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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2011</year><year>2013</year>
+ <year>2011</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -34,24 +34,25 @@
<file>observer.xml</file>
</header>
<module>observer</module>
- <modulesummary>A GUI tool for observing an erlang system.</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>A GUI tool for observing an Erlang system.</modulesummary>
<description>
- <p>The observer is gui frontend containing various tools to
- inspect a system. It displays system information, application
- structures, process information, ets or mnesia tables and a frontend
- for tracing with <seealso marker="ttb">ttb</seealso>.
+ <p>Observer is a graphical tool for observing the characteristics of
+ Erlang systems. The tool Observer displays system information, application
+ supervisor trees, process information, ETS tables, Mnesia tables,
+ and contains a front end for Erlang tracing with module
+ <seealso marker="ttb"><c>ttb</c></seealso>.
</p>
- <p>See the <seealso marker="observer_ug">user's guide</seealso>
- for more information about how to get started.</p>
+ <p>For detalis about how to get started, see the
+ <seealso marker="observer_ug"><c>User's Guide</c></seealso>.</p>
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
<name>start() -> ok</name>
- <fsummary>Start the observer gui</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Start the Observer GUI.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>This function starts the <c>observer</c> gui.
- Close the window to stop the application.
+ <p>Starts the Observer GUI.
+ To stop the tool, close the window.
</p>
</desc>
</func>