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authorGravatar Miika Turkia <miika.turkia@gmail.com>2015-07-23 18:22:57 +0300
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2015-07-23 13:57:24 -0700
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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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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