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\documentclass{article}
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\usepackage{a4}
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\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
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\usepackage{verbatim}
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\usepackage{hyperref}
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\usepackage{graphicx}
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\usepackage{longtable}
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%\input{udmath}
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\hypersetup{bookmarks, bookmarksopen,
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  pdftitle={VYM - a tool for visual thinking },
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  pdfauthor={Uwe Drechsel},    
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  pdfsubject={map},
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  pdfkeywords={map, tool},
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  pdfpagemode={UseOutlines},                                 
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  bookmarksopenlevel={1},   
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  colorlinks={true},     
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  linkcolor={blue},
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  urlcolor={green},
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  citecolor={red}} 
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\newcommand{\vym}{{\sc vym }}
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\newcommand{\ra}{$\longrightarrow$}
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\newcommand{\la}{$\longleftarrow$}
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\newcommand{\ua}{$\uparrow$}
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\newcommand{\da}{$\downarrow$}
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\newcommand{\key}[1]{[#1]}
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\begin{document}
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\title{
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	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{vym-logo-new.png}
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	\\
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VYM \\ -- \\View Your Mind\\ {\small Version 1.8.0}}
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\author{\textcopyright Uwe Drechsel  }
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\maketitle
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\newpage
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\tableofcontents
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\newpage
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\section{Introduction}
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\subsection{What is a \vym map?}
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A \vym map (in short words {\em map}) is a tree like structure:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=12cm]{example1.png}
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\end{center}
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Such maps can be drawn by hand on a paper or flip chart and help to
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structure your thoughts. While a tree like structure like above can be
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drawn manually \vym offers much more features to work with such maps.
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\vym is not another drawing software, but a tool to store and modify
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information in an intuitive way. For example you can reorder parts of
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the map by pressing a key or add various information like a complete
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email by a simple mouse click.
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Once you have finished collecting and organizing your ideas, you can
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easily generate for example a presentation in Open~Office based on a
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map.
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\subsection{Why should I use maps? Time, Space and your Brain.}
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\subsubsection*{Space}
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A map can concentrate a very complex content on little space e.g. a
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piece of paper. It helps to use both sides of your brain: the logical
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side and also your creative side (e.g. by using pictures, colors and
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keywords in a map, so called {\em anchors}).  It is a technique to
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organize the way you think: It can help you by developing, sorting and
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memorizing your thoughts. 
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\subsubsection*{Time}
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Because you just use keywords and drawings, it is much faster than good
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old fashioned notes. Your brain memorizes things by associating them to
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other things -- a map makes use of those connections and stimulates
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new asccociations. 
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\subsubsection*{Your Brain}
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In 1960 the Prof. {\sc Roger Sperry} discovered that both hemispheres
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of the human brain have different tasks (of course both of them
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basically {\em can} do the same): 
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\begin{center}
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\begin{tabular}{|p{5.5cm}|p{5.5cm}|} \hline
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	Left side & Right side \\ \hline
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	\begin{itemize}
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	   \item verbal speech and writing 
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	   \item numbers
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	   \item logical thinking
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	   \item analyzing and details
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	   \item science
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	   \item linear thinking
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	   \item concept of time
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	\end{itemize} &
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	\begin{itemize}
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		\item body language
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		\item visual thinking, day dreams
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		\item intuition and emotion
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		\item overview of things
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		\item creativity
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		\item art, music, dancing
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		\item non-linear thinking, connecting things
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		\item spatial awareness
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	\end{itemize}     \\ \hline
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\end{tabular}	
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\end{center}
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In our science oriented society we have learned to mainly rely on our
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left side of the brain, the "rational" one. In other cultures,
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especially like the native americans and other "old" cultures, the right
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side is much more important. Maps are just one way to stimulate the
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other side and make use of additional ressources we all have.
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\subsection{Where could I use a map?}
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Here are some examples, how you can use those maps
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\begin{itemize}
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    \item to prepare articles, papers, books, talks, \ldots
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    \item to sort complex data
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    \item to memorize facts, persons, vocabulary, \ldots
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    \item to sort emails, files and bookmarks on your computer
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    \item to moderate conferences
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{What you shouldn't do with a map...}
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A map drawn by somebody shows the way the author thinks. There is
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no right or wrong in the way it is drawn, so there is no way to criticize
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it. "It is, what it is" ({\sc F.~Lehmann}).
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%\section{Tutorials}
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%TODO
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\subsection{Internet Ressources} 
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A good starting point to learn more about maps in general is Wikipedia:
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	\item English: 
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		\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map}{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind\_map}
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	\item German: 
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		\href{http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindmap}{http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindmap}
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\end{itemize}
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\section{Concept of \vym}
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%TODO may add a general introduction here...
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\subsection{Windows: mapeditor and noteeditor}
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\vym uses two windows: an editor for the map itself and another one for
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notes, which are part of the map. Let's call them {\em mapeditor} and
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{\em noteeditor}: 
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{windows.png}
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\end{center}
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Usually you will work in the {\em mapeditor} by just adding new
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branches, moving around and reordering them. The various ways to do this
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will be explained in \ref{mapeditor}. You can store additional
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information e.g. the content of a email easily in a {\em branch}: Just
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type or copy\&paste it into the {\em noteeditor}. Working with notes is
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explained in \ref{noteeditor}
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\subsection{Menus and Context menus}
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On top of each window you find the menubar. The options you find there
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are similar to those you are used from other applications. Note that
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many (and even more) options are availabe via {\em context menus}. Those
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are available if you right-click onto an object in a map (on Mac~OS~X
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Command-Click).
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\subsection{Toolbars}
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The toolbars in the mainwindows give quick access to many functions and
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also visualize the state of an object. For example a part of of the map
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can be hidden when the map is exported into an Open~Office presentation.
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To show this the branch in the map will have a little cloud symbol,
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which is also "switched on" in the toolbar.
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Note that you can reposition all toolbars by simply grabbing them. For
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example you can move the flags-toolbar from its original horizontal
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position on top of the mapeditor to a vertical position on the right
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side. You can even detach it and make it "float" separate from the other
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windows. Or just insert it again at its original position.
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\subsection{Maps}
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The map itself has always a {\em mapcenter}.  The
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mapcenter has {\em branches} just like the trunk of a tree. Each branch
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in turn may have branches again.
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=10cm]{branches.png}
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\end{center}
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We will call a branch directly connected to the mapcenter a {\em
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mainbranch}, because it determines the position of all its child
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branches.
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The mapcenter and the branches all have a {\em heading}. This is the
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text you see in the mapeditor. Usually it should just be one or a few
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words, so that one can easily keep track of the whole map.
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In the toolbar above the mapeditor you see various symbols.
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{default-flags.png}
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\end{center}
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These are called {\em flags} and can be used to mark branches in the
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map, e.g. if something is important or questionable. 
