Desktop user manual: dc management

The relevant text in the present manual is obsolete. Update
the text dealing with dive profiles from several sive computers
for one specific dive. One image is added.

Deal with creating a new cylinder type.

Signed-off-by: willemferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za>
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@ -661,10 +661,22 @@ Some divers use more than one dive computer at the same time, e.g. during techni
If you import the dive profiles from these different dive computers into _Subsurface_, the
profiles can be viewed independently. During upload the data from the dive computers are automatically
merged into a single dive. The different profiles are presented on the _Profile_ panel with
the name of each dive computer indicated at the bottom left.
the name of each dive computer indicated at the bottom left as well as an indicator of the
number of dive computers uploaded for this dive (e.g."No. 2 of 2"). The original dive profile is
shown by default while profiles from additional dive computers are added "behind" that of the
first uploaded dive computer.
*While the dive is highlighted in the _Dive List_*, switch between the profiles of the
different dive computers by using either the left/right arrow keyboard keys or
by selecting _View -> Previous DC_ or _View -> Next DC_. The data in the _Notes_ panel
different dive computers by using the left/right arrow keyboard keys. If profiles from more than
one dive computer exists for a dive, right-clicking on the name of the dive computer
(bottom left of the profile panel) activates a context menu (image below) that allows one to make the selected
dive computer the one whose profile is shown by default: this changes the order in which the profiles
are shown when using the left-arrow and right-arrow keys. The context menu also allows deleting any of
the dive computers or to take the information from a specific dive computer and present that
as a separate dive.
image::images/dc_management.jpg["FIGURE:dc management",align="center"]
The data in the _Notes_ panel
are not affected by the specific dive computer that is selected.
[[S_EditDiveInfo]]
@ -909,6 +921,16 @@ options for the entered characters. The
*Size* of the cylinder as well as its working pressure (_Work.press_) will
automatically be shown in the dialog.
*If your cylinder is not listed:* Maybe the cylinder type you dive with is not listed in the dropdown list. Add a new
cylinder by selecting any of the existing cylinders in the list and clicking on the
name of that cylinder. This activates the cursor on the cylinder name. Overtype
the cylinder name with your new cylinder name and press ENTER on the keyboard. The new
cylinder name now appears on the dropdown list. Overtyping a cylinder name does not affect
the name that is being overtyped. Add a size and start pressure for that
cylinder. The usual convention is that double cylinders are prefixed with a "D" to
indicate "double". Say for instance you dive a manifolded twinset of two 7 litre steel cylinders. This
could be named "D7 232 bar" rather than "14 232 bar". However, use a rule that works for you.
Next, indicate the starting pressure and the ending pressure of the
specified gas during the dive. The unit of pressure (metric/imperial)
corresponds to the settings chosen in the _Preferences_.