[Proj] New libproj4 release and expanded manual

[Gerald Evenden]

My rule of thumb is that for every minute spent coding it takes 1 hour 
getting
the documentation completed.  Lately, I do the documentation first and 
then
strike the code from my documentation so that when things go wrong I 
double
check both works for errors.

Right now it is a problem of catching up on a lot of code that has been 
in the
system for years.

Another problem: I am cook, waiter and dishwasher on the manual and get
sidetracked with problems like the graphics, sorting indexes with 
foreign
accents, artwork, etc, etc, ... .  In addition, I have to rely upon my 
own limited skill
with the language because I lack an editor.  Computers do help with 
spell
checking but they do miss contextual misspellings: I often mistype "or" 
for "of"
and no speller I know of finds that error.

Then again, I am retired and I just say "f__k it all" and play computer 
games
for a bit, watch "The Daily Show," walk my two basset hounds, cook 
dinner,
and generally behave like a sloth.   ;-)

Now that I feel that I have resolved some style problems I hope it may 
be
done in another 6 to 8 months.  "Done:" a full first draft.

Hey!  It's almost time to celebrate the Vernal Equinox.

On Mar 10, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Paul Selormey wrote:

> Thanks so much for yet another great work. We really appreciate
> your efforts.
>
> I wish you could try to bring the documentations to the 
> expected/planned
> 100%, which will be a great support for those working with the library.
> If possible, like the library, zip the manual also and tag it with the
> release date - could save space too.
>
> Please consider SourceForge, if space is a becoming a problem since 
> some
> will wish to dowload earlier releases also.
>
> Again, thanks for the good work.
>
> Best regards,
> Paul.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: proj-bounces at xserve.flids.com 
> [mailto:proj-bounces at xserve.flids.com]
> On Behalf Of Gerald Evenden
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:54 AM
> To: PROJ.4 and general Projections Discussions
> Subject: [Proj] New libproj4 release and expanded manual
>
> Release 05/03/09 of libproj4 is now on:
>
> http://members.verizon.net/~vze2hc4d/proj4/
>
> Also the manual has been expanded to 115 pages and is now about 66%
> complete.
>
> Change list is now properly installed on the web site---I had not 
> realize
> that I did not upload it last time until yesterday.  There are 
> corrections
> to older projections.
>
> A few projections were deleted as they could be generated by option 
> values
> with more general cases.  About a dozen new projections have been 
> added.
>
> The issue of error control was not addressed in this release and 
> remains
> unchanged.
>
> The manual cannot get much larger as I am running out of space on vze.
>
> PLEASE: any complaints, errors and general grousing appreciated.
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"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the
absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum." Havelock Ellis, 1914