1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
---|
2 | <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> |
---|
3 | <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> |
---|
4 | <head> |
---|
5 | <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> |
---|
6 | <title>Frequently Asked Questions about SAXO</title> |
---|
7 | <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" /> |
---|
8 | <link rel="stylesheet" href="saxo.css" type="text/css" /> |
---|
9 | <link rev="made" href="mailto:saxo-dev_at_forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr" /> |
---|
10 | <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.3" /> |
---|
11 | <meta name="keywords" content="IDL, SAXO, FAQ" /> |
---|
12 | </head> |
---|
13 | <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> |
---|
14 | <div class="article" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="faqsaxo" id="faqsaxo"></a>Frequently Asked Questions about SAXO</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"> |
---|
15 | <div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Sébastien</span> <span class="surname">Masson</span> <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:Sebastien.Masson_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr">Sebastien.Masson_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr</a>></code></h3></div> |
---|
16 | <div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Françoise</span> <span class="surname">Pinsard</span> <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:Francoise.Pinsard_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr">Francoise.Pinsard_at_locean-ipsl.upmc.fr</a>></code></h3></div> |
---|
17 | </div></div><div><span class="pubdate">svn Id of xml source file : $Id: faqsaxo.xml 408 2009-11-04 15:31:28Z pinsard $<br /><br /></span></div><div><div class="revhistory"><table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history"><tr><th align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><b>Revision History</b></th></tr> |
---|
18 | <tr><td align="left">Revision 0.0</td><td align="left">August 2006</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2">First draft</td></tr> |
---|
19 | <tr><td align="left">Revision 0.1</td><td align="left">September 2006</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2">+ onlinehelp</td></tr> |
---|
20 | <tr><td align="left">Revision 0.2</td><td align="left">April 2008</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2">migration from DocBook 4.2 to Docbook 5.0</td></tr> |
---|
21 | </table></div></div></div><hr /></div> |
---|
22 | |
---|
23 | |
---|
24 | |
---|
25 | |
---|
26 | |
---|
27 | <div class="qandaset"><dl><dt>1. <a href="#general">General</a></dt><dd><dl><dt>1.1. <a href="#id1291134"> |
---|
28 | What is SAXO ? |
---|
29 | </a></dt><dt>1.2. <a href="#id1291154"> |
---|
30 | How can I get help ? |
---|
31 | </a></dt><dt>1.3. <a href="#id1291169"> |
---|
32 | How do I get SAXO ? |
---|
33 | </a></dt><dt>1.4. <a href="#id1291195"> |
---|
34 | What is the current version of SAXO ? |
---|
35 | </a></dt><dt>1.5. <a href="#id1291223"> |
---|
36 | On what systems does SAXO run ? |
---|
37 | </a></dt><dt>1.6. <a href="#id1291242"> |
---|
38 | Does SAXO works with GDL instead of IDL ? |
---|
39 | </a></dt><dt>1.7. <a href="#id1291266"> |
---|
40 | When is the next version of SAXO due out ? |
---|
41 | </a></dt><dt>1.8. <a href="#id1291285"> |
---|
42 | How can I find if a routine to do what I want already exists ? |
---|
43 | </a></dt><dt>1.9. <a href="#id1291305"> |
---|
44 | How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged in publication ? |
---|
45 | </a></dt></dl></dd><dt>2. <a href="#technical">Technical questions</a></dt><dd><dl><dt>2.1. <a href="#id1291333"> |
---|
46 | Is there on-line help for SAXO ? |
---|
47 | </a></dt></dl></dd><dt>3. <a href="#Contributors">Contributors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt>3.1. <a href="#id1291386"> |
---|
48 | Is there an SAXO Style Guide available ? |
---|
49 | </a></dt><dt>3.2. <a href="#id1291465"> |
---|
50 | Is there any trouble with IDLdoc ? |
---|
51 | </a></dt><dt>3.3. <a href="#id1291581"> |
---|
52 | How can I check spelling of XML files ? |
---|
53 | </a></dt><dt>3.4. <a href="#id1291627"> |
---|
54 | How can I check spelling of IDL files ? |
---|
55 | </a></dt><dt>3.5. <a href="#id1291725"> |
---|
56 | How can I see online help update ? |
---|
57 | </a></dt></dl></dd></dl><p> |
---|
58 | This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about SAXO. |
---|
59 | </p><p> |
---|
60 | This list is roughly divided into categories: general questions, |
---|
61 | technical questions, contributors questions. |
---|
62 | </p><p> |
---|
63 | Suggestions for corrections or additional sections are welcome -- please email them to <code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:saxo-dev@forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr">saxo-dev@forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr</a>></code>. |