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There are also more flags set by \vym automatically to show additional
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information, e.g. when a  exists for a  particular branch.
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By default some of these flags are set exclusively e.g. when the 
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"thumb-up" flag is set, then the "thumb down" is unset and vice
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versa. You can change this default behaviour in the settings menu.
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%TODO add info about toolbars e.g. undo/redo, ...
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\section{Mapeditor} \label {mapeditor}
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\subsection{Start a new map}
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After \vym is started two windows will open: the mapeditor and the
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noteditor. Usually you will work in both windows, but at the moment we
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will just need the mapeditor. 
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Select the mapcenter "New map" in the middle of the mapeditor by
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left-clicking with the mouse. It will turn yellow to show that is
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selected. There are several ways to add a new branch to the center:
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item Using the mouse: Open the context meny by clicking with the
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	right mouse button (CTRL-Click on Mac) onto the
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	mapcenter and choose Add \ra Add as child
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	\item Press \key{Ins} or \key{A}
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\end{itemize}
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A new branch will appear and you will be able to type the heading of the
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branch. Finish adding the new branch by pressing \key{Enter}.
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Sometimes it comes handy to add a new branch above or below the current
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one. Use \key{Ins} together with \key{Shift} or \key{Ctrl}. It is also
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possible to add a branch in such a way, that the current selection
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becomes the child of the new branch, which is like inserting it {\em
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before} the selection. This can be done using the context menu.
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\subsection{Navigate through a map}
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\subsubsection*{Select branches}
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To select branches you can use the left button of your mouse or also the
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arrow keys. Depending on the {\em orientation} of a branch type
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\key{\la} or \key{\ra} to get nearer to the mapcenter or deeper
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down into the branches. Within a set of branches, let's call them a 
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{\em subtree}, you can use \key{\ua} and \key{\da} to go up and down. You can
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also use \key{Pos1} and \key{End} to select the first and last branch.
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\subsubsection*{Zoom a map}
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While adding more and more branches the size of the map may become
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bigger than the mapeditor window. You can use the scrollbars on the
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right and the bottom of your mapeditor window to scroll, but it is
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easier to just scroll using the left mouse button: Click onto the {\em
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canvas} itself, the empty space somewhere between the branches. The
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mouse pointer will change from an arrow to a hand, now move the visible
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part of the map to show the desired part.
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If you select branches using the arrow keys, the map will scroll
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to ensure that the selected branch is always visible.
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Working with huge maps, the {\em zoom}-function comes in handy: You can
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use 
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	\item from the menu View \ra Zoom
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	\item the toolbar buttons 
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		\begin{center}
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			\includegraphics[width=3cm]{zoom-buttons.png}
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		\end{center}	
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\end{itemize}	
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The crossed magnifying lens resets the zoomed view to its original size.
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\subsubsection*{Find Function} \label{findwindow}
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With huge maps there is the need to have a
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find function. Choose Edit \ra Find to open the Find Window:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=6cm]{find-window.png}
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\end{center}	
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The text you enter here will be searched in all the headings and also in
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notes. Everytime you press the "Find"-button it will look for the next
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occurence, which then will be selected automatically. If the search
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fails, there will appear a short message "Nothing found" or a few
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seconds in the {\em statusbar} on the bottom of the mapeditor.
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\subsubsection*{Keep the overview -- scroll a part of the map}
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A very big subtree of a map e.g. a branch with hundreds of childs makes
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it very hard to keep an overview over the whole map. You can hide all
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the childs of a branch by {\em scrolling} it -- this function is also
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often called {\em folding}. Think of the whole subtree as painted onto a
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big newspaper. You can scroll the paper to a small roll, leaving just
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the headline readable.
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To scroll or unscroll a branch and its childs, press the
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item \key{Scroll} key or  \key{S}
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	\item press the middle-mouse button or
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	\item choose the little scroll from the toolbar.
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\end{itemize}
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If you select parts of a scrolled branch e.g. using the find function or
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by using the arrow-keys, it will unscroll temporary. This is shown as a
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scroll with a little hour glass. If the temporary unscrolled part is not
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longer needed, it will be hidden again automatically. It is also
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possible to unscroll all branches using "Edit\ra Unscroll all scrolled
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branches".
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You can also hide parts of the map while exporting it e.g. to a webpage
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or a presentation, see \ref{hideexport} for details.
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\subsection{Modify and move branches}
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\subsubsection*{Modify the heading}
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You can edit the heading by selecting the branch and then
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item pressing \key{Enter}
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	\item double-clicking with left mouse.
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\end{itemize}
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Just type the new heading (or edit the old one) and press \key{Enter}.
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\subsubsection*{Move a branch}
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The easiest way to move a branch is to select it with left-mouse and
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drag it to the destination while keeping the mouse button pressed.
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Depending on the branch  it will be
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item moved to the destination or
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	\item {\em linked} to a new {\em parent} (mapcenter or branch)
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\end{itemize}
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If you drag the branch over another one or over the mapcenter, you will
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notice that the  link connecting it to the old parent will be changed to
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lead to the  new parent which is now under your mousepointer. 
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If you release the button now, the branch will be relinked.
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If you release the button in the middle of nowhere, the result will
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depend on the type of branch you are releasing:
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item A mainbranch is directly connected to the mapcenter.
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		It will stay on its new position.
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	\item An ordinary branch will "jump" back to its original position.	
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\end{itemize}
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Thus you can easily rearrange the layout of the mainbranches to avoid
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overlapping of their subtrees.
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There is another convenient way to move branches, especially if you want
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to {\em reorder} a subtree: You can move a branch up or down in a
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subtree by
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	\item pressing \key{\ua} and \key {\da}
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	\item selecting Edit \ra Move branch
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	\item clicking on the toolbar buttons:
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There is yet another way to move branches: If you press \key{Shift} or
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\key{Ctrl} while moving with the mouse, the branch will be added above
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or below the one the mouse pointer is over. This helps also to reorder a
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\subsection{The right side of your brain - colors and images}
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\subsubsection*{Change color of a heading}
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You can also use colors to put more information into a map, e.g. use
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red, green and more colors to prioritize tasks. Again you can
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	\item use the menu and choose e.g Format \rq Set Color
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	\item use the toolbar
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The first button (black in the graphic above) shows the actual color.
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Clicking on it let's you choose another color. You can also "pick"
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another color by selecting a branch with the desired color and using the
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"pick color" button. Both of the buttons showing a bucket actually put
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the current color to the selected branch. While the first one just
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colors the heading of the selection, the last one also colors all the
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childs of the selected branch.
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A very useful function is the "copy color" using the mouse: Select the
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branch which should get the new color, then press \key{Ctrl} and
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simultanously click with left-mouse on another branch to copy its color
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to the first one. Here the childs of the selection also will get the new
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color, if you just want to color the selection itself, additionally
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press \key{Shift}.
