[QGIS Commit] r15908 - docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide

[svn_qgis at osgeo.org]

Author: dassau
Date: 2011-08-14 11:51:09 -0700 (Sun, 14 Aug 2011)
New Revision: 15908

Modified:
   docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex
   docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex
   docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/print_composer.tex
Log:
some more updates from th ewiki list

Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex	2011-08-14 16:44:04 UTC (rev 15907)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex	2011-08-14 18:51:09 UTC (rev 15908)
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@
 \index{measure:angles}
 
 \includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{mActionMeasure}
-QGIS is also able to measure real distances between given
+QGIS is able to measure real and unprojected distances between given
 points according to a defined ellipsoid. To configure this, choose menu option
 \mainmenuopt{Settings} \arrow \dropmenuopt{Options},
 click on the \tab{Map tools} tab and choose the appropriate ellipsoid. There

Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex	2011-08-14 16:44:04 UTC (rev 15907)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/plugins.tex	2011-08-14 18:51:09 UTC (rev 15908)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 the QGIS sources, and are automatically loaded and enabled inside the QGIS 
 Plugin Manager (see Section~\ref{sec:load_external_plugin}).}
 
-Currently (at the time of testing version 1.7 of QGIS) there are over 100 external 
+Currently (at the time of testing version 1.7 of QGIS) there are over 120 external 
 plugins available from thirteen listed repositories. Some of these plugins offer
 functionality that will be required by many users (for example : providing the user 
 with the ability to view and edit Open Street Map data, or to add Google Map layers)
@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@
 \begin{itemize}[label=--]
 \item \textbf{not installed} - this means the plugin is available in the repository, but is not installed yet. In order to install it, select the plugin from the list and click the \button{Install plugin} button.
 \item \textbf{new} - this means that the plugin is newly available in the repository.
-\item \textbf{installed} - this indicates that the plugin is already installed. If it is also available in any repository the \button{Reinstall plugin} button will be enabled. If the available version is older than the installed version, the \button{Downgrade plugin} button will appear instead.
-\item \textbf{upgradeable} - this means that the plugin is installed, but there is an updated version available. In this case, the \button{Upgrade plugin} button will be enabled.
+\item \textbf{installed} - this indicates that the plugin is already installed. If it is also available in any repository the \button{Reinstall plugin} button will be enabled. If the available version is older than the installed version, the \button{Downgrade plugin} 
+button will appear instead.
+\item \textbf{upgradeable} - this means that the plugin is installed, but there is an updated version available. In this case, the \button{Upgrade plugin} and \button{Upgrade all} buttons will be enabled.
 \item \textbf{invalid} - this means that the plugin is installed, but is unavailable or broken. The reason will be explained in the plugin description field.
 \end{itemize}
 

Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/print_composer.tex
===================================================================
--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/print_composer.tex	2011-08-14 16:44:04 UTC (rev 15907)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/print_composer.tex	2011-08-14 18:51:09 UTC (rev 15908)
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@
 \item The \textbf{Map} area allows to resize the map element specifying the
 width and height or the scale. The \selectstring{Rotation}{0} field allows to
 rotate the map element content clockwise in degrees. Note, a coordinate frame
-can only be added with the default value 0.
+can only be added with the default value 0. Furthermore you can enable the 
+checkboxes \checkbox{Lock layers for map items} and \checkbox{Draw map canvas 
+items}.
 \end{itemize}
 
 If you change the view on the QGIS map canvas by zooming or panning or