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Re: Reason for Poor Documentation? [message #84019]

Wed, 24 April 2013 06:34

Haje Korth
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Registered: May 1997

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> p.s. it might not make it onto the IDL 8.2.3 DVD, but it should be updated on the web once 8.2.3 is released.

Thanks for leaking this. When might we expect v8.2.3?

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Re: Reason for Poor Documentation? [message #84024 is a reply to message #84019]

Tue, 23 April 2013 15:56

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chris_torrence@NOSPAM
Messages: 528
Registered: March 2007

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On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:32:44 AM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote:
> David Fanning writes:
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>> I don't know WHAT is the matter with my on-line help system, except that
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>> it seems to have been corrupted in some way. I normally just "update" to
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>> the next IDL version of the software, and have been doing this since
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>> 1986. But, ....
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>> I just checked the link I am using. It is pointing to the right
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>> directory.
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> I think now this might be an IDL 8.2.2 problem. My students were using
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> IDL 8.2.1 and their docs were fine. I notice the same problem I am
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> having with the Documentation Center on the ExelisVis web page. It looks
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> to me like a couple of paragraphs just got deleted out of the
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> documentation.
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

Hey David,

This has now been fixed. Someone tried to do an automated cleanup of the html tags in the docs, and a terrible thing happened to this table.

Thanks for reporting it!

-Chris
p.s. it might not make it onto the IDL 8.2.3 DVD, but it should be updated on the web once 8.2.3 is released.

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Re: Reason for Poor Documentation? [message #84025 is a reply to message #84024]

Tue, 23 April 2013 09:32

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> I don't know WHAT is the matter with my on-line help system, except that
> it seems to have been corrupted in some way. I normally just "update" to
> the next IDL version of the software, and have been doing this since
> 1986. But, ....
>
> I just checked the link I am using. It is pointing to the right
> directory.

I think now this might be an IDL 8.2.2 problem. My students were using
IDL 8.2.1 and their docs were fine. I notice the same problem I am
having with the Documentation Center on the ExelisVis web page. It looks
to me like a couple of paragraphs just got deleted out of the
documentation.

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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Re: Reason for Poor Documentation? [message #84093 is a reply to message #84019]

Wed, 24 April 2013 20:32

chris_torrence@NOSPAM
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Registered: March 2007

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On Wednesday, April 24, 2013 7:34:39 AM UTC-6, Haje Korth wrote:
>> p.s. it might not make it onto the IDL 8.2.3 DVD, but it should be updated on the web once 8.2.3 is released.
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> Thanks for leaking this. When might we expect v8.2.3?

Hi Haje,
8.2.3 should be out in the next month or so, barring any other documentation disasters. :-)
-Chris
ExelisVIS

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