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authorHugh O. Brock <hbrock@redhat.com>2007-03-08 14:07:00 -0500
committerHugh O. Brock <hbrock@redhat.com>2007-03-08 14:07:00 -0500
commit9741a52283bb5e2d134f6d6b4997d300b8a6768a (patch)
tree9f6702933985e01e0dab2bdc50bb422cbc923aa2 /help/virt-manager/C
parente176d4e937e200cf85ec1a17c9e0f51e518af018 (diff)
downloadvirt-manager-9741a52283bb5e2d134f6d6b4997d300b8a6768a.tar.gz
Hooked up the half-finished help document to a new help menu item. More fun to come.
Diffstat (limited to 'help/virt-manager/C')
-rw-r--r--help/virt-manager/C/Makefile.am4
-rw-r--r--help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-C.omf (renamed from help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual-C.omf)2
-rw-r--r--help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml (renamed from help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual.xml)100
3 files changed, 75 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/help/virt-manager/C/Makefile.am b/help/virt-manager/C/Makefile.am
index fa8fe0c7..f512ca93 100644
--- a/help/virt-manager/C/Makefile.am
+++ b/help/virt-manager/C/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
figdir = figures
-docname = virt-manager-manual
+docname = virt-manager
lang = C
-omffile = virt-manager-manual-C.omf
+omffile = virt-manager-C.omf
entities = fdl-appendix.xml legal.xml
include $(top_srcdir)/xmldocs.make
dist-hook: app-dist-hook
diff --git a/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual-C.omf b/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-C.omf
index f27673cc..2756999c 100644
--- a/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual-C.omf
+++ b/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-C.omf
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
<format mime="text/xml" dtd="-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"/>
<identifier url=""/>
<language code="C"/>
- <relation seriesid="cf2bed6a-3e28-11d6-88f3-c2f7a14f1d6b"/>
+ <relation seriesid="37dd0df4-cd98-11db-8f4f-fd6860e92e9b"/>
<rights type="GNU FDL" license.version="1.1" license="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html" holder="Red Hat Inc., and Hugh Brock"/>
</resource>
</omf>
diff --git a/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual.xml b/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml
index 86a6e2b2..1af21658 100644
--- a/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager-manual.xml
+++ b/help/virt-manager/C/virt-manager.xml
@@ -318,8 +318,11 @@
<sect1 id="manager-window">
<title>The Manager Window</title>
<para>The manager window gives you a quick snapshot of the virtual machines
- that are available on your physical host, those that are actually running
- on your physical host, and the resources those running VMs are
+ that are available on your physical host. It displays both the virtual
+ machines that are actually running
+ on your physical host, and also the virtual machines for which it finds
+ config information even though they are not running. For running virtual
+ machines, the manager window displays the resources those running VMs are
consuming. The manager window is customizable as described below.</para>
<figure id="manager-window-screenshot">
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@
<sect2 id="vm-list">
<title>The Virtual Machine List</title>
- <para>The manager window is dominated by a list of virtual machines on your
+ <para>The manager window is dominated by a list of the virtual machines on your
physical host. By default, the list has six columns of information:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>ID</term>
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@
<varlistentry><term>CPU Usage</term>
<listitem>
<para>The virtual machine's CPU usage, as a percentage of total CPU
- time and as a running graph.</para>
+ usage and as a running graph.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>VCPUs</term>
@@ -380,8 +383,7 @@
using (the percentage will be zero if the guest is not currently
running). Note: The amount of memory for a virtual machine is the
amount it is currently allocated, not the maximum it could be
- allocated. See the help for the <ulink type="help"
- url="ghelp:?details-window">Details Window</ulink>
+ allocated. See the help for the <xref linkend="details-window"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -389,34 +391,71 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="file-menu">
<title>File Menu Choices</title>
- <para>All about the File menu choices</para>
+ <para>The File menu in the Manager window gives you the following
+ options:</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>New machine...</term>
+ <listitem><para>Starts the virtual machine creation wizard. Clicking the
+ <guibutton>New</guibutton> button at the bottom of the window has the
+ same effect.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Restore saved machine...</term>
+ <listitem><para>Restores a previously saved virtual machine. You must
+ choose the memory image of a previously saved virtual machine in the
+ dialog that will follow.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Open connection...</term>
+ <listitem><para>Brings up the connection window again. You can connect to
+ multiple hypervisors at the same time with
+ <application>&app;</application>. At this writing opening a new
+ connection brings up a new manager window; soon the manager window will
+ display multiple connections to multiple machines.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Close</term>
+ <listitem><para>Closes the Manager window. Any other
+ <application>&app;</application> windows you have open will remain open.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Quit</term>
+ <listitem><para>Closes the Manager window and any other open windows and
+ stops the application. Note that any virtual machines running on the
+ host will continue running regardless of whether
+ <application>&app;</application> is running or not.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="edit-menu">
<title>Edit Menu Choices</title>
- <para>All about the Edit menu choices</para>
- </sect2>
- <sect2 id="view-menu">
- <title>View Menu Choices</title>
- <para>All about the View menu choices</para>
- <para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Foo
- </para>
+ <para>The choices on the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu are for working with
+ a specific machine, or for changing <application>&app;</application>
+ preferences.</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>Machine details...</term>
+ <listitem><para>Opens the Details window for the virtual machine you have
+ highlighted in the list.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Bar
- </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Delete machine</term>
+ <listitem><para>Deletes the configuration of an inactive virtual machine you have
+ highlighted in the list. Note that this does not touch the virtual
+ machine's disk storage.</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis role="bold">Baz</emphasis>
- </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Preferences</term>
+ <listitem><para>Brings up the <xref linkend="preferences-window"/></para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </para>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+ <sect2 id="view-menu">
+ <title>View Menu Choices</title>
+ <para>The View Menu choices toggle on and off the virtual machine list
+ columns that are described above.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -430,6 +469,11 @@
<para>You view the console of a specific virtual machine here</para>
</sect1>
+ <sect1 id="preferences-window">
+ <title>The Preferences Window</title>
+ <para>You set application preferences here</para>
+ </sect1>
+
<sect1 id="create-wizard">
<title>The Create Wizard</title>
<para>You create new virtual machines here</para>