[QGIS Commit] r11261 - docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide

[svn_qgis at osgeo.org]

Author: dassau
Date: 2009-08-04 05:04:41 -0400 (Tue, 04 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 11261

Modified:
   docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex
Log:
added QGIS tip describing the OS X workaround when projects and layers on mounted external drives don't show up.


Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex
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--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex	2009-08-04 06:52:36 UTC (rev 11260)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/working_with_vector.tex	2009-08-04 09:04:41 UTC (rev 11261)
@@ -100,7 +100,16 @@
 choosing \dropmenuopt{Properties} from the popup menu. See
 Section \ref{sec:symbology} for more information on setting symbology of
 vector layers.
-  
+ 
+\begin{Tip}\caption{\textsc{Load layer and project from mounted external
+drives on OS X}}
+\qgistip{On OS X, portable drives that are mounted besides the primary hard
+drive do not show up under File -> Open Project as expected. We are working
+on a more OSX-native open/save dialog to fix this. As a workaround you can
+type '/Volumes' in the File name box and press return. Then you can navigate
+to external drives and network mounts.}
+\end{Tip}
+ 
 \subsubsection{Improving Performance}
 
 To improve the performance of drawing a shapefile, you can create a spatial