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\subsubsection*{Use flags}
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\vym provides various flags. You see them in the toolbar on top of the
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mapeditor window. (Note: Like all toolbars you can also move them to the
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left or the right side of the window or even detach them. Just grab the
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very left "dotted" part of the toolbar with your left-mouse button.) 
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If you have a branch selected, you can set any number of flags by
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clicking them in the toolbar. The toolbar buttons change their state and
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always reflect the flags set in the selected branch.
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Presently \vym uses two kinds of flags: {\em System Flags} and {\em
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Standard Flags}. The standard flags are those shown in the toolbar.
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System flags are set by \vym to indicate e.g. that there is additional
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information in a note (more on this in \ref{noteeditor}). Later versions
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of \vym may have another kind of flags, which may be edited by the user.
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\subsubsection*{Images}
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The easiest way to add an image to a branch is by dragging it e.g. from a
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webbrowser to the mapeditor while a branch is selected there.
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You can also add a image to a branch by opening the context menu of the
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branch choose "Add Image". A
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dialog window lets you choose the image to load. 
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\footnote{Supported image types are: PNG, BMP, XBM, XPM and PNM. It may
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	also support JPEG, MNG and GIF, if specially configured during
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	compilation (as done when \vym is part of SUSE LINUX).}
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While an image is selected in the dialog, you can see a preview of the
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image. It is also possible to select multiple images.	
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You can position the image anywhere you want, just drag it with left
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mouse. To relink it to another branch, press \key{Shift} while moving
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it. To delete it, press \key{Del}. 
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If you right-click onto an image, a context menu will open which let's
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you first choose one of several image formats. Then a file dialog opens
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to save the image. Hint: This is used to "export" the image, it will be
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saved anyway in the map itself! You can also cut and
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copy images, but it is not possible to add objects to an image\footnote{
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	Images are regarded as "extra feature". It would make working with
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	the map much more complex if e.g. images could be linked to images.}
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The option \lq{\bf Use for export} \rq controls the output of exports
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e.g. to HTML: If set to no, the image won't appear in the {\em text}
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part of the output. This is useful for large images or if images are
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used as a kind of frame e.g. the famous cloud symbol around a part of
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the map. Those shouldn't appear in the middle of the text.
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At the moment image support is preliminary: Images will be saved
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together with all the other data of a map in the {\tt .vym}-file.
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Later versions will include more functionality like resizing the images,
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changing its z-value (put it into background) etc.
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\subsubsection*{Frames}
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A frame can be added to a branch by clicking with the
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right-mouse button.  A context menu will open, where you can choose the
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frame. At the moment just a rectangle resp. "No Frame" will be offered,
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nevertheless you can use images as frames. Have a look at the demo map
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{\tt todo.vym} as an example, where the mapcenter is a cloud. You can
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use an external drawing program like {\tt gimp} to create an image,
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preferable with an transparency channel, so that you can design frames
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which don't use a rectangular borderline, just like the cloud.
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\subsection{Background design}
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The design of the background of a map and also of the links connecting
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various parts of the map can be changed by
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	\item Selecting Format from the menu
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	\item Right clicking onto the canvas, which will open a context menu
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\subsubsection*{Background color}
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The color is set (and also displayed) as "Set background color".
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\subsubsection*{Link color}
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Links connecting branches can be colored in one of the following ways:
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	\item use the color of the heading of the branch the links is
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	\item use {\em one} color for all links. The default color is blue.
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	leading to.
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The latter can be set with "Set link color". Check or uncheck the "Use
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color of heading for link" option to choose one of the two designs for
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your map.
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\subsubsection*{Link style}
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\vym offers four different styles for the appearences of links:
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	\item Line
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	\item Thick Parabel
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The "thick" styles only draw links starting at mapcenter thick, the rest
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of the map is always painted "thin".
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\subsection{Links to other documents and webpages}
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\vym supports two kind of external links:
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	\item Document, which will be opened in an external webbrowser
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	\item \vym map, which will be opened in \vym itself
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\end{itemize}
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In addition to the external links there also internal ones, leading from one
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branch in a map toanother one. Those are called {\em XLinks} and are explained
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in section~\ref{xlinks}.
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\subsubsection*{Webbrowser}
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Modern Webbrowsers like {\tt konqueror} are able to display various
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types of files, both local or in the internet. To enter the URL of
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any document, right-click  onto a branch or use the Edit Menu
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and choose "Edit URL". Enter the path to your document (or copy and
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paste it from your browser). Examples for valid paths are:
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	http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/index.html
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	file:/usr/share/doc/packages/vym/doc/vym.pdf
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\end{verbatim}
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If an URL was entered, a little globe will appear in the branch. By
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clicking on the globe in the toolbar or the context menu an external
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browser\footnote{
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	The browser can be changed in the Settings Menu.}
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will be started.
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	\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-url.png}
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\end{center}
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For more information on working with bookmarks and webbrowsers see
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section \ref{bookmarks}.
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\subsubsection*{\vym map}
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To link to to another map right click on a branch or choose "Edit \ra
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Enter \vym link". A file dialog opens where you can choose the map. A
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branch with a link is marked with 
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	\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-vymlink.png}
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\end{center}
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Clicking this flag in the toolbar or in the context menu of a branch
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will open the map in another tab (see \ref{tabs} for working with
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multiple maps). To delete an existing link, just press the "Cancel"
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button.
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Technical note: Internally \vym uses absolute paths, to avoid opening
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several tabs containing the same map. When a map is saved, this path is
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converted to a relative one (e.g. {\tt /home/user/vym.map} might become
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{\tt ./vym.map}. This makes it fairly easy to use multiple maps on
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different computers or export them to HTML in future.
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\subsection{Multiple maps} \label{tabs}
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You can work on multiple maps at the same time. Each new map is opened
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in another {\em tab}. The available tabs are shown just above the
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mapeditor. You can use the normal cut/copy/paste functions to
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copy data from one map to another.
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%\subsubsection{Menus}
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%\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
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% Settings
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% Images
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% Copy & Paste
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% Working with tabs (multiple maps)
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% Exporting
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% Scrolling
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\section{Noteeditor} \label {noteeditor}
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If you want to save more text in a branch e.g. a complete email, a
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cooking recipe, or the whole source code of a software project, you can
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use the noteeditor. 
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{noteeditor.png}
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\end{center}
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This editor displays text associated to a branch selected in the
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mapeditor. To visualize that there maybe is no text yet, the noteeditor
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shows different background colors depending on its state:
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\subsection{States}
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Before you can type or paste text into it, you have
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to select a branch in the mapeditor. Note that the background color
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of the noteeditor indicates its state:
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	\item black: no branch selected
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	\item grey: no text entered yet
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	\item white: text is already available
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\end{itemize}	
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To show you in the mapeditor itself that there is a note with more
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information for a particular branch, a little note flag will appear next
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to the heading of the branch. See the lower branch on the right side:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=8cm]{branches-flags.png}
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\end{center}
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\subsection{Import and export notes}
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The note is always saved automatically within the \vym file itself.
