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update LAMMPS GUI help summary text

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Axel Kohlmeyer
2023-10-09 00:09:18 -04:00
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@ -1243,9 +1243,12 @@ void LammpsGui::help()
msg.setWindowTitle("LAMMPS-GUI Quick Help");
msg.setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/icons/lammps-icon-128x128.png"));
msg.setText("<div>This is LAMMPS-GUI version " LAMMPS_GUI_VERSION "</div>");
msg.setInformativeText("<p>LAMMPS GUI is a graphical text editor that is linked to the LAMMPS "
msg.setInformativeText("<p>LAMMPS GUI is a graphical text editor that is customized for "
"editing LAMMPS input files and linked to the LAMMPS "
"library and thus can run LAMMPS directly using the contents of the "
"text buffer as input through the LAMMPS C-library interface. </p>"
"text buffer as input. It can retrieve and display information from "
"LAMMPS while it is running and display visualizations created "
"with the dump image command.</p>"
"<p>The main window of the LAMMPS GUI is a text editor window with "
"LAMMPS specific syntax highlighting. When typing <b>Ctrl-Enter</b> "
"or clicking on 'Run LAMMMPS' in the 'Run' menu, LAMMPS will be run "
@ -1254,26 +1257,29 @@ void LammpsGui::help()
"is displayed in a chart window. Both are updated regularly during the "
"run, as is a progress bar in the main window. The running simulation "
"can be stopped cleanly by typing <b>Ctrl-/</b> or by clicking on "
"'Stop LAMMPS' in the 'Run' menu. After the simulation is finished "
"or stopped, an image of the simulated system can be shown in an image "
"'Stop LAMMPS' in the 'Run' menu. While LAMMPS is not running, "
"an image of the simulated system can be created and shown in an image "
"viewer window by typing <b>Ctrl-i</b> or by clicking on 'View Image' "
"in the 'Run' menu. Multiple image settings can be changed through the "
"buttons in the menu bar and the image will be re-renderd.</p>"
"buttons in the menu bar and the image will be re-renderd. In case "
"an input file contains a dump image command, LAMMPS GUI will load "
"the images as they are created and display them in a slide show. </p>"
"<p>When opening a file, the editor will determine the directory "
"where the input file resides and switch its current working directory "
"to that same folder and thus enabling the run to read other files in "
"that folder, e.g. a data file .The GUI will show its current working "
"that folder, e.g. a data file. The GUI will show its current working "
"directory in the status bar. In addition to using the menu, the "
"editor window can also receive files as the first command line "
"argument or via drag-n-drop from a graphical file manager or a "
"desktop environment.</p>"
"<p>Almost all commands are accessible via hotkeys. Which those "
"hotkeys are, is typically shown next to their entries in the menus. "
"<p>Almost all commands are accessible via keyboard shortcuts. Which "
"those shortcuts are, is typically shown next to their entries in the "
"menus. "
"In addition, the documentation for the command in the current line "
"can be viewed by typing <b>Ctrl-?</b> or by choosing the respective "
"entry in the context menu, available by right-clicking the mouse. "
"Log, chart, and image windows can be closed with <b>Ctrl-W</b>, the "
"main window with <b>Ctrl-Q</b>.</p>"
"Log, chart, slide show, and image windows can be closed with "
"<b>Ctrl-W</b> and the application terminated with <b>Ctrl-Q</b>.</p>"
"<p>The 'About LAMMPS' dialog will show the LAMMPS version and the "
"features included into the LAMMPS library linked to the LAMMPS GUI. "
"A number of settings can be adjusted in the 'Preferences' dialog (in "