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| author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-11-06 06:57:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2009-11-06 06:57:37 +0000 |
| commit | 9ac95ec0e45a752de8f9203d93b9ff37eb853fcc (patch) | |
| tree | 8f64d2bf02a2ef8eccd82f6cfce489482e63c517 | |
| parent | 28c73abeaf5bd81a06fe398d5b2610de7b279dcd (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-9ac95ec0e45a752de8f9203d93b9ff37eb853fcc.zip | |
Document new help functionality
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/appendix/graphical.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml | 6 |
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 76b3e3274..a3d92004a 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ installation-guide (2009xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low by Samuel Thibault. Closes: #532437, #532440, #548534. * welcome: add a link to www.kernel.org and remove the no longer valid link to www.kerneltraffic.org. Closes: #331523. + * Document new help functionality. -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:01:59 +0200 diff --git a/en/appendix/graphical.xml b/en/appendix/graphical.xml index 9bb933f6a..5464a0a1f 100644 --- a/en/appendix/graphical.xml +++ b/en/appendix/graphical.xml @@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ enter will toggle a selection, not activate &BTN-CONT;. </para><para> +If a dialog offers additional help information, a <guibutton>Help</guibutton> +button will be displayed. The help information can be accessed either by +activating the button or by pressing the <keycap>F1</keycap> key. + +</para><para> + To switch to another console, you will also need to use the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key, just as with the X Window System. For example, to switch to VT2 (the first debug shell) you would use: <keycombo> diff --git a/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml b/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml index 484e3c1e4..b14f50a95 100644 --- a/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml +++ b/en/using-d-i/using-d-i.xml @@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ letter you typed and use <keycap>Pg-Up</keycap> and <keycap>space bar</keycap> selects an item such as a checkbox. Use &enterkey; to activate choices. +</para><para> + +Some dialogs may offer additional help information. If help is available +this will be indicated on the bottom line of the screen by displaying that +help information can be accessed by pressing the <keycap>F1</keycap> key. + </para><para arch="s390"> S/390 does not support virtual consoles. You may open a second and third |