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Nevertheless sometimes it is nice to import a note from an external file
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or write it. Use "File\ra~Import" and "File\ra~Export" to do so. 
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\subsection{Edit and print note}
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Editing works like in any simple texteditor, including undo and redo
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functions. You can delete the complete note by clicking the
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trashcan. Only the note itself is printed by clicking the printer icon.
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When pasting into the editor using the X11 copy\&paste mechanism, the
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editor will create a paragraph for each new line. Usually this is not
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wanted, so there you can convert all paragraphs into linebreaks by using
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Edit~\ra~Remove~Paragraphs or \key{ALT-X}.
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\subsection{RichText: Colors, paragraphs and formatted text}
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\vym supports formatted text (QT Rich Text) in the noteeditor since
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version 1.4.7.  Colors and text attributes (e.g. italic, bold) can be
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set with the buttons above the text.  The text itself is divided in
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paragraphs. For each paragraph the format can be set (e.g. centered,
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right). A paragraph is ended when a \key{Return} is entered. If you just
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want to begin a new line, press \key{CTRL-Return}.
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\subsection{Fonts and how to quickly switch them}
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The noteeditor is ment to be used for simple notes, not really as full
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featured text editor. Because of many requests \vym supports now
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formatted text in the noteeditor\footnote{
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	\vym uses the QRichtText format, which is basically a subset of the
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	formatting provided in HTML.}
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Two default fonts are supported which can be set in the Settings menu.
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One is a fixed width font, the other has variable width. The fixed font
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is usually used for emails, source code etc.\ while the variable font is
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used for simple notes, where one doesn't need fixed character widths.
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Both fonts can easily switched using the following symbol from the
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toolbar:
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\end{center}
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In the Settings menu both fonts can be set and also which font should be
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used for default. 
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Additionally to the default fonts any font installed on your system can
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be used. Please note, that the chosen font also will be used for HTML
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exports, so you should only use fonts which are available generally.
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\subsection{Find text}
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The noteeditor itself has no Find function, use Find in the mapeditor,
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which will also search all notes (see \ref{findwindow}).
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\subsection{Paste text into note editor}
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Often you will paste text into the editor from another application e.g.
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an email. Normally \vym will generate a new paragraph for each new line.
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This usually is not what you want, so you can choose from the menu
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\subsection{Advanced actions}
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\subsubsection*{Edit \ra Convert subsubsections:}
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This turns subsubsections in selected text (or all text, if nothing is
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selected) into linebreaks. This is especially useful for snippets of
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source code.
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\subsubsection*{Edit \ra Join Lines:}
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Tries to format text, so that empty lines are used to delimit
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paragraphs. This is done for selected text (or all text, if nothing is
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selected). Especially useful for text like emails, meeting minutes etc.
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\section{Hello world}
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This section is about how \vym can interact with other applications.
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Many applications meanwhile can read and write their data using XML, the
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eXtensible Markup Language. \vym also uses XML to save its maps, see
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\ref{fileformat} for a more detailed description. 
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So if your an application understands XML, chances are good that someone
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could write import/export filters for \vym. Volunteers are always
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welcome ;-)
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\subsection{Import} \label{import}
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\subsubsection*{KDE Bookmarks}
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The integrated bookmark editor in KDE is somewhat limited, so why not
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use \vym to maintain the bookmark mess? To create a new map containing
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your current KDE bookmarks just choose
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item File \ra Import\ra KDE Bookmarks
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection*{Mind Manager}
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\vym has currently a very basic import filter to convert maps created by
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{\em Mind Manager}\footnote{Mind Manager is a professional software by
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Mindjet. Both names are registered trademarks by Mindjet. For more
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information see their website at
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\href{http://mindjet.de}{http://mindjet.de}} into \vym maps. Notes and
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pictures are not converted at the moment. You can import files with
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item File \ra Import\ra Mind Manager
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection*{Directory structure}
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\vym can read a directory structure. This is mainly for
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testing \vym e.g. to easily create huge maps used for benchmarks (yes,
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there is still room to optimize \vym ;-)
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\subsection{Export}  \label{export}
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\label{hideexport}
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Often you don't want to export the whole map, but just parts of it. For
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example you may have additional info you want to talk about in a
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presentation, while those parts should not be visible to the audience.
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To achieve this you can "hide" parts of the map during exports by
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setting the "hide in export" flag.
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=0.5cm]{flag-hideexport.png}
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\end{center}
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You can toggle this flag in the toolbar or by pressing \key{H}.
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Note that there is a global option in the settings menu to toggle the
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use of this flag. By default the flag is enabled.
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\subsubsection*{Open Office}
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Open Office beginning with version~2 uses the so called "Open Office
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Document Format", which can be written by \vym. The options are
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currently limited, but it possible to export presentations which can be
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opened in Open Office Impress. By selecting
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item File \ra Export\ra Open Office
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\end{itemize}
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you get a file dialogue where you can choose the output file and the
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file type:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=12cm]{export-oo.png}
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\end{center}
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The file types represent various templates, which can be created with
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some manual work from an existing Open Office document. The structure of
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\vym map is then inserted into a template. 
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There are some limitations at the moment:
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item \vym can't take care of page lengths, so you have to check and
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	probably reedit in Open Office to avoid text running over the end of
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	a page
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	\item Images and flags are not used at the moment
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	\item Notes are just written as plain text, without RichText
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\end{itemize}
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Some of the templates make use of {\em sections} e.g. insert the
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headings of mainbranches as chapters for sections into the presentation.
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\subsubsection*{Image}
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\vym supports all image formats which are natively supported by the
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QT~toolkit:
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BMP, JPEG, PBM, PGM, PNG, PPN, XPM, and XBM.
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For use in websites and for sending images by email PNG is a good
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recommodation regarding quality and size of the image. \vym uses QTs
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default options for compressing the images.
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\subsubsection*{ASCII}
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Exporting an image as text is somewhat experimental at the moment. Later
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this will probably done using stylesheets. So the output may change in
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future versions of \vym.
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\subsubsection*{\LaTeX}
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\vym can generate an input file for \LaTeX. Currently this is considered
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as experimental, there are no options (yet). 
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By selecting
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item File \ra Export\ra \LaTeX 
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\end{itemize}
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you will be asked in a file dialog for the name of the output file. This
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file should be included in a \LaTeX document using command  
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\begin{verbatim}
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	\include{inputfile.tex}
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\end{verbatim}
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\subsubsection*{KDE Bookmarks}
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\vym will overwrite the KDE bookmarks file and then try to notify
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running konquerors via DCOP of the changed file. \vym does not create a
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backup!
