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Revision: 14096
          http://gate.svn.sourceforge.net/gate/?rev=14096&view=rev
Author:   thomas_heitz
Date:     2011-06-28 16:13:21 +0000 (Tue, 28 Jun 2011)

Log Message:
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Document editor layout is now saved to the user preferences. Updates the recent changes.

Modified Paths:
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    userguide/trunk/developer.tex
    userguide/trunk/recent-changes.tex

Modified: userguide/trunk/developer.tex
===================================================================
--- userguide/trunk/developer.tex	2011-06-28 13:18:38 UTC (rev 14095)
+++ userguide/trunk/developer.tex	2011-06-28 16:13:21 UTC (rev 14096)
@@ -195,23 +195,29 @@
 
 The document editor is contained in the central tabbed pane in GATE Developer.
 Double-click on your document in the resources pane to view the document editor.
+
 The document editor consists of a top panel with buttons and icons that control
 the display of different views and the search box. Initially, you will see just
 the text of your document, as shown in figure~\ref{fig:document-editor}. Click on
 `Annotation Sets' and `Annotations List' to view the annotation sets to the right
-and the annotations list at the bottom. You will see a view similar to
-figure~\ref{fig:document-editor-with-annotations}. In place of the annotations
-list, you can also choose to see the annotations stack. In place of the
-annotation sets, you can also choose to view the co-reference editor. More
-information about this functionality is given in
+and the annotations list at the bottom.
+
+You will see a view similar to
+figure~\ref{fig:document-editor-with-annotations}. In place of the
+annotations list, you can also choose to see the annotations stack. In place
+of the annotation sets, you can also choose to view the co-reference
+editor. More information about this functionality is given in
 Section~\ref{sec:developer:annotations}.
 
-Several options can be set from the triangle icon at the top right corner.
+Several options can be set from the small triangle icon at the top right
+corner.
 
 With `Save Current Layout' you store the way the different views are shown
 and the annotation types highlighted in the document. Then if you set
 `Restore Layout Automatically' you will get the same views and annotation
-types each time you open a document.
+types each time you open a document. The layout is saved to the user
+preferences file, gate.xml. It means that you can give this file to a new
+user so s/he will have a preconfigured document editor.
 
 Another setting make the document editor `Read-only'. If enabled, you won't
 be able to edit the text but you will still be able to edit annotations. It
@@ -445,27 +451,26 @@
 overlapping.
 
 As the view is centred on the document caret, you can use the conventional
-keypresses to move it and update the view: notably the keys left and
-right to skip one letter; control + left/right to skip one word; up and down to
-go one line up or down; and use the document scrollbar then click in the document
-to move further. There are also two buttons at the top of the view that centre
-the view on the closest previous/next annotation boundary among all displayed.
-This is useful when you want to skip a region without annotation or when you want
-to reach the beginning or end of a very long annotation.
+key to move it and update the view: notably the keys left and right to skip
+one letter; control + left/right to skip one word; up and down to go one
+line up or down; and use the document scrollbar then click in the document
+to move further.
 
-The annotation types displayed correspond to those selected in the annotation
-sets view. You can display feature values for an annotation rectangle by
-hovering the mouse on it or select only one feature to display by
-double-clicking on the annotation type in the first column.
+There are two buttons at the top of the view that centre the view on the
+closest previous/next annotation boundary among all displayed. This is
+useful when you want to skip a region without annotation or when you want to
+reach the beginning or end of a very long annotation.
 
-Right-clicking on an annotation in the annotations stack view gives the option
-to edit that annotation.
+The annotation types displayed correspond to those selected in the
+annotation sets view. You can display feature values for an annotation
+rectangle by hovering the mouse on it or select only one feature to display
+by double-clicking on the annotation type in the first column. By clicking
+on a feature value that contains an URL you will display it in your browser.
 
-%There is the possibility to create a gold standard annotation set with this
-%view. If you double-click on an annotation rectangle, you will be asked for
-%a target set and then all the annotation rectangles you double-click will be
-%copied to this set. To change again the target set click on its name at the
-%top of the view.
+Right-click on an annotation in the annotations stack view to edit
+it. Shift-click to delete it. Double-click to copy it to another annotation
+set. The latter being particularly useful to create a gold standard
+annotation set.
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \subsect[sec:developer:coreferenceeditor]{The Co-reference Editor}

Modified: userguide/trunk/recent-changes.tex
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--- userguide/trunk/recent-changes.tex	2011-06-28 13:18:38 UTC (rev 14095)
+++ userguide/trunk/recent-changes.tex	2011-06-28 16:13:21 UTC (rev 14096)
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
   \def\rcSubsubsect#1{\subsubsect{#1}}
 \fi
 
+\rcSect[next-release]{Next Release}
+
+\rcSubsect{June 2011}
+
+Added support for reading UIMA CAS document format. See
+section~\ref{sec:corpora:uima}.
+
+The layout is now saved to the user preferences file, gate.xml. It means
+that you can give this file to a new user so s/he will have a preconfigured
+document editor. See section~\ref{sec:developer:documenteditor}.
+
 \rcSect[6.1]{Version 6.1 (April 2011)}
 
 \rcSubsect{New CREOLE Plugins}


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