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diff --git a/doc/en/pos_history.docbook b/doc/en/pos_history.docbook index 7bd6f74..c574cbf 100644 --- a/doc/en/pos_history.docbook +++ b/doc/en/pos_history.docbook @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <para> -In its capacity as a source code browser, &kapp; allows the user to quickly browse through different lines in the code base. We refer to a combination of a source file and a line number as a "position" in the project. While browsing the code, it is often required to go back to a position visited in the past, e.g., to return to the caller after visiting the callee. To achieve this task, &kapp; provides a sophisticated position history mechanism, which not only allows the user to go back and forth between visited locations, but also to save and restore snapshots of "tours" through the code, as well as other manipulations of the position history. For the sake of both consistency and ease of use, recorded position history is viewed and handled in a way similar to the query results system. +In its capacity as a source code browser, &tdeApp; allows the user to quickly browse through different lines in the code base. We refer to a combination of a source file and a line number as a "position" in the project. While browsing the code, it is often required to go back to a position visited in the past, e.g., to return to the caller after visiting the callee. To achieve this task, &tdeApp; provides a sophisticated position history mechanism, which not only allows the user to go back and forth between visited locations, but also to save and restore snapshots of "tours" through the code, as well as other manipulations of the position history. For the sake of both consistency and ease of use, recorded position history is viewed and handled in a way similar to the query results system. </para> <note> <para> -In the context of this section, a "jump" is defined as the action taken by &kapp; after a query result record is selected for viewing (either by the user from a query page or a call-tree window, or automatically). +In the context of this section, a "jump" is defined as the action taken by &tdeApp; after a query result record is selected for viewing (either by the user from a query page or a call-tree window, or automatically). </para> </note> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Selecting a history record from a non-active list will add the selected item to <title>Using Multiple Histories</title> <para> -The position history is a dynamic object, which changes as the user navigates through the code. In some cases, however, it is convenient to create a snapshot of a tour through the code, and keep it for later reference. &kapp; provides this feature through the availability of multiple history pages. +The position history is a dynamic object, which changes as the user navigates through the code. In some cases, however, it is convenient to create a snapshot of a tour through the code, and keep it for later reference. &tdeApp; provides this feature through the availability of multiple history pages. </para> <para> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ As mentioned earlier, a history page is created automatically for a project when </para> <para> -The user can decide to freeze the contents of the history recorded by the current page. This is done by locking the page, in a way similar to locking query results (see <link linkend="query-window">The Query Window</link>). Once the page is locked, its contents remain the same, even if jumps are made to other locations in the code. To record any successive jumps, &kapp; creates a new history page, which becomes the active one. A locked history page can also be activated by unlocking it. However, there can only be one unlocked history page at any given time (the active one), which means that unlocking one history page locks the previously unlocked one. +The user can decide to freeze the contents of the history recorded by the current page. This is done by locking the page, in a way similar to locking query results (see <link linkend="query-window">The Query Window</link>). Once the page is locked, its contents remain the same, even if jumps are made to other locations in the code. To record any successive jumps, &tdeApp; creates a new history page, which becomes the active one. A locked history page can also be activated by unlocking it. However, there can only be one unlocked history page at any given time (the active one), which means that unlocking one history page locks the previously unlocked one. </para> <para> |