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item File \ra Export \ra KDE Bookmarks
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection*{XHTML (Webpages)}
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This is the format you want to use to create a webpage. For an example
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have a look at the \vym homepage: 
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\href{http://www.InSilmaril.de/vym}{www.InSilmaril.de/vym}
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Some explanation how this works: 
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Before a map is exported as XHTML, it will be first written as XML into a
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directory (see \ref{xmlexport}). Then the external program {\tt
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xsltproc}\footnote{On SUSE Linux {\tt xsltproc} is installed by
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default.}
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will be called to process the XML file and generate HTML code.
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A dialog allows to set various options:
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item {\bf Include image:} If set, \vym will creat an image map at
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	the top of the HTML output. Clicking on a branch in the map will
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	jump to the corresponding section in the output.
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	\item {\bf Colored headings:}
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	If set to yes, \vym will color the headings in the text part  with the
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	same colors like in the map.
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	\item {\bf Show Warnings:}
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	If set to yes, \vym will ask before overwriting data.
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	\item {\bf Show output:}
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	This is useful mainly for debugging. It will show how the processing of
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	the XML file works by calling the external {\tt xsltproc}.
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\end{itemize}
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Additionally the paths to the CSS and XSL stylesheets can be set. By
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default on SUSE~Linux they will be in {\tt /usr/share/vym/styles}.
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\subsubsection*{XML} \label{xmlexport}
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The map is written into a directory both as an image and as XML. The
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directory is set in a file dialog. If the directory is not empty, you
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will be questioned if you risk to overwrite its contents.
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It is possible to export different maps into the same directory. Each
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file generated will have the map's name as prefix, e.g. {\tt todo.vym}
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becomes {\tt todo.xml}, {\tt todo.png}, {\tt todo-image-1.png} and so
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on. This is useful if e.g. for a website several combined maps have to
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be stored in the same directory.
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\subsubsection*{Export a part of a map}
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Select a branch you want to export together with its childs, then open
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the context menu and choose {\em Save Selection}. This will create a
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file with the postfix {\tt .vyp}, which is an abbreviation for \lq vym
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part\rq.
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\section{Advanced Editing}
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\subsection{How to deal with Bookmarks} \label{bookmarks}
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\subsubsection*{Open new tabs instead of new windows}
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If you use konqueror as browser, \vym will remember the konqueror which
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was opened first by \vym. You can also press \key{Ctrl} and click to
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open the link in a new tab then.
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\vym can also open a new tab in Mozilla or Firefox using the remote
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command\footnote{\href{http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html}{http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html}}
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of these.
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\subsubsection*{Drag and Drop}
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If you want to keep bookmarks in a map, select a branch where you want
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to add the bookmark, then simply drag the URL from your browser to the
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map. Also you could use an existing heading as URL: Right click onto the
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branch and select "Use heading for URL".
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\subsubsection*{Directly access bookmark lists of a browser}
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Please see the sections \ref{import} and \ref{export} about
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Import and Export filters.
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\subsubsection*{Special URLs}
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\vym can turn an existing heading of a branch into an URL. Currently
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this works for Bugentries in the Novell Bugtracking system: Open the
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context menu of a branch (usually by right-clicking it) and select
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item Create URL to Bugzilla
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\end{itemize}
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The URL will be build from the number in the heading.
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\subsection{Including images into a branch} 
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The default setting of an image is to float "freely". They can be
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positioned everywhere, but they might end up in the same place as other
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parts of the map.
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The solution is to include them "into" a branch. This can be done via
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the context menu of their parent branch:
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\begin{itemize}
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	\item Include images horizontally
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	\item Include images vertically
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\end{itemize}
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The image ist still positioned relatively to its parent branch, but the
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heading and border of the branch adapt to the floating image, see below: 
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=11cm]{includeImages.png}
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\end{center}
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\subsection{Modifier Modes} 
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Modifiers are for example the \key{Shift}- or the \key{Alt}-keys. When
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pressed while doing actions with the mouse, they will cause \vym to use
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a "modified" action. E.g. you can move branches with mouse. If
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\key{Ctrl} or \key{Alt}is pressed while releasing the branch, it will be
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added above/below the target, not as child of the target.
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Without a modifier pressed, the first click on a branch just selects
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it. For the behaviour of the \key{Ctrl} modifier there are several
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options, which can be set from the modifier toolbar:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=3cm]{modmodes.png}
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\end{center}
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The default  is to copy the color from the clicked branch to the already
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selected branch. In the toolbar shown above the default modifier is
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selected, namely to copy the color of a branch. The second modifier
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let's you easily copy a whole branch with a single click. The third
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modifier lets you create {\em xLinks}, which will be explained in the
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next section.
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\subsection{Hide links of unselected objects}
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Sometimes it would be useful to position a branch freely, just like a
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mainbranch or an image. Though this is not possible (yet) for all
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branches, you can use a mainbranch and hide its connecting link to the
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mapcenter. This can be used e.g. for legends or a collection of vymLinks
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pointing to other maps:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=9cm]{hiddenlink.png}
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\end{center}
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\subsection{XLinks} \label{xlinks}
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So far all the data in the \vym map has been treelike. Using xLinks you
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can link one branch to any other, just like attaching a rope between two
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branches in a real tree. This is especially useful in complex maps,
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where you want to have crossreferences which don't fit on the same
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visible area, which fits on your screen. The following example, which is
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part of the \vym package, still fits on one screen, but shows how data
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can be crosslinked. In the graphics there is a link from a task (prepare
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a presentation) to general information:
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\begin{center}
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	\includegraphics[width=12cm]{xlink.png}
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\end{center}
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Note that a xLink which points to a branch that is not visible (because
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it is scrolled), is just show as a little horizontal arrow. In the
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screenshot above have a look at the \lq Tuesday\rq\ branch.
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\subsubsection*{Create a xLink}
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Choose the link mode from the modifier toolbar (by clicking or pressing
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\key{L}). Select the branch, where the xLink should start. Press the
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modifier key \key{Ctrl} and simultanously click on the branch where the
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link should end. (The link is already drawn before you release the mouse
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key). If you release the mouse over a branch the xLink becomes
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permanent.
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\subsubsection*{Modify or delete a xLink}
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Open the context menu of a branch and select \lq Edit xLink\rq. A
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submenu contains all the xLinks of the branch (if there are any). They
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are named like the branches, where they end. Choose one and
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the xLink dialogue opens, where you can set color, width and also delete
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the xLink.
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\subsubsection*{Follow a xLink}
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In a complext \vym map it sometimes comes handy to jump to the other end
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of a xLink. You can do this by opening the context menu of the branch
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and clicking on \lq Goto xLink\rq and selecting the xLink you want to
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follow.
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\subsection{Adding and removing branches}
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The context menu of a branch shows some more ways to add and delete data
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e.g. you can delete a branch while keeping its childs. The childs become
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linked to the parent of the previously removed branch.
