Changeset 101593 in vbox for trunk/doc/manual

Timestamp:

Oct 25, 2023 3:37:09 PM (15 months ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

doc/manual,Frontends/VBoxManage,Main/{Global,GuestOSType,VirtualBox.xidl}:
Revisit the OS guest OS changes which added a new 'variant' field to the
Global::sOSTypes[] table along with a new VBoxManage subcommand and
IVirtualBox methods for accessing the guest OS variant information
(r159137). After discussion with the documentation team the identifier
'variant' is being changed to the clearer 'subtype' which also doesn't
overlap with the 'variant' terminology used with medium management
(IMedium::variant(), the MediumVariant enum, etc.). bugref:5936

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-list.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/man_VBoxManage-list.xml

@@ -75 +75 @@
         <arg choice="plain">natnets</arg>
         <arg choice="plain">ostypes</arg>
-        <arg choice="plain">osvariants</arg>
+        <arg choice="plain">ossubtypes</arg>
         <arg choice="plain">runningvms</arg>
         <arg choice="plain">screenshotformats</arg>
@@ -412 +412 @@
       </para>
     </refsect2>
-    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-list-osvariants">
-      <title>List the Guest Operating System Variants</title>
-      <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-list-osvariants">
-        <command>VBoxManage list</command>
-        <arg choice="plain">osvariants</arg>
-      </cmdsynopsis>
-      <para>
-        The <command>VBoxManage list osvariants</command> command lists
-        all guest operating system (OS) variants along with the
+    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-list-ossubtypes">
+      <title>List the Guest Operating System Subtypes</title>
+      <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-list-ossubtypes">
+        <command>VBoxManage list</command>
+        <arg choice="plain">ossubtypes</arg>
+      </cmdsynopsis>
+      <para>
+        The <command>VBoxManage list ossubtypes</command> command lists
+        all guest operating system (OS) subtypes along with the
         associated guest OS descriptions that are known to &product-name;.
         Each list entry includes a guest OS family identifier, the guest
-        OS variants associated with that OS family (if any), and a
-        description the guest OSes associated with that OS variant.
+        OS subtypes associated with that OS family (if any), and a
+        description the guest OSes associated with that OS subtype.
       </para>
     </refsect2>