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41 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Mike Fleetwood 5857b46c5d Add LUKS notes to the GParted Manual (#774818)
Add LUKS encrypted partition notes to the GParted Manual about the new
capabilities coming in the next release of GParted.

Bug 774818 - Implement LUKS read-write actions NOT requiring a
             passphrase
2017-01-14 08:49:58 -07:00
Curtis Gedak c90a8f499c Update help manual with additional partition flags (#776002)
Also clarify legacy GRUB section regarding install to MBR or
to partition.

Bug 776002 - Update help with additional partition flags
2016-12-15 20:37:59 +00:00
Curtis Gedak dcab9ad845 Minor change to help manual caution when copying a partition (#746559)
Bug 746559 - Various operations fail when following paste into existing
             partition
2015-03-26 20:33:09 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 91e197ac8b Update help manual for support of devices without partition tables (#743181)
GParted now recognizes file system formats on disk devices without
partition tables.  Update the manual with:

  - how to format a disk device without a partition table
  - manage flags not available for devices without partition tables
  - use format to cleared to delete a file system from an unpartitioned
    disk

Bug 743181 - Add unpartitioned drive read-write support
2015-03-10 20:10:32 +00:00
Curtis Gedak db42cf78b1 Fix incorrect email address in help manual 2015-02-01 12:36:24 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 3b97063c23 Provide credit for help manual enhancements by Mike Fleetwood 2015-02-01 11:14:37 -07:00
Mike Fleetwood 64d569cfb2 Describe the name partition operation in the Manual (#741424)
Bug 741424 - Add support for GPT partition names
2015-02-01 10:08:23 -07:00
Mike Fleetwood becbd7ac85 Use file system label terminology in the Manual (#741424)
Update the GParted Manual to reflect the change in terminology from
Partition Label to File System Label in the GParted GUI.  And make it
explicit that it is the file system label in a partition being changed.

Bug 741424 - Add support for GPT partition names
2015-02-01 10:08:23 -07:00
Mike Fleetwood 6304377811 Correctly capitalise GNOME in the Manual and man page (#739805)
The GNOME Logo & Trademarks page
(http://www.gnome.org/logo-and-trademarks/) says:
    * All the letters in "GNOME" should be capitalized.

Also correctly capitalise the program name as GNOME Partition Editor in
the Manual, and gparted.doap file (used in web git browser).

Bug 739805 - GNOME is incorrectly capitalised on the website and else
             where
2014-12-20 10:02:55 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 805f42c7c4 Add GParted Live USB flash drive tip to help manual (#734376)
Add tip that the GParted Live image can be written to a USB flash
drive to be used in computers that can boot from USB.

Bug 734376 - Add GRUB 2 Restore Steps to GParted Manual
2014-08-14 12:31:21 +01:00
Curtis Gedak bc7573e45a Improve wording of fixing OS boot problem section in help manual (#734376)
Place more emphasis on the instructions to restore GRUB, and less on
other boot loaders.

Bug 734376 - Add GRUB 2 Restore Steps to GParted Manual
2014-08-14 12:31:21 +01:00
Curtis Gedak fcccf377f2 Remove duplication in fixing GRUB boot section of help manual (#734376)
Part of the list of actions that could cause a computer to fail to
boot were duplicated.  Remove this duplication from the fixing GRUB
boot problems section of the help manual.

Bug #734376 - Add GRUB 2 Restore Steps to GParted Manual
2014-08-14 12:31:21 +01:00
Curtis Gedak 4501c0394f Add GRUB Legacy live media boot step to help manual (#734376)
Bug #734376 - Add GRUB 2 Restore Steps to GParted Manual
2014-08-14 12:31:21 +01:00
Curtis Gedak fa7c38f166 Add GRUB 2 restoration steps to help manual (#734376)
Also add short description of GRUB 2 and GRUB Legacy, and list of
GNU/Linux distributions and which version started using GRUB 2.

Bug #734376 - Add GRUB 2 Restore Steps to GParted Manual
2014-08-14 12:31:21 +01:00
Curtis Gedak 4a85e3cd66 Update help manual to match file system support dialog (#342682)
The help manual was updated to reflect that the legend is now always
displayed on the File System Support dialog.

Bug #342682 - too much information in 'features' dialog
2014-02-08 12:23:55 +00:00
Mike Fleetwood 433bde0922 Update manual with default to GPT on disks >= 2 TiB (#711098)
Bug #711098 - Default partition table can not handle > 2 TiB disks
2014-01-06 10:45:00 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 00409ef51b Update help manual for online resize support (#694622)
Indicate that online resize is available for some mounted or otherwise
active partitions.