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Similar branches can be inserted into existing maps. For keyboard
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shortcuts also have a look at the context menu.
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\subsection{Adding a whole map or a part of a map}
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Select a branch where you want to add a previously saved map ({\tt .vym})or a part
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of a map ({\tt .vyp}) , then open
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the context menu and choose {\em Add \ra Import}. For the import you can
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choose between {\em Import Add} and {\em Import Replace}: The imported
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data will be added after the selection resp. replace the selection.
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\section{\vym on Mac OS X}
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\subsection{Overview}
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   945
Basically there are two ways to run \vym on Macs:
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\subsubsection*{QT Mac Edition:}
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	\vym here provides the well known Mac look and feel.  \vym is
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	available as zipped Mac OS X application. It has been compiled and
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	tested in Mac~OS~10.3, but should also work on Tiger. It is using
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	the Mac version of Trolltechs QT library.  
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\subsubsection*{X11}
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	\vym can also be run using the Linux version, but then menus and
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	handling will also be those of the Linux version e.g. The menu bar
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	will look different. 
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\subsection	{Contextmenu and special keys}
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Most Macs unfortunatly just have a single mouse button. In order to show
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the context menu which usually would be opened with the right mouse
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button, you can click while pressing the \key{kommand}-key.
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Especially on Laptops some of the keys usually used on PC keyboards seem
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to be missing. The QT-Mac Edition of \vym has its own keyboard
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shortcuts. To find the shortcuts just have a look at all the menu
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   964
entries, the shortcut is visible next to an entry. Toolbar buttons also
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   965
may have shortcuts, just position the mouse pointer over a button and
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   966
wait for the little help window to appear. 
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   967
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\subsection {Viewing external links}
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\vym on Mac uses the system call {\tt /usr/bin/open} to view links.
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Mac~OS determines automatically if the link is a pdf or www page and
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opens the right browser.
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\begin{appendix}
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\section{Starting \vym}
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\subsection{Path to ressources}
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\vym will try to find its ressources (images, stylesheets, filters,
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etc.) in the following places:
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\begin{enumerate}
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	\item Path given by the environment variable {\tt VYMHOME}.
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	\item If called with the local option (see \ref{options} below),
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	      \vym will look for its data in the current directory.
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	\item {\tt /usr/share/vym}
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	\item {\tt /usr/local/share/vym}
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\end{enumerate}
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\subsection{Command line options} \label{options}
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\vym has the following options:
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\begin{center}
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\begin{tabular}{ccp{8cm}}\\ 
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\bf Option	& \bf Comment & \bf Description \\ \hline
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v & version & Show version ov \vym\\
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l & local	& Use local paths to stylesheets, translations, icons, 
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              etc. instead of system paths. Useful for testing\\
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h & help	& Show help\\
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q & quit	& Quit immediatly after startup. Useful for benchmarks.\\
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\end{tabular}
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\end{center}
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You can also give several filenames at the commandline to let \vym open
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several maps at once.
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\section{Contributing to \vym}
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So far I'd say I have written 98\% of the code on my own. No surprise,
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that \vym exactly fits my own needs. Nevertheless I would like to
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encourage all users of  \vym to contribute. Maybe not only with feature
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requests, but also with code, new import/export filters, translations
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  1008
etc. In this appendix I'll try to show how easy it is to expand the
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  1009
things you can do already with \vym. I really look forward to hear from
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  1010
you!
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  1011
insilmaril@233
  1012
\subsection{Getting help}
insilmaril@233
  1013
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  1014
\subsubsection*{Frequently asked questions}
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  1015
Please refer to the FAQ available on the \vym website:
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  1016
\begin{center}
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  1017
\href{http://www.InSilmaril.de/vym/faq.html}{http://www.InSilmaril.de/vym/faq.html}
insilmaril@125
  1018
\end{center}
insilmaril@105
  1019
insilmaril@233
  1020
\subsubsection*{Mailinglists}
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  1021
There are two mailinglists: {\tt vym-forum} is the \vym users forum to
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  1022
discuss various questions, while {\tt vym-devel} is intended for people
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  1023
interested in contributing to \vym. You can view the archives and
insilmaril@233
  1024
subscribe at
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  1025
\begin{center}
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  1026
\href{https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=127802}{https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group\_id=127802}
insilmaril@233
  1027
\end{center}
insilmaril@233
  1028
insilmaril@264
  1029
\subsubsection*{Contacting the author}\label{author}
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  1030
Especially for support questions please try the mailinglists first. If
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  1031
everything else fails you can contact the Uwe Drechsel at
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  1032
\begin{center}
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  1033
\href{mailto:vym@InSilmaril.de}{vym@InSilmaril.de}
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  1034
\end{center}
insilmaril@233
  1035
insilmaril@233
  1036
insilmaril@264
  1037
insilmaril@264
  1038
\subsection{How to report bugs}
insilmaril@264
  1039
Though Sourceforge has its own bugreporting system, I'd rather prefer if
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  1040
you contact me directly (see \ref{author}) or even better: You can file
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  1041
a bugreport in Bugzilla, the bugtracking system of openSUSE:
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  1042
\begin{center}
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  1043
\href{http://en.opensuse.org/Submit_a_bug}{http://en.opensuse.org/Submit\_a\_bug}
insilmaril@264
  1044
\end{center}
insilmaril@264
  1045
I build \vym regulary for openSUSE, so you may report it against a
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  1046
recent version there, even if you  use another Operating System.
insilmaril@264
  1047
Please don't forget to tell 
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  1048
\begin{itemize}
insilmaril@264
  1049
	\item the exact steps needed to reproduce the bug
insilmaril@264
  1050
	\item the version and build date of \vym (see the Help \ra About
insilmaril@264
  1051
	\vym)
insilmaril@264
  1052
	\item hardware and Operating System
insilmaril@264
  1053
\end{itemize}
insilmaril@264
  1054
insilmaril@233
  1055
\subsection{Compiling from the sources}
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  1056
\subsubsection{Getting the sources} \label{getsources}
insilmaril@252
  1057
You find the latest version of \vym at the project site:
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  1058
\begin{center}
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  1059
\href{https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/}{https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/}
insilmaril@252
  1060
\end{center}
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  1061
There you can check them out of the source repository (CVS):\\
insilmaril@233
  1062
insilmaril@252
  1063
\begin{verbatim}
insilmaril@252
  1064
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/vym checkout code
insilmaril@252
  1065
\end{verbatim}
insilmaril@252
  1066
insilmaril@252
  1067
\subsubsection{The Qt toolkit}
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  1068
Qt is C++ toolkit for multiplatform GUI and application development. It
insilmaril@233
  1069
provides single-source portability across MS~Windows, Mac~OS~X, Linux
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  1070
ans all major commercial Unix variants. Qt is also available for
insilmaril@252
  1071
embedded devices. Qt is a Trolltech product. For more information see 
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  1072
\begin{center}
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  1073
\href{http://www.trolltech.com/qt/}{www.trolltech.com/qt} 
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  1074
\end{center}
insilmaril@233
  1075
insilmaril@233
  1076
insilmaril@252
  1077
\subsubsection{Compiling \vym }
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  1078
Make sure you have installed your Qt environment properly, see the Qt
insilmaril@233
  1079
documentation for details. You need to have the Qt command {\tt qmake}
insilmaril@233
  1080
in your {\tt PATH}-environment, then run
insilmaril@233
  1081
\begin{verbatim}
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  1082
qmake
insilmaril@233
  1083
make  
insilmaril@233
  1084
make install
insilmaril@233
  1085
\end{verbatim}
insilmaril@233
  1086
The last command {\tt make install} needs root-permissions. Of course it
insilmaril@233
  1087
may be omitted, if you just want to test \vym.
