in text edit mode.
</para>
<para>
- Here are some important tips regarding short-cut keys when entering text.
+ Many Dia objects suport in-canvas editing of text. Dia versions before 0.97
+ had not explicit distinction between a selected object and it's text edit mode.
+ As a result numerous workarounds were needed to support canvas and text editing
+ with the same set of keys, e.g. the Delete key was not deleting the character
+ right to the cursor, but instead the whole object.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ With Dia 0.97 and later there is a dedicated <link linkend="toolbox-textedit">text edit mode</link>.
+ You can enter it by hitting Enter or F2 key while an appropriate object is selected.
+ To leave text editing just click outside of the editable area or hit the Escape key.
</para>
<figure>
<title>Edit Menu Text Commands</title>
@@ -459,8 +497,8 @@
</figure>
<tip>
<para>
- The normal Copy / Cut / Paste keys (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+V) work on
- entire objects, not on text. The Edit menu contains the commands
+ While in text edit mode the normal Copy / Paste keys (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V) work on
+ the entire text. The Edit menu also contains the commands
Copy Text, Cut Text (Shift+Ctrl+X), and Paste Text (Shift+Ctrl+V)
to copy, cut, and paste just the text contents of an object.
Note that when you paste text into an object, the text is
@@ -471,27 +509,12 @@
<tip>
<para>
You cannot select a section of text inside an object with the mouse (this
- moves the object). You can insert characters at the current cursor position
+ moves the cursor). You can insert characters at the current cursor position
just by typing. You can delete the character to the left of the mouse using
- Backspace. IMPORTANT: The Del key deletes the entire object, not the text
- to the right of the cursor. Use Shift+Del, Ctrl+Del, or Alt+Del to delete
- the text to the right of the cursor. (Use Ctrl+Z or
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Undo</guimenuitem>
- </menuchoice> if you delete
- an object by mistake.) To delete all of the text in an object, use the
- Cut (Shift+Ctrl+X).
+ Backspace. The Del key deletes the character right to the cursor.
+ To delete all of the text in an object, use the Cut (Shift+Ctrl+X).
</para>
</tip>
- <figure>
- <title>Deleting Text</title>
- <screenshot>
- <screeninfo>Deleting Text</screeninfo>
- <graphic format="PNG" fileref="graphics/delete-text" srccredit="Mark Dexter" />
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 id="aligning-objects">
<title>Aligning Objects</title>
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