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20 | <h2 class="title"><a name="d0e2" id="d0e2"></a>Frequently Asked |
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21 | questions about SAXO</h2> |
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23 | <div> |
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25 | <div class="author"> |
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26 | <h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Sébastien</span> |
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27 | <span class="surname">Masson</span> <code class= |
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28 | "email"><<a href="mailto:Sebastien.Masson_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr">Sebastien.Masson_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr</a>></code></h3> |
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31 | <h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Françoise</span> |
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32 | <span class="surname">Pinsard</span> <code class= |
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33 | "email"><<a href= |
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34 | "mailto:Francoise.Pinsard_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr">Francoise.Pinsard_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr</a>></code></h3> |
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37 | </div> |
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38 | <div><span class="pubdate">svn Id of xml source file : $Id: |
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39 | faqsaxo.xml 161 2006-08-29 09:07:50Z pinsard $<br> |
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40 | <br></span></div> |
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41 | <div> |
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42 | <div class="revhistory"> |
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43 | <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history"> |
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44 | <tr> |
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45 | <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><b>Revision |
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46 | History</b></th> |
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47 | </tr> |
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48 | <tr> |
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49 | <td align="left">Revision 0.0</td> |
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50 | <td align="left">August 2006</td> |
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51 | </tr> |
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52 | <tr> |
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53 | <td align="left" colspan="2">First draft</td> |
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54 | </tr> |
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55 | <tr> |
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56 | <td align="left">Revision 0.1</td> |
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57 | <td align="left">September 2006</td> |
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58 | </tr> |
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59 | <tr> |
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60 | <td align="left" colspan="2">+ onlinehelp</td> |
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61 | </tr> |
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62 | </table> |
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63 | </div> |
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64 | </div> |
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65 | </div> |
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66 | <hr></div> |
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67 | <div class="qandaset"> |
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68 | <dl> |
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69 | <dt>1. <a href="#intro">Introduction</a></dt> |
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70 | <dt>2. <a href="#general">General</a></dt> |
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71 | <dd> |
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72 | <dl> |
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73 | <dt>2.1. <a href="#d0e66">What is SAXO ?</a></dt> |
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74 | <dt>2.2. <a href="#d0e76">How can I get help ?</a></dt> |
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75 | <dt>2.3. <a href="#d0e86">How do I get SAXO ?</a></dt> |
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76 | <dt>2.4. <a href="#d0e96">What is the current version of SAXO |
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77 | ?</a></dt> |
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78 | <dt>2.5. <a href="#d0e103">On what systems does SAXO run ?</a></dt> |
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79 | <dt>2.6. <a href="#d0e110">Does SAXO works wih GDL instead of IDL |
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80 | ?</a></dt> |
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81 | <dt>2.7. <a href="#d0e119">When is the next version of SAXO due out |
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82 | ?</a></dt> |
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83 | <dt>2.8. <a href="#d0e126">How can I find if a routine to do what I |
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84 | want already exists ?</a></dt> |
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85 | <dt>2.9. <a href="#d0e133">How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged |
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86 | in publication ?</a></dt> |
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87 | </dl> |
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88 | </dd> |
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89 | <dt>3. <a href="#technical">Technical questions</a></dt> |
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90 | <dd> |
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91 | <dl> |
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92 | <dt>3.1. <a href="#d0e143">Is there on-line help for SAXO |
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93 | ?</a></dt> |
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94 | </dl> |
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95 | </dd> |
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96 | <dt>4. <a href="#Contributors">Contributors</a></dt> |
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97 | <dd> |
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98 | <dl> |
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99 | <dt>4.1. <a href="#d0e174">Is there an SAXO Style Guide available |
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100 | ?</a></dt> |
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101 | <dt>4.2. <a href="#d0e215">Is there any trouble with IDLdoc |
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102 | ?</a></dt> |
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103 | </dl> |
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104 | </dd> |
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105 | </dl> |
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106 | <table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"> |
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107 | <col align="left" width="1%"> |
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108 | <tbody> |
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109 | <tr class="qandadiv"> |
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110 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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111 | <h3 class="title"><a name="intro" id="intro"></a>1. |
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112 | Introduction</h3> |
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113 | </td> |
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114 | </tr> |
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115 | <tr class="toc"> |
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116 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"></td> |
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117 | </tr> |
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118 | <tr class="toc"> |
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119 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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120 | <p>This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about SAXO.</p> |