insilmaril@233
  1088
insilmaril@260
  1089
%\subsubsection*{Compiling \vym on Macs}
insilmaril@260
  1090
%TODO
insilmaril@233
  1091
insilmaril@233
  1092
\subsection{\vym file format} \label{fileformat}
insilmaril@233
  1093
\vym maps usually have the postfix "{\tt .vym}" and represent a
insilmaril@233
  1094
compressed archive of data. If you want to have a
insilmaril@233
  1095
closer look into the data structure map called "mapname.vym", 
insilmaril@233
  1096
just uncompress the map manually using
insilmaril@233
  1097
\begin{verbatim}
insilmaril@233
  1098
	unzip mapname.vym
insilmaril@233
  1099
\end{verbatim}
insilmaril@233
  1100
This will create directories named {\tt images} and {\tt flags} in your
insilmaril@233
  1101
current directory and also the map itself, usually named {\tt
insilmaril@233
  1102
mapname.xml}.
insilmaril@233
  1103
The XML structure of \vym is pretty self explaining, just have a look at
insilmaril@233
  1104
{\tt mapname.xml}.
insilmaril@233
  1105
insilmaril@233
  1106
This XML file can be loaded directly into \vym, it does not have to be
insilmaril@233
  1107
compressed. If you want to compress all the data yourself, use
insilmaril@233
  1108
\begin{verbatim}
insilmaril@233
  1109
	zip -r mapname.vym .
insilmaril@233
  1110
\end{verbatim}
insilmaril@233
  1111
to compress all data in your current directory.
insilmaril@233
  1112
insilmaril@233
  1113
\subsection{New features}
insilmaril@28
  1114
There are lots of features which might find their way into \vym.
insilmaril@233
  1115
Together with \vym you should have received a directory with several
insilmaril@28
  1116
maps e.g. on SUSE~LINUX this is
insilmaril@28
  1117
\begin{center}
insilmaril@28
  1118
	{\tt /usr/share/doc/packages/vym/demos}
insilmaril@28
  1119
\end{center}
insilmaril@28
  1120
where you find the map {\tt todo.vym}. It lists quite a lot of things to
insilmaril@233
  1121
be done in future. If you have more ideas, contact the development team
insilmaril@233
  1122
at
insilmaril@233
  1123
{\tt vym-devel@lists.sourceforge.net}.
insilmaril@28
  1124
insilmaril@28
  1125
insilmaril@233
  1126
\subsection{New languages support}
insilmaril@252
  1127
In order to add a new language to \vym you need 
insilmaril@252
  1128
the sources (see \ref{getsources}) and
insilmaril@252
  1129
an installation of Trolltechs QT. A part of QT are the development
insilmaril@252
  1130
tools, from those tools especially the translation tool "Linguist" is
insilmaril@252
  1131
needed. 
insilmaril@252
  1132
insilmaril@252
  1133
In some Linux distributions the development tools are in an extra package, e.g. on SUSE LINUX you should have installed:
insilmaril@252
  1134
\begin{verbatim}
insilmaril@252
  1135
    qt3-devel.rpm
insilmaril@252
  1136
    qt3-devel-doc.rpm
insilmaril@252
  1137
    qt3-devel-tools.rpm
insilmaril@252
  1138
    qt3-man.rpm
insilmaril@252
  1139
\end{verbatim}
insilmaril@252
  1140
If you don't have QT in your system, you can get it from 
insilmaril@252
  1141
	\href{http://www.trolltech.com}{http://www.trolltech.com} Once you
insilmaril@252
  1142
	are able to compile vym yourself, you can translate the text in vym
insilmaril@252
  1143
	itself by performing the following steps:
insilmaril@252
  1144
\begin{itemize}
insilmaril@252
  1145
	\item Let's assume now your encoding is "NEW" instead of for example
insilmaril@252
  1146
	"de" for german or "en" for english
insilmaril@252
  1147
	
insilmaril@252
  1148
	\item Copy the file {\tt lang/vym\_en.ts} to l{\tt ang/vym\_NEW.ts} (The code
insilmaril@252
  1149
	itself contains the english version.)
insilmaril@252
  1150
		
insilmaril@252
  1151
	\item Add {\tt lang/vym\_NEW.ts} to the TRANSLATIONS section of vym.pro
insilmaril@252
  1152
insilmaril@252
  1153
	\item Run Linguist on {\tt vym\_NEW.ts} and do the translation
insilmaril@252
  1154
insilmaril@252
  1155
	\item Run {\tt lrelease} to create {\tt vym\_NEW.qm}
insilmaril@252
  1156
insilmaril@252
  1157
	\item Do a make install to install the new vym and check your translation
insilmaril@252
  1158
\end{itemize}
insilmaril@252
  1159
insilmaril@252
  1160
If you feel brave, you can also translate the manual. It is written in
insilmaril@252
  1161
LaTeX, you just have to change the file tex/vym.tex. (Linguist and QT
insilmaril@252
  1162
are not needed, but it is useful to know how to work with LaTeX and esp.
insilmaril@252
  1163
pdflatex to create the PDF.) 
insilmaril@252
  1164
insilmaril@252
  1165
Please mail me every translation you have done. I can also give you a
insilmaril@252
  1166
developer access to the project, if you want to provide translations
insilmaril@252
  1167
regulary.  
insilmaril@252
  1168
insilmaril@233
  1169
\subsection{New export/import filters}
insilmaril@252
  1170
\vym supports various kinds of filters. Data can be written directly,
insilmaril@252
  1171
inserted into templates or it can be written as XML data and then
insilmaril@252
  1172
processed by XSL transformations. 
insilmaril@252
  1173
insilmaril@252
  1174
Most of the import/export functionality is available in the classes
insilmaril@252
  1175
ImportBase and ExportBase and subclasses. All of them can be found in
insilmaril@252
  1176
{\tt imports.h} and {\tt exports.h}.
