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diff --git a/doc/tdedebugdialog/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/tdedebugdialog/CMakeLists.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d83bc9162 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdedebugdialog/CMakeLists.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +################################################# +# +# (C) 2010-2011 Serghei Amelian +# serghei (DOT) amelian (AT) gmail.com +# +# Improvements and feedback are welcome +# +# This file is released under GPL >= 2 +# +################################################# + +tde_create_handbook( DESTINATION tdedebugdialog ) diff --git a/doc/tdedebugdialog/Makefile.am b/doc/tdedebugdialog/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e786da562 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdedebugdialog/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ + +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = AUTO diff --git a/doc/tdedebugdialog/index.docbook b/doc/tdedebugdialog/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e23d599af --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdedebugdialog/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,134 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY tdedebugdialog "<application>TDEDebugDialog</application>"> + <!ENTITY kappname "&tdedebugdialog;"> + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> + + +]> + +<book lang="&language;"> +<bookinfo> +<title>The &tdedebugdialog; Handbook</title> + +<authorgroup> +<author>&David.Faure; &David.Faure.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2001-02-13</date> +<releaseinfo>0.03.00</releaseinfo> + +<abstract> +<para>This document describes &tdedebugdialog;.</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>TDEDebugdialog</keyword> +</keywordset> +</bookinfo> + +<chapter id="Introduction"> +<title>What is TDEDebugDialog?</title> + +<para>It is a dialog box for managing diagnostic messages at runtime. +</para> + +<para>If you simply start <command>tdedebugdialog</command>, you will +see a list of <quote>areas</quote>, that can be disabled or enabled. A +<function>kdDebug(area)</function> call in the code will show +something in the debug output only if the area is enabled.</para> + +<note><para>Note that kdWarning, kdError and kdFatal always appear, +they are NOT controlled by this setting.</para></note> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Area</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>The areas which should only be output. Every message +that is not mentioned here will simply not be output (unless +this field remains empty, which is the default, and means that all +messages should be output). You can enter several areas +separated by commas here, and you can also use area ranges with +the syntax start-end. Thus a valid entry could be: +117,214-289,356-359,221. Do not use whitespaces.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>If you start <command>tdedebugdialog</command> +<option>--fullmode</option>, then for every severity level you can +define separately what should be done with the diagnostic messages of +that level, and the same for each debug area.</para> + +<para>In full mode, first you should select the debug area you are +interested in from the drop down list at the top.</para> + +<para>You may independently set the output for various types of +messages:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Information</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Warning</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Error</guilabel></para></listitem> +<listitem><para><guilabel>Fatal Error</guilabel></para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +<para>For each of these types, you can set the following:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Output to:</guilabel></term> +<listitem> +<para>In this Combobox, you can choose where the messages +should be output. The choices are: <quote>File</quote>, <quote>Message +Box</quote>, <quote>Shell</quote> (meaning stderr) and +<quote>Syslog</quote>. Please do not direct fatal messages to syslog +unless you are the system administrator yourself. The default is +<quote>Message Box</quote>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> +<term><guilabel>Filename:</guilabel></term> +<listitem><para>This is only enabled when you have chosen +<quote>File</quote> as the output and provides the name of that file +(which is interpreted as relative to the current folder). The +default is <filename>kdebug.dbg</filename>.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +<para>Apart from this, you can also tick the checkbox <guilabel>Abort +on fatal errors</guilabel>. In this case, if a diagnostic message with +the severity level <computeroutput>KDEBUG_FATAL</computeroutput> is +output, the application aborts with a SIGABRT after outputting the +message.</para> + +<para>When you close the dialog by pressing <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, +your entries apply immediately and are saved in +<filename>kdebugrc</filename>. When you press +<guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, your entries are discarded and the old +ones are restored.</para> + +<para>Credits to Kalle Dalheimer for the original version of +&tdedebugdialog;</para> + +</chapter> + +&documentation.index; +</book> +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-omittag: nil +sgml-general-insert-case: lower +sgml-shorttag: t +End: +--> + + |