On Mon, 07 May 2007 19:02:46 +0200 Klaus Espenlaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> richard bown schrieb: > > On Mon, 07 May 2007 18:11:02 +0200 > > Klaus Espenlaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Reading the manual helps ;) VBoxManage. > >> > > It also depends on how you interpret it, are you referring to > > section 7.6 , thats is very woolly, It may have been perfectly > > clear in German ,but its lost me in the English translation. > > Hehe. I think it's perfectly clear in English, too (at least in the > en_DE locale installed in my brain ;) ). It just tells you that you > can use "VBoxManage startvm", but we don't recommend it. If you want > to avoid the drawbacks, use "VirtualBox -startvm" or "VBoxVRDP > -startvm" from the command line. Both load the saved state if > applicable. > > Please don't hesitate to tell us what's ambiguous about it and we'll > try to improve it. > > > Does that mean you can, but you cant ?? > > You can. :) > Thanks Klaus I'm glad you have a sense of humour :) What about in that section saying what you recommend. i.e. We recommend you use "VirtualBox -startvm <VM name>" or "VBoxVRDP -startvm <VM name>" instead. And what would help if in global settings instead of "Control_L" or "Control_R" use "Left CTL key" or "Right CTL key" Then there is no ambiguity on the meaning , Control_R looks like press control plus the R key, then is that the left or right control key and which R key, upper or lowercase. Anyway its good software -- Best wishes Richard ******************************* Running Mandriva 2007 Registered Linux user 365161 Ham Call G8JVM:: QRA IO82SP QRV 6mtrs to 3cms All Bands HF 80 mtrs to 10 mtrs, non WARC http://software-radio.org.uk sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************* _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