insilmaril@252
  1177
insilmaril@264
  1178
\subsubsection*{Direct import/export}
insilmaril@252
  1179
An example for a direct export is the XML export. This method touches
insilmaril@252
  1180
the implementation of nearly every object of \vym, so whenever possible
insilmaril@264
  1181
you should better use a XSL transformation instead.
insilmaril@252
  1182
insilmaril@252
  1183
If you still want to know how it is done, start looking at 
insilmaril@252
  1184
{\tt MapEditor::saveToDir} in {\tt mapeditor.cpp}.
insilmaril@252
  1185
insilmaril@264
  1186
\subsubsection*{Templates}
insilmaril@264
  1187
Templates have been introduced to export to opendoc format used e.g. by
insilmaril@264
  1188
Open~Office. While I read the spec ($>$ 500 pages) about the format\footnote{
insilmaril@264
  1189
\href{http://www.oasis-open.org/}{http://www.oasis-open.org/}}\ 
insilmaril@264
  1190
I had the feeling that I did not want to write the export from scratch. 
insilmaril@264
  1191
It would be too complex to adapt the styles to your own wishes, e.g. the
insilmaril@264
  1192
layout.
insilmaril@252
  1193
insilmaril@264
  1194
Instead I analyzed existing Open~Office documents. I found out that
insilmaril@264
  1195
there are lots of redundant bits of information in a standard
insilmaril@264
  1196
presentation, for example each list item is contained in its own list.
insilmaril@264
  1197
In the end I came up with the default presentation style, which still
insilmaril@264
  1198
could be simplified, just in case you have free time\ldots
insilmaril@252
  1199
insilmaril@264
  1200
The existing templates are still work in progress, before you spent too
insilmaril@264
  1201
much time developing your own style, please contact me.  Basically the
insilmaril@264
  1202
following steps are needed to build your own style:
insilmaril@264
  1203
\begin{enumerate}
insilmaril@264
  1204
	\item Create an example in Open Office. Use a title, authors name,
insilmaril@264
  1205
	page heading etc.\ which you can easily grep for in the output file.
insilmaril@264
  1206
	
insilmaril@264
  1207
	\item Unzip  the Open Office document into a directory.
insilmaril@264
  1208
insilmaril@264
  1209
	\item The main file is called {\tt content.xml}. All data is in one
insilmaril@264
  1210
	single line. You can split the XML tags using the script {\tt
insilmaril@264
  1211
	scripts/niceXML}, which is part of the \vym distribution.
insilmaril@264
  1212
insilmaril@264
  1213
	\item Copy the output of {\tt niceXML} to {\tt
insilmaril@264
  1214
	content-template.xml}.
insilmaril@264
  1215
insilmaril@264
  1216
	\item Looking closer you will find lots of unused definitions, for
insilmaril@264
  1217
	example of styles. You can delete or simply ignore them.
insilmaril@264
  1218
insilmaril@264
  1219
	\item Try to find your title, authors name. \vym will replace the
insilmaril@264
  1220
	following strings while exporting:
insilmaril@264
  1221
	\begin{center}
insilmaril@264
  1222
	\begin{tabular}{lp{4cm}}
insilmaril@264
  1223
		{\tt <!-- INSERT TITLE -->}		& title of map \\
insilmaril@264
  1224
		{\tt <!-- INSERT AUTHOR-->	}	& author \\
insilmaril@264
  1225
		{\tt <!-- INSERT COMMENT -->}	& comment \\
insilmaril@264
  1226
		{\tt <!-- INSERT PAGES-->}		& content of map \\
insilmaril@264
  1227
	\end{tabular}
insilmaril@264
  1228
	\end{center}
insilmaril@264
  1229
	The content itself is generated in a similar way by inserting lists
insilmaril@264
  1230
	into {\tt page-template}. Here the following substitutions are made:
insilmaril@264
  1231
	\begin{center}
insilmaril@264
  1232
	\begin{tabular}{lp{7cm}}
insilmaril@264
  1233
		{\tt <!-- INSERT PAGE HEADING-->}		& heading of a page
insilmaril@264
  1234
		(mainbranch or child of mainbranch, depending on the use of
insilmaril@264
  1235
		sections) \\
insilmaril@264
  1236
		{\tt <!-- INSERT LIST -->	}	& all childs of the branch above \\
insilmaril@264
  1237
	\end{tabular}
insilmaril@264
  1238
	\end{center}
insilmaril@264
  1239
\end{enumerate}
insilmaril@264
  1240
Currently images are exported and notes just will appear as text
insilmaril@264
  1241
without formatting and colors.
insilmaril@264
  1242
insilmaril@264
  1243
insilmaril@264
  1244
insilmaril@264
  1245
insilmaril@264
  1246
\subsubsection*{XSL Transformation}
insilmaril@264
  1247
\vym uses XSL transformations while exporting (e.g. XHTML) and importing
insilmaril@264
  1248
data (e.g. KDE bookmarks). There is a little code needed to provide the
insilmaril@264
  1249
GUI, the rest is done using the {\tt .xsl} stylesheet and calling the
insilmaril@264
  1250
{\tt xsltproc} processor, which is part of libxslt, the XSLT
insilmaril@264
  1251
C  library  for  GNOME. 
insilmaril@233
  1252
insilmaril@233
  1253
\end{appendix}
insilmaril@233
  1254
\end{document}
insilmaril@28
  1255
insilmaril@125
  1256
%TODO
insilmaril@125
  1257
%\subsubsection{Menus}
insilmaril@125
  1258
%\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
insilmaril@125
  1259
%Where does vym save its settings? -> ~/.qt/vymrc
insilmaril@125
  1260
insilmaril@28
  1261
insilmaril@28
  1262
% INDEX
insilmaril@28
  1263
% mapeditor
insilmaril@28
  1264
% noteditor
insilmaril@28
  1265
% branch
insilmaril@28
  1266
% mapcenter
insilmaril@28
  1267
% heading
insilmaril@28
  1268
% flag
insilmaril@28
  1269
% orientation 
insilmaril@28
  1270
% zoom
insilmaril@28
  1271
% orientation
insilmaril@28
  1272
% Toolbar
insilmaril@28
  1273
% Zoom
insilmaril@28
  1274
% Find
insilmaril@28
  1275
% statusbar
insilmaril@28
  1276
% link
insilmaril@28
  1277
% mainbranch
insilmaril@28
  1278
% subtree
insilmaril@28
  1279
% reorder
insilmaril@28
  1280
% scroll
insilmaril@28
  1281
% fold
insilmaril@104
  1282
% vymlink
insilmaril@104
  1283
% xlink
insilmaril@125
  1284
% modMode
insilmaril@104
  1285
% context menu
insilmaril@104
  1286
% Mac OS X
insilmaril@28
  1287
insilmaril@28
  1288
insilmaril@28
  1289
insilmaril@125
  1290
\end{document}