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authorGravatar Jan Mulder <jlmulder@xs4all.nl>2017-02-25 18:42:19 +0100
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2017-03-04 12:07:12 -0800
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user manual: make the difference between import and open explicit
Two different menu path lead to "open a logfile". The File-Open-Logfile and Import-Import Logfile. The first opens a new logbook, and the second adds the data to the current log. Signed-off-by: Jan Mulder <jlmulder@xs4all.nl>
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@@ -969,7 +969,9 @@ _Subsurface_. Divelogs.de supports a few additional logbook formats that
_Subsurface_ currently cannot handle.
If the format of other software is supported natively on Subsurface, select
-either _Import -> Import log files_ or _File -> Open log file_. _Subsurface_ supports the data formats
+either _Import -> Import log files_ or _File -> Open log file_. Notice that
+the import adds the imported data to the current *Dive list*, and the open style
+starts a new dive list. _Subsurface_ supports the data formats
of many dive computers, including Suunto, Shearwater and some CCR equipment. When importing dives, _Subsurface_
tries to detect multiple records for
the same dive and merges the information as best as it can. If