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121 | <p>This list is roughly divided into categories: general questions, |
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122 | technical questions, contributors questions.</p> |
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123 | <p>Suggestions for corrections or additional sections are welcome |
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124 | -- please email them to <code class="email"><<a href= |
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125 | "mailto:saxo-dev@forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr">saxo-dev@forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr</a>></code>.</p> |
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126 | </td> |
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127 | </tr> |
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128 | <tr class="qandadiv"> |
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129 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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130 | <h3 class="title"><a name="general" id="general"></a>2. |
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131 | General</h3> |
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132 | </td> |
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133 | </tr> |
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134 | <tr class="toc"> |
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135 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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136 | <dl> |
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137 | <dt>2.1. <a href="#d0e66">What is SAXO ?</a></dt> |
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138 | <dt>2.2. <a href="#d0e76">How can I get help ?</a></dt> |
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139 | <dt>2.3. <a href="#d0e86">How do I get SAXO ?</a></dt> |
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140 | <dt>2.4. <a href="#d0e96">What is the current version of SAXO |
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141 | ?</a></dt> |
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142 | <dt>2.5. <a href="#d0e103">On what systems does SAXO run ?</a></dt> |
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143 | <dt>2.6. <a href="#d0e110">Does SAXO works wih GDL instead of IDL |
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144 | ?</a></dt> |
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145 | <dt>2.7. <a href="#d0e119">When is the next version of SAXO due out |
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146 | ?</a></dt> |
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147 | <dt>2.8. <a href="#d0e126">How can I find if a routine to do what I |
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148 | want already exists ?</a></dt> |
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149 | <dt>2.9. <a href="#d0e133">How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged |
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150 | in publication ?</a></dt> |
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151 | </dl> |
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152 | </td> |
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153 | </tr> |
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154 | <tr class="question"> |
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155 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e66" id= |
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156 | "d0e66"></a><a name="d0e67" id="d0e67"></a><b>2.1.</b></td> |
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157 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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158 | <p>What is SAXO ?</p> |
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159 | </td> |
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160 | </tr> |
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161 | <tr class="answer"> |
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162 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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163 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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164 | <p>see document <a href= |
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165 | "../../saxo/browser/trunk/SRC/Documentation/xmldoc/whatissaxo.html?format=raw" |
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166 | target="_top">What is SAXO</a>.</p> |
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167 | </td> |
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168 | </tr> |
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169 | <tr class="question"> |
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170 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e76" id= |
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171 | "d0e76"></a><a name="d0e77" id="d0e77"></a><b>2.2.</b></td> |
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172 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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173 | <p>How can I get help ?</p> |
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174 | </td> |
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175 | </tr> |
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176 | <tr class="answer"> |
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177 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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178 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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179 | <p>see Support in document <a href= |
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180 | "../../saxo/browser/trunk/SRC/Documentation/xmldoc/main.html?format=raw" |
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181 | target="_top">Main page of SAXO</a>.</p> |
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182 | </td> |
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183 | </tr> |
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184 | <tr class="question"> |
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185 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e86" id= |
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186 | "d0e86"></a><a name="d0e87" id="d0e87"></a><b>2.3.</b></td> |
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187 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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188 | <p>How do I get SAXO ?</p> |
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189 | </td> |
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190 | </tr> |
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191 | <tr class="answer"> |
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192 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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193 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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194 | <p>see document <a href= |
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195 | "../../saxo/browser/trunk/SRC/Documentation/xmldoc/getsaxo.html?format=raw" |
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196 | target="_top">Get SAXO</a>.</p> |
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197 | </td> |
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198 | </tr> |
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199 | <tr class="question"> |
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200 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e96" id= |
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201 | "d0e96"></a><a name="d0e97" id="d0e97"></a><b>2.4.</b></td> |
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202 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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203 | <p>What is the current version of SAXO ?</p> |
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204 | </td> |
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205 | </tr> |
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206 | <tr class="answer"> |
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207 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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208 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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209 | </tr> |
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210 | <tr class="question"> |
