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| author |  Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com> | 2015-07-23 18:22:57 +0300 |
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| committer |  Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2015-07-23 13:57:24 -0700 |
| commit | 25ea932e81f777a1f8cc45f87f9d132dc6ab0325 (patch) | |
| tree | bc5f5a8208ed4bbf2c83717124e16c42dc909c6b /Documentation/user-manual.txt | |
| parent | 361ddd96344ece56e8d2059375b45b13c0532c86 (diff) | |
| download | subsurface-25ea932e81f777a1f8cc45f87f9d132dc6ab0325.tar.gz | |
Update user manual to reflect new way of DivingLog import
Signed-off-by: Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 99ab33a32..566e19ed9 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -3961,21 +3961,27 @@ which can be imported into _Subsurface_. 4. The password for accessing the .zip file is _mares_. [[S_ImportingDivingLog]] -=== Exporting from *DivingLog 5.0* +=== Exporting from *DivingLog 5.0 and 6.0* [icon="images/icons/divingloglogo.jpg"] [NOTE] -Unfortunately DivingLog XML files give us no -indication on the preferences set on one's system. So in order for -_Subsurface_ to be able to successfully import XML files from DivingLog -one first needs to ensure that DivingLog is configured -to use the Metric system (one can easily change this within Diving Log by -selecting 'File -> Preferences -> Units and Language' by clicking the 'Metric' -button). Then do the following: - -1. In DivingLog open the 'File -> Export -> XML' menu -2. Select the dives to export -3. Click on the export button and select the filename +The best way to bring your logs from DivingLog to Subsurface is to +convert the whole database. This is because other export formats do not +include all the details, and we would lack e.g. gas switches and +information of what units are used. With database import, all this +information is included and readily available for us. + +To transfer all files from DivingLog to Subsurface, do the following: + +1. In DivingLog open the 'File -> Export -> SQLite' menu +2. Select 'Settings' button +3. Set the 'RTF2Plaintext' to 'true' +4. Close the Settings dialog +5. Click 'Export' button and select the filename + +Once this is done, open the saved database file with Subsurface and the +dives are automatically converted to our own format. Last step to do is +save the log file in Subsurface. [[S_Appendix_D]] == APPENDIX D: Exporting a spreadsheet to CSV format |