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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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| 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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| 30 | <div class="author"> |
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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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| 38 | <div><span class="pubdate">svn Id of xml source file : $Id: |
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| 39 | faqsaxo.xml 176 2006-09-13 14:17:41Z smasson $<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="#d0e167">Is there an SAXO Style Guide available |
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| 100 | ?</a></dt> |
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| 101 | <dt>4.2. <a href="#d0e208">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, if you use at least IDL 6.2. It is produced by <span class= |
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| 293 | "application"><a href= |
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| 294 | "http://www.ittvis.com/codebank/search.asp?FID=100" target= |
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| 295 | "_top">IDLdoc</a></span>. SAXO and IDL online_help have been |
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| 296 | merged, you can simply get the help by typing:</p> |
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| 297 | <pre class="screen"> |
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| 298 | <code class="prompt">idl></code> <strong class= |
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| 299 | "userinput"><code><span><strong class= |
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| 300 | "command">?</strong></span></code></strong> |
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| 301 | |
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| 302 | </pre></td> |
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| 303 | </tr> |
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| 304 | <tr class="qandadiv"> |
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| 305 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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| 306 | <h3 class="title"><a name="Contributors" id="Contributors"></a>4. |
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| 307 | Contributors</h3> |
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| 308 | </td> |
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| 309 | </tr> |
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| 310 | <tr class="toc"> |
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| 311 | <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"> |
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| 312 | <dl> |
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| 313 | <dt>4.1. <a href="#d0e167">Is there an SAXO Style Guide available |
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| 314 | ?</a></dt> |
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| 315 | <dt>4.2. <a href="#d0e208">Is there any trouble with IDLdoc |
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| 316 | ?</a></dt> |
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| 317 | </dl> |
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| 318 | </td> |
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| 319 | </tr> |
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| 320 | <tr class="question"> |
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| 321 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e167" id= |
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| 322 | "d0e167"></a><a name="d0e168" id="d0e168"></a><b>4.1.</b></td> |
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| 323 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| 324 | <p>Is there an SAXO Style Guide available ?</p> |
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| 325 | </td> |
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| 326 | </tr> |
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| 327 | <tr class="answer"> |
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| 328 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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| 329 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| 330 | <p>There is a template for header <a href= |
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| 331 | "../new_header.txt?format=raw" target="_top">new_header.txt</a> |
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| 332 | which can be parsed by <span class="application">IDLdoc</span>.</p> |
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| 333 | <p>This file can be added in <span class="application">Emacs</span> |
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| 334 | configuration <span class="guimenu">IDLWAVE</span> → |
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| 335 | <span class="guimenuitem">Templates</span> → <span class= |
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| 336 | "guimenuitem">Doc Header</span> (<span><strong class= |
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| 337 | "shortcut"><span class="keysym">C-c</span>-<span class= |
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| 338 | "keysym">C-h</span></strong></span>). in your <code class= |
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| 339 | "filename">${HOME}/.emacs</code> like this :</p> |
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| 340 | <pre class="programlisting"> |
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| 341 | (add-hook 'idlwave-mode-hook |
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| 342 | (function |
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| 343 | (lambda () |
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| 344 | (setq idlwave-file-header '("<em class= |
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| 345 | "replaceable"><code>SAXO_basedirectory</code></em>/SAXO_DIR/SRC/Documentation/new_header.txt") |
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| 346 | )))) |
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| 347 | </pre></td> |
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| 348 | </tr> |
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| 349 | <tr class="question"> |
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| 350 | <td align="left" valign="top"><a name="d0e208" id= |
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| 351 | "d0e208"></a><a name="d0e209" id="d0e209"></a><b>4.2.</b></td> |
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| 352 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| 353 | <p>Is there any trouble with <span class= |
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| 354 | "application">IDLdoc</span> ?</p> |
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| 355 | </td> |
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| 356 | </tr> |
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| 357 | <tr class="answer"> |
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| 358 | <td align="left" valign="top"></td> |
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| 359 | <td align="left" valign="top"> |
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| 360 | <p>Yes, there are some :</p> |
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| 361 | <div class="itemizedlist"> |
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| 362 | <ul type="disc"> |
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| 363 | <li> |
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| 364 | <p><code class="literal">\</code> in <code class= |
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| 365 | "filename">*.pro</code> are not written in <code class= |
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| 366 | "filename">*.html</code>. They must be escaped by an other |
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| 367 | <code class="literal">\</code> or you can choose an other |
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| 368 | character.</p> |
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| 369 | </li> |
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| 370 | <li> |
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| 371 | <p><span class="guimenu">Search</span> does'nt handle characters |
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| 372 | like <code class="literal">-</code> and <code class= |
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| 373 | "literal">|</code>.</p> |
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| 374 | </li> |
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| 375 | <li> |
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| 376 | <p>Paragraphs of <code class="filename">*.pro</code> headers are |
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| 377 | shown with a proportinal font in the <code class= |
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| 378 | "literal">html</code> release.</p> |
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| 379 | <p>If you need to draw some small figure like grid cell, you can |
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| 380 | encapsulate between the block to be shown in constant font between |
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| 381 | <code class="literal">; <fixe></code> and <code class= |
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| 382 | "literal">; </fixe></code></p> |
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| 383 | </li> |
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| 384 | </ul> |
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| 385 | </div> |
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| 386 | <p>Unfortunatly, these troubles may not be fixed because the author |
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| 387 | does not have anymore the opportunity to work on his own work.</p> |
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| 388 | <p>Bugs can be submitted to IDL but we do not expect answers !</p> |
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| 389 | </td> |
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| 390 | </tr> |
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| 391 | </tbody> |
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| 392 | </table> |
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| 393 | </div> |
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| 394 | </div> |
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| 395 | </body> |
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| 396 | </html> |
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