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211 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e103" id= |
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212 | "d0e103"></a><a name="d0e104" id="d0e104"></a><b>2.5.</b></td> |
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213 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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214 | <p>On what systems does SAXO run ?</p> |
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215 | </td> |
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216 | </tr> |
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217 | <tr class="answer"> |
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218 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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219 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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220 | </tr> |
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221 | <tr class="question"> |
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222 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e110" id= |
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223 | "d0e110"></a><a name="d0e111" id="d0e111"></a><b>2.6.</b></td> |
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224 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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225 | <p>Does SAXO works wih GDL instead of IDL ?</p> |
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226 | </td> |
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227 | </tr> |
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228 | <tr class="answer"> |
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229 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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230 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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231 | <p>Not yet.</p> |
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232 | </td> |
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233 | </tr> |
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234 | <tr class="question"> |
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235 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e119" id= |
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236 | "d0e119"></a><a name="d0e120" id="d0e120"></a><b>2.7.</b></td> |
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237 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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238 | <p>When is the next version of SAXO due out ?</p> |
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239 | </td> |
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240 | </tr> |
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241 | <tr class="answer"> |
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242 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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243 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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244 | </tr> |
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245 | <tr class="question"> |
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246 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e126" id= |
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247 | "d0e126"></a><a name="d0e127" id="d0e127"></a><b>2.8.</b></td> |
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248 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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249 | <p>How can I find if a routine to do what I want already exists |
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250 | ?</p> |
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251 | </td> |
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252 | </tr> |
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253 | <tr class="answer"> |
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254 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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255 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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256 | </tr> |
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257 | <tr class="question"> |
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258 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e133" id= |
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259 | "d0e133"></a><a name="d0e134" id="d0e134"></a><b>2.9.</b></td> |
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260 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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261 | <p>How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged in publication ?</p> |
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262 | </td> |
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263 | </tr> |
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264 | <tr class="answer"> |
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265 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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266 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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267 | </tr> |
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268 | <tr class="qandadiv"> |
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269 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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270 | <h3 class="title"><a name="technical" id="technical"></a>3. |
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271 | Technical questions</h3> |
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272 | </td> |
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273 | </tr> |
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274 | <tr class="toc"> |
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275 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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276 | <dl> |
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277 | <dt>3.1. <a href="#d0e143">Is there on-line help for SAXO |
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278 | ?</a></dt> |
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279 | </dl> |
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280 | </td> |
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281 | </tr> |
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282 | <tr class="question"> |
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283 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e143" id= |
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284 | "d0e143"></a><a name="d0e144" id="d0e144"></a><b>3.1.</b></td> |
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285 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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286 | <p>Is there on-line help for SAXO ?</p> |
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287 | </td> |
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288 | </tr> |
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289 | <tr class="answer"> |
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290 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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291 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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292 | <p>Yes. produced by <span class="application">IDLdoc</span>.</p> |
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293 | <p>You can access to this documentation set during your IDL session |
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294 | with this command :</p> |
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295 | <pre class="screen"> |
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296 | <code class="prompt">IDL</code> <strong class= |
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297 | "userinput"><code><span><strong class= |
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298 | "command">ONLINE_HELP</strong></span>,<code class= |
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299 | "option">book="<em class= |
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300 | "replaceable"><code>SAXO_basedirectory</code></em>/SAXO_DIR/SRC/Documentation/idldoc_assistant_output/idldoc-lib.adp"</code></code></strong> |
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301 | </pre></td> |
