From: akl <alexander.kovalev@opencascade.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:37:20 +0000 (+0400)
Subject: Update of GUI help documentation.
X-Git-Url: http://git.salome-platform.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27c19d455e6ff9a3abfed2ac633875783b25ac35;p=modules%2Fgui.git

Update of GUI help documentation.
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diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/input/introduction_to_gui.doc b/doc/salome/gui/input/introduction_to_gui.doc
index 449baa0ce..e246f0737 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/input/introduction_to_gui.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/input/introduction_to_gui.doc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Toolkit) that proposes very flexible, powerful and safe mechanisms of
 interaction with SALOME tool components (both CORBA and standalone),
 resource management, viewers and selection handling,
 exception and signals processing. This approach brings to the top
-Salome multi-desktop dockable-windowed user interface.
+Salome single-desktop dockable-windowed user interface.
 \n All Graphical User Interfaces of standard modules have plug-in
 structure, i.e. each module is placed in a dynamic library which is
 loaded on demand. So, all modules add their own menu items, buttons
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ basic GUI functionalities, common for all modules.
 
 <ul>
 <li>\b File menu corresponds to \subpage study_management_page "Study management" functionalities
-(creation, saving, loading, editing studies, etc.).</li>
+(creation, saving, loading, editing studies, connecting, disconnecting, etc.).</li>
 <li>\b Edit menu gives access to <b> Copy/Paste</b> allowing to paste the
 objects from one study into the other. The availability of this
 functionality depends on the module and the nature of an operation or
diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/input/salome_desktop.doc b/doc/salome/gui/input/salome_desktop.doc
index 2c60c00e3..8fbb1493f 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/input/salome_desktop.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/input/salome_desktop.doc
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 
 \page salome_desktop_page SALOME desktop
 
-<b>Multi-Desktop Approach</b> used in Salome means that there is a separate Desktop
-for each Study and all windows connected to the same Study (viewers, dockable
+<b>Single-Desktop Approach</b> used in Salome means that there is one Desktop
+for Study and all windows connected to the Study (viewers, dockable
 windows, etc.) are placed in one container. 
-This approach positively differs from the classic multi document interface 
-if many windows are used, i.e. when one document contains a lot of
-viewers, dialogs, etc. Each desktop also has its own menu and toolbar.
 
 The main SALOME Desktop consists of the following sections and toolbars:
 
diff --git a/doc/salome/gui/input/study_management_chapter.doc b/doc/salome/gui/input/study_management_chapter.doc
index 9e4f618d4..f8fd768e3 100644
--- a/doc/salome/gui/input/study_management_chapter.doc
+++ b/doc/salome/gui/input/study_management_chapter.doc
@@ -9,40 +9,26 @@ document data (probably, remote data available through CORBA) and data
 presentation (in the Object Browser). The study is composed of Data
 Object instances, united in a tree-like structure.
 
-All operations with studies are available from the \b File menu.
+As soon as you have opened SALOME desktop, you don't see active study.
+But you can operate with enabled Python console, for example to load script. Also some operations are available from the \b File menu without study:
+
+\image html menu_file.png
+
+If you create, load or connect to study, then additional operations with study will be available from the \b File menu.
 
 \image html studymanagement.png
 
 \b New - creates a new study. The study will be created
-with default name \b Study1. It is possible to create
-several studies, each accessible from the task bar.
+with default name \b Study1. To create another study you should close the current one.
 
 \b Open - allows to open an existing study by browsing for it in a
 standard Search File dialog box, choosing the required
 *.hdf file and clicking \b Open button.
 
-\b Reopen - reloads the current study from the *.hdf file. This menu command
-can be used to reverse the study to the latest saved state.
-
-\b Connect - allows to open an unloaded study.
-\image html loadstudy2.png
-Select one of the studies, which has been previously
-created and unloaded and click \b Ok button.
-
-\note SALOME is a multi-study platform. It means that simultaneously you can
-work with several studies. 
-
-\b Close - closes the current study, alternatively it is
-possible to click on the cross in the upper right corner of the study window.
-
-\note If the study has not been previously saved, this option will
-call the following dialog box with several options:
+\b Reopen - reloads the current study from the associated *.hdf file. This menu command can be used to reverse the study to the latest saved state.
 
-\image html closestudy.png
-
-Here, \b Unload option unloads the current study from the SALOME
-Desktop. It can be reloaded in the same working session, but if you quit the SALOME application, all changes
-in the unloaded study will be lost.
+\note SALOME is a single-study platform. It means that simultaneously you can
+work with one study only.
 
 \b Save - saves the current study. Saving a study you also save its layout, i.e. all positions and sizes
 of dockable windows. It means that the difference in settings of the
@@ -59,6 +45,26 @@ for your study and save it.
 \b Save \b as - allows to save the current study with a new name. Input  a new name for the study in the standard
 Search File dialog box and click \b Save button.
 
+\b Close - closes the current study, alternatively it is
+possible to click on the cross in the upper right corner of the study window.
+
+\note If the study has not been previously saved, this option will
+call the following dialog box with several options:
+
+\image html closestudy.png
+
+\b Connect - allows to open an unloaded or created outside GUI study.
+
+\note Connect is available only if there is some study on data server.
+
+\b Disconnect - unloads the current study from the SALOME
+Desktop. It can be reloaded in the same working session, but if you quit the SALOME application, all changes in the unloaded study will be lost.
+
+\note If the study has not been previously saved, this option will
+call the following dialog box with several options:
+
+\image html disconnect_study.png
+
 <b>Dump study</b> - allows to Dump a SALOME Study in one or several
 Python scripts. The following dialog box allows to browse for the location and
 define the name for a Python file.