Changeset 35153 in vbox

Timestamp:

Dec 15, 2010 4:47:28 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Manual: links, changelog

Location:

trunk/doc/manual

Files:

• en_US/user_Glossary.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• en_US/user_Technical.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• user_ChangeLogImpl.xml (modified) (8 diffs)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Glossary.xml

@@ -400 +400 @@
 
     <glossentry>
+      <glossterm>VMM</glossterm>
+
+      <glossdef>
+        <para>Virtual Machine Manager -- the component of VirtualBox that
+        controls VM execution. See <xref linkend="technical-components" /> for
+        a list of VirtualBox components.</para>
+      </glossdef>
+    </glossentry>
+
+    <glossentry>
       <glossterm>VRDP</glossterm>
 

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Technical.xml

@@ -293 +293 @@
   </sect1>
 
-  <sect1>
+  <sect1 id="technical-components">
     <title>VirtualBox executables and components</title>
 
@@ -864 +864 @@
           <para>On AMD processors, nested paging has been available starting
           with the Barcelona (K10) architecture -- they call it now "rapid
-          virtualization indexing" (RVI). Intel added support for
-          nested paging, which they call "extended page tables" (EPT), with
-          their Core i7 (Nehalem) processors.</para>
+          virtualization indexing" (RVI). Intel added support for nested
+          paging, which they call "extended page tables" (EPT), with their
+          Core i7 (Nehalem) processors.</para>
 
           <para>If nested paging is enabled, the VirtualBox hypervisor can

trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
               <para>Redesigned user interface with guest window preview (also for screenshots)</para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para>New "scale" display mode with scaled guest display; see <xref linkend="intro-resize-window" /></para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
-              <para>Support for creating and starting .vbox desktop shortcuts (bug #1889)</para>
+              <para>Support for creating and starting <computeroutput>.vbox</computeroutput> desktop shortcuts (bug #1889)</para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para>The VM list is now sortable</para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para>Machines can now be deleted easily without a trace including snapshots and saved
@@ -38 +42 @@
                 can do the same now)</para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para>Built-in creation of desktop file shortcuts to start VMs on double click (bug #2322)</para>
@@ -44 +49 @@
           </itemizedlist>
         </para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support; see <xref linkend="ovf" /></para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -61 +62 @@
                 see <xref linkend="settings-motherboard" /></para>
             </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para>Intel HD Audio, for better support of modern guest operating systems
@@ -70 +72 @@
 
       <listitem>
+        <para>Improvements to OVF support (see <xref linkend="ovf" />):
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Significant performance improvements during export and import
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Creation of the manifest file on export is optional
+                now</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Imported disks can have formats other than VMDK</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
         <para>Resource control: added support for limiting a VM's CPU time and IO
           bandwidth; see <xref linkend="storage-bandwidth-limit" /></para>
@@ -80 +107 @@
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>Storage: support for resizing VDI and VHD images</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Guest Additions: support for copying files into the guest file system;
-          the Windows Additions can now automatically update themselves  (requires
-          installed Windows Guest Additions 4.0 or later)</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>Language bindings: uniform Java bindings for both local
-          (COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs</para>
+        <para>Storage: support for resizing VDI and VHD images; see <xref linkend="vboxmanage-modifyvdi" />.</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -97 +113 @@
         <para>Guest Additions: support for multiple virtual screens in Linux
            and Solaris guests using X.Org server 1.3 and later</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para>Language bindings: uniform Java bindings for both local
+          (COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -216 +237 @@
         <para>BIOS: reduce the stack usage of the VESA BIOS function
           <emphasis>#4F01</emphasis> (Quake fix)</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>OVF/OVA: significant performance improvements during export and import
-        </para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>OVF/OVA: creation of the manifest file on export is optional
-          now</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para>OVF/OVA: allow overwriting the target disk format on
-          import</para>
       </listitem>