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302 | </tr> |
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303 | <tr class="qandadiv"> |
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304 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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305 | <h3 class="title"><a name="Contributors" id="Contributors"></a>4. |
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306 | Contributors</h3> |
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307 | </td> |
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308 | </tr> |
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309 | <tr class="toc"> |
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310 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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311 | <dl> |
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312 | <dt>4.1. <a href="#d0e174">Is there an SAXO Style Guide available |
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313 | ?</a></dt> |
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314 | <dt>4.2. <a href="#d0e215">Is there any trouble with IDLdoc |
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315 | ?</a></dt> |
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316 | </dl> |
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317 | </td> |
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318 | </tr> |
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319 | <tr class="question"> |
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320 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e174" id= |
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321 | "d0e174"></a><a name="d0e175" id="d0e175"></a><b>4.1.</b></td> |
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322 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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323 | <p>Is there an SAXO Style Guide available ?</p> |
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324 | </td> |
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325 | </tr> |
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326 | <tr class="answer"> |
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327 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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328 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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329 | <p>There is a template for header <a href= |
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330 | "../new_header.txt?format=raw" target="_top">new_header.txt</a> |
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331 | which can be parsed by <span class="application">IDLdoc</span>.</p> |
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332 | <p>This file can be added in <span class="application">Emacs</span> |
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333 | configuration <span class="guimenu">IDLWAVE</span> → |
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334 | <span class="guimenuitem">Templates</span> → <span class= |
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335 | "guimenuitem">Doc Header</span> (<span><strong class= |
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336 | "shortcut"><span class="keysym">C-c</span>-<span class= |
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337 | "keysym">C-h</span></strong></span>). in your <code class= |
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338 | "filename">${HOME}/.emacs</code> like this :</p> |
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339 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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340 | (add-hook 'idlwave-mode-hook |
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341 | (function |
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342 | (lambda () |
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343 | (setq idlwave-file-header '("<em class= |
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344 | "replaceable"><code>SAXO_basedirectory</code></em>/SAXO_DIR/SRC/Documentation/new_header.txt") |
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345 | )))) |
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346 | </pre></td> |
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347 | </tr> |
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348 | <tr class="question"> |
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349 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e215" id= |
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350 | "d0e215"></a><a name="d0e216" id="d0e216"></a><b>4.2.</b></td> |
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351 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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352 | <p>Is there any trouble with <span class= |
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353 | "application">IDLdoc</span> ?</p> |
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354 | </td> |
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355 | </tr> |
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356 | <tr class="answer"> |
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357 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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358 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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359 | <p>Yes, there are some :</p> |
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360 | <div class="itemizedlist"> |
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361 | <ul type="disc"> |
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362 | <li> |
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363 | <p><code class="literal">\</code> in <code class= |
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364 | "filename">*.pro</code> are not written in <code class= |
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365 | "filename">*.html</code>. They must be escaped by an other |
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366 | <code class="literal">\</code> or you can choose an other |
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367 | character.</p> |
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368 | </li> |
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369 | <li> |
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370 | <p><span class="guimenu">Search</span> does'nt handle characters |
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371 | like <code class="literal">-</code> and <code class= |
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372 | "literal">|</code>.</p> |
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373 | </li> |
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374 | <li> |
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375 | <p>Paragraphs of <code class="filename">*.pro</code> headers are |
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376 | shown with a proportinal font in the <code class= |
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377 | "literal">html</code> release.</p> |
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378 | <p>If you need to draw some small figure like grid cell, you can |
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379 | encapsulate between the block to be shown in constant font between |
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380 | <code class="literal">; <fixe></code> and <code class= |
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381 | "literal">; </fixe></code></p> |
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382 | </li> |
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383 | </ul> |
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384 | </div> |
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385 | <p>Unfortunatly, these troubles may not be fixed because the author |
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386 | does not have anymore the opportunity to work on his own work.</p> |
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387 | <p>Bugs can be submitted to IDL but we do not expect answers !</p> |
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388 | </td> |
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389 | </tr> |
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390 | </tbody> |
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391 | </table> |
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392 | </div> |
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