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     1.2 +++ b/tex/vym.tex	Mon Jun 06 20:27:42 2005 +0000
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     1.4  \begin{document}
     1.5  \title{VYM \\ -- \\View Your Mind}
     1.6  \author{\textcopyright Uwe Drechsel  }
     1.7 -%\date{September 26, 2002}
     1.8  
     1.9  \maketitle
    1.10  
    1.11 @@ -582,6 +581,7 @@
    1.12  \section{Hello world}
    1.13  \vym can export its maps in various formats and can import data from
    1.14  outside (though import is still limited at the moment).
    1.15 +Also parts of a map can be exported.
    1.16  
    1.17  \subsection{Export}
    1.18  The format in which the map will be exported can be chosen with
    1.19 @@ -671,6 +671,12 @@
    1.20  on. This is useful if e.g. for a website several combined maps have to
    1.21  be stored in the same directory.
    1.22  
    1.23 +\subsubsection*{Export a part of a map}
    1.24 +Select a branch you want to export together with its childs, than open
    1.25 +the context menu and choose {\em Save Selection}. This will create a
    1.26 +file with the postfix {\tt .vyp}, which is an abbreviation for \lq vym
    1.27 +part\rq.
    1.28 +
    1.29  \subsection{Import} 
    1.30  At the moment \vym can read a directory structure. This is mainly for
    1.31  testing \vym e.g. to easily create huge maps used for benchmarks (yes,
    1.32 @@ -679,6 +685,8 @@
    1.33  Many other applications meanwhile can export their data using XML, so
    1.34  volunteers to write import filters are welcome.
    1.35  
    1.36 +Also parts of a vym map ({\tt .vyp}) can be imported.
    1.37 +
    1.38  \subsection{File format}
    1.39  \vym maps usually have the postfix "{\tt .vym}" and represent a
    1.40  compressed archive of data. If you want to have a
    1.41 @@ -698,12 +706,34 @@
    1.42  	zip -r vymfile.vym .
    1.43  \end{verbatim}
    1.44  
    1.45 +\subsubsection*{Importa part of a map}
    1.46 +Select a branch where you want to add a previously save part of a map
    1.47 +({\tt .vyp}), then open
    1.48 +the context menu and choose {\em Add \ra Import}. For the import you can
    1.49 +choose between {\em Import Add} and {\em Import Replace}: The imported
    1.50 +data will be added after the selection resp. replace the selection.
    1.51  
    1.52  %TODO
    1.53  %\subsubsection{Menus}
    1.54  %\subsubsection{Keyboard shortcuts}
    1.55  %Where does vym save its settings? -> ~/.qt/vymrc
    1.56  
    1.57 +
    1.58 +\section{\vym on Mac OS X}
    1.59 +\subsection{Overview}
    1.60 +Basically there are two ways to run \vym on Macs:
    1.61 +\subsubsection{QT Mac Edition:}
    1.62 +	\vym here provides the well known Mac look and feel.  \vym is
    1.63 +	available as zipped Mac OS X application. It has been compiled and
    1.64 +	tested in Mac~OS~10.3, but should also work on Tiger. It is using
    1.65 +	the Mac version of Trolltechs QT library.  
    1.66 +\subsubsection{X11}
    1.67 +	\vym can also be run using the Linux version, but then menus and
    1.68 +	handling will also be those of the Linux version e.g. The menu bar
    1.69 +	will look different. 
    1.70 +
    1.71 +%TODO  Concept on Mac   context menu, shortcuts...
    1.72 +
    1.73  \section{History of \vym}
    1.74  \subsection{Future}
    1.75  There are lots of features which might find their way into \vym.
    1.76 @@ -729,7 +759,7 @@
    1.77  1.6.5	& -	&	removing a branch and keeping its childs	& 2005-05-19 \\
    1.78          & -	&	removing childs of a branch			& \\
    1.79          & -	&	insert branch and make selection its child& \\
    1.80 -        & -	&	restructured branch context menu	& \\
    1.81 +        & -	&	restructured branch context menu	
    1.82  				in a basic version (straight line)	& 2005-04-15\\
    1.83          & -	&	New shortcuts  for use on Mac OS X	& \\
    1.84          & -	&	Importing directories generates vymlinks now & \\