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authorGravatar Tim Wootton <tim@tee-jay.demon.co.uk>2014-07-30 09:04:42 +0100
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2014-07-30 08:02:26 -0700
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User manual: some minor readability and repeats locationless GPS warn
Some minor readability tweaks. Repeats wanrning about co-ordinates without Location name, all the other info on co-ordinates was cut-pasted from the manual dive entry section, but this bit was missing. Signed-off-by: Tim Wootton <tim@tee-jay.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ allowing easy identification of devices.
==== Updating the dive information imported from the dive computer.
The information from the dive computer is not complete and more
-details must be added in order to have a more full record of the dives. To
+details must be added in order to have a fuller record of the dives. To
do this,
the *Dive Notes* and the *Equipment* tabs on the top left hand of the
_Subsurface_ window should be used.
@@ -637,9 +637,9 @@ visible:
image::images/AddDive3.jpg["FIGURE: The Dive Notes tab",align="center"]
-The *Time* field reflects the date and the time of the dive. By clicking
+The *Time* field reflects the date and time of the dive. By clicking
the date, a calendar is displayed from which
-one can choose the correct date. Press ESC to escape from the calendar.
+one can choose the correct date. Press ESC to close the calendar.
The time values (hour and minutes) can also be
edited directly by clicking on each of them in the text box and by overtyping the
information displayed.
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ information displayed.
in these fields to the right of the Start time. Many dive computers supply water
temperature information and this field may therefore not require further
editing. If
-editing is required, only a value is required. The units of temperature will be
+editing is required, only a value is required, the units of temperature will be
automatically supplied by
_Subsurface_ (according to the _Preferences_, metric or imperial units will
be used).
@@ -685,6 +685,12 @@ Southern hemisphere latitudes are given with a *S*, e.g. S30°, or with a
negative value, e.g. -30.22496. Similarly, western longitudes are given with a
*W*, e.g. W07°, or with a negative value, e.g. -7.34323.
+Please note that GPS coordinates of a dive site are linked to the Location
+name - so adding coordinates to dives that do not have a location description
+will cause unexpected behaviour (Subsurface will think that all of these
+dives have the same location and try to keep their GPS coordinates the
+same).
+
*Divemaster*: The name of the dive master or dive guide for this dive should be
entered in this field
which offers auto completion based on the list of dive masters in