[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 1/143] help: added txt-select-text.page



commit d360773833bd3254ba2719d299f849908f701948
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date:   Fri Feb 15 17:27:36 2013 +0530

    help: added txt-select-text.page
    
    Added new page to document help related to selecting text by character,
    word and line in Terminal.
    
    Added help on selecting text in Terminal and how to change text
    selection criteria in Profile Preferences.

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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="task"
+      id="txt-select-text">
+  <info>
+    <revision version="0.1" date="2013-01-10" status="draft"/>
+
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Sindhu S</name>
+      <email>sindhus live in</email>
+      <years>2013</years>
+    </credit>
+
+    <link type="guide" xref="index#textoutput"/>
+    <link type="seelaso" xref="txt-copy-paste"/>
+
+    <desc>Selecting text in <app>Terminal</app>.</desc>
+
+  </info>
+
+  <title>Text Selection</title>
+
+  <p>Before you can copy text from <app>Terminal</app>, you have mark your selection. You can select text in 
<app>Terminal</app> in two different ways. You can also set the selection criteria.</p>
+
+  <section id="select-text">
+    <title>Select text by word or line</title>
+
+  <p>To select a word in <app>Terminal</app> output:</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Double click on the desired word.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  <p>To select a line in <app>Terminal</app> output:</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Triple click on the desired line.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  </section>
+
+  <section id="selection-range">
+    <title>Change selection range</title>
+
+  <p>You can define selection criteria for text in <app>Terminal</app>. You can allow <app>Terminal</app> to 
select only alphabets in words or words with combinations of numbers and special characters. To specify the 
range of characters that can be selected:</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile Preferences</gui><gui 
style="tab">General</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>In the input box for <gui style="input">Select-by-word characters</gui> edit the default range to 
suit your requirements. By default, text selection includes all characters with numbers and special 
characters.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Changes are saved immediately. Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the dialog and return 
to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  </section>
+
+</page>
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