Bug #694622 - Add support for online resize
2013-11-24 10:10:37 +00:00
Mike Fleetwood 7bebacd8d4 List ext4 in the GParted Manual (#711114)
Bug #711114 - Change default fs to ext4
2013-10-31 21:16:14 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 5e11bae44f Add changes for Force Cancel button to help manual (#707070)
A "Force Cancel" button and proper cancel support was added to
GParted 0.15.0 with the following commit:

  Add proper cancel support (#601239)
  89de9a5026

Part of Bug #707070 - Update Help Manual with GPT flags, Force Cancel
                      button, etc.
2013-09-10 19:52:04 +01:00
Curtis Gedak 13ba466154 Add list of gpt flags to help manual (#707070)
Part of Bug #707070 - Update Help Manual with GPT flags, Force Cancel
                      button, etc.
2013-09-10 19:52:04 +01:00
Curtis Gedak 71998a5013 Add diag flag to help manual and update manual metadata (#707070)
Part of Bug #707070 - Update Help Manual with GPT flags, Force Cancel
                      button, etc.
2013-09-10 19:52:04 +01:00
Mike Fleetwood 17a349e28b Add "cleared" file system format details to the GParted Manual (#688882)
Minimum update explaining the meaning of the cleared and unformatted
file system types.

Also markup file system names as GUI menu items.

Bug #688882 - Improve clearing of file system signatures
2013-03-25 10:06:39 -06:00
Rogier Goossens a5eb91e549 Further improve help manual wording
See Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
2012-02-10 10:33:13 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 2f191307cf Restructure and word-smith UUID translatable text
Restructure and word-smith translatable text associated with the
enhancement to add ability for setting UUID in an effort to better
align with the Gnome Documentation Style Guide.

See Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
2012-02-10 10:33:13 -07:00
Rogier Goossens 4108daf15f Implement changing UUID for NTFS (#667278)
Part 4 of 4 to provide new UUID support for NTFS.

Closes Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID
2012-02-10 10:33:13 -07:00
Curtis Gedak c304afe994 Enhance documentation for UUIDs and copying partitions (#608308)
Closes Bug #608308 - fix documentation - Copying and Pasting a
                                         Partition
2012-01-23 12:33:51 -07:00
Rogier Goossens 9e96159bb2 Add support for setting UUID (#667278)
Add the ability to set a new random UUID on file systems that provide
the appropriate tools to perform this action.

Update the help manual to include this new functionality.  Also add
reference links to "setting a partition label" and "changing a
partition UUID" in the "copying and pasting a partition" section.

This patch does not include setting the UUID on an NTFS file system.

Bug #667278 - Add support for setting UUID

Bug #608308 - fix documentation - Copying and Pasting a Partition
2012-01-23 12:32:27 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 8bc1377c22 Add comment for documentation maximum image width recommendation 2011-02-19 11:00:36 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 12f860afb8 Add missing copyright year to help manual 2011-01-29 15:19:57 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 614a781d2f Add attempt data rescue section to help manual (#171215)
Add documentation for new feature to attempt data rescue for lost
partitions.

Closes Bug #171215 - Support lost partition recovery
2011-01-29 15:11:47 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 340d506c04 Update copyright year 2011-01-16 10:45:25 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 546ee7611b Change documentation to URL gparted.org and update copyright year 2011-01-16 10:30:51 -07:00
Curtis Gedak 27a418eae2 Fix error in GParted Manual DTD 2010-06-03 17:44:09 -06:00
Curtis Gedak c90412255a Update GParted manual with the option to align to MiB
This change is part of adding the option to align to MiB (#617409).
2010-06-01 15:28:06 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 8e8bf7e544 Change button create to apply for partition table creation (#576374)
To further minimize the chance of accidentally creating a new partition
table, the following steps have been taken:

1)  Rename non-standard Create button to stock Apply button.
2)  Remove extra warning about erasing entire disk device.
3)  Update GParted Manual accordingly.

Closes GParted bug #576374
2009-07-06 15:58:08 -06:00
Curtis Gedak 128796790d Added NTFS tip about reboot after chkdsk command.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1039
2009-01-24 16:26:17 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 24aa740a3a Fixed technical error. Should read maximum of 15 partitions, not 15 logical partitions
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1038
2009-01-21 16:29:29 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 077e3b5b1d Wrote application help manual
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1034
2009-01-20 17:05:37 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 95a42b866e Removed doubled space in front of fdl link
svn path=/trunk/; revision=995
2008-12-02 17:35:09 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 0a7bd647ce Added COPYING-DOCS and removed help/C/legal.xml file. The GFDL license should be translated only once per language, and not for each and every project that uses the license. See GParted bug #550047
svn path=/trunk/; revision=891
2008-09-01 17:01:14 +00:00
Curtis Gedak 46ca7c74dc Added code hooks to prepare for GParted Manual
svn path=/trunk/; revision=876
2008-08-05 15:34:10 +00:00