X-Git-Url: https://git.street.me.uk/andy/viking.git/blobdiff_plain/e93a40348be6afc05870214f7264884a17153035..8429176e4077668daddb0e8a15a0088711552f62:/help/C/viking.xml diff --git a/help/C/viking.xml b/help/C/viking.xml index 9f493293..f5f6dabd 100644 --- a/help/C/viking.xml +++ b/help/C/viking.xml @@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ The main &appname; area where the layer data is drawn, is called the +
Toolbar +The toolbar is an area for buttons that perform common actions. +Some actions are modal, so the appropriate layer needs selected before these toolbar buttons are enabled. See more detail. +The display of the toolbar is influenced by the +Right clicking on the toolbar and selecting Customize allows jumping to the directly. +
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Projections &appname; supports differents projections: @@ -318,7 +325,7 @@ This is to increase the compatibility between &appname; and similar applications &appname; has several shortcut keys or key combinations for commands as listed in the main window along side the command. -Some function keys follow standard GUI behaviour: +By default some function keys follow standard GUI behaviour: F1 Help (view this manual) @@ -355,12 +362,33 @@ Then there are shortcuts specific to &appname; to switch projection modes, zoom Ctrl+Left Pan the viewport West Ctrl+Keypad+ Zoom In Ctrl+Keypad- Zoom Out -These work irrespective of the mode selected +These work irrespective of the mode selected For other combinations see the menu entry themselves.
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+Keyboard Configuration +Keyboard configuration is supported by the standard GTK+ way of changing shortcuts for menu entries. +Hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to bind it to. +To delete a keyboard assignment, press Backspace whilst over the menu entry. + + + If the keyboard shortcut is already in use you will not receive any notification that new action replaces the old action. + This is probably why most distributions have this facility disabled by default. + Thus you will need to enable Editable menu accelerators for your system. + Check the Desktop Menu and Toolbar Control or other User Interface preferences for this setting. + + + + + For Windows systems this can be done by adding the line gtk-can-change-accels=1 to %USERPROFILE%\.gtkrc-2.0 (create the file if it does not exist). + + +From &app; 1.6+ the keyboard configuration is automatically loaded and saved between sessions in the +
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Tracks vs Routes In theory a route is path you are planning to follow and a track of where you have actually been. The GPX specification splits these into two separate catergories, although tracks contain everything route may have. @@ -1801,31 +1829,7 @@ Tracks are searched first in preference over waypoints.
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GeoRef Layer - -This layer allows one to use any image as a map. You will need to tell it how to align the map to a position in the world and the scale of map. - -
Layer Operations -
Zoom to Fit Map - -Automatically set a zoom level to see the entire map coverage. - -
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Goto Map Center - -Center the viewport on this map. - - -
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Export to World File - -Opens a file save dialog to save the scale and position information as a World File. - -
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Coordinate Layer @@ -2316,6 +2320,28 @@ Your OSM password will be stored in plain text.
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Toolbar +
Append to Menu +Allows setting the toolbar on the same vertical space as the menu, thus increasing vertical space for the map. +
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Icon Size +Allows configuration of the icon size, including overiding the system's default preference to the setting desired just for &appname; +
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Icon Style +Allows configuration of the icon style, including overiding the system's default preference to the setting desired just for &appname; +
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Customize +Opens the Customize Toolbar dialog. +From this dialog the items in the toolbar can be added, removed and reordered. Reordering of items is performed by drag and drop. +
+Customize Toolbar dialog + + + +
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+ Keyboard Shortcuts (Accelerator) Settings + This is held in the file ~/.viking/keys.rc + It is in the standard GTK Accelerator map format. Values are automatically read in and saved between &app; sessions. + This file is not intended to be manually edited, but since it is a plain text file it can be changed if desired. +
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