---|
64 | </p><table border="0" summary="Q and A Set"><col align="left" width="1%" /><tbody><tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title"><a name="general" id="general"></a>1. General</h3></td></tr><tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl><dt>1.1. <a href="#id1291134"> |
---|
65 | What is SAXO ? |
---|
66 | </a></dt><dt>1.2. <a href="#id1291154"> |
---|
67 | How can I get help ? |
---|
68 | </a></dt><dt>1.3. <a href="#id1291169"> |
---|
69 | How do I get SAXO ? |
---|
70 | </a></dt><dt>1.4. <a href="#id1291195"> |
---|
71 | What is the current version of SAXO ? |
---|
72 | </a></dt><dt>1.5. <a href="#id1291223"> |
---|
73 | On what systems does SAXO run ? |
---|
74 | </a></dt><dt>1.6. <a href="#id1291242"> |
---|
75 | Does SAXO works with GDL instead of IDL ? |
---|
76 | </a></dt><dt>1.7. <a href="#id1291266"> |
---|
77 | When is the next version of SAXO due out ? |
---|
78 | </a></dt><dt>1.8. <a href="#id1291285"> |
---|
79 | How can I find if a routine to do what I want already exists ? |
---|
80 | </a></dt><dt>1.9. <a href="#id1291305"> |
---|
81 | How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged in publication ? |
---|
82 | </a></dt></dl></td></tr> |
---|
83 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291134" id="id1291134"></a><a name="id1291136" id="id1291136"></a><p><b>1.1.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
84 | What is SAXO ? |
---|
85 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
86 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
87 | see document <a class="link" href="./whatissaxo.html" target="_top">What is SAXO</a>. |
---|
88 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
89 | |
---|
90 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291154" id="id1291154"></a><a name="id1291156" id="id1291156"></a><p><b>1.2.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
91 | How can I get help ? |
---|
92 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
93 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
94 | see Support in document <a class="link" href="./websaxo.html" target="_top">Main page of SAXO</a>. |
---|
95 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
96 | |
---|
97 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291169" id="id1291169"></a><a name="id1291170" id="id1291170"></a><p><b>1.3.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
98 | How do I get SAXO ? |
---|
99 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
100 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
101 | see document <a class="link" href="./getsaxo.html" target="_top">Get SAXO</a>. |
---|
102 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
103 | |
---|
104 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291195" id="id1291195"></a><a name="id1291196" id="id1291196"></a><p><b>1.4.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
105 | What is the current version of SAXO ? |
---|
106 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
107 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
108 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
109 | |
---|
110 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291223" id="id1291223"></a><a name="id1291225" id="id1291225"></a><p><b>1.5.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
111 | On what systems does SAXO run ? |
---|
112 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
113 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
114 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
115 | |
---|
116 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291242" id="id1291242"></a><a name="id1291244" id="id1291244"></a><p><b>1.6.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
117 | Does SAXO works with GDL instead of IDL ? |
---|
118 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
119 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
120 | Not yet. |
---|
121 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
122 | |
---|
123 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291266" id="id1291266"></a><a name="id1291268" id="id1291268"></a><p><b>1.7.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
124 | When is the next version of SAXO due out ? |
---|
125 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
126 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
127 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
128 | |
---|
129 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291285" id="id1291285"></a><a name="id1291288" id="id1291288"></a><p><b>1.8.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
130 | How can I find if a routine to do what I want already exists ? |
---|
131 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
132 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
133 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
134 | |
---|
135 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291305" id="id1291305"></a><a name="id1291307" id="id1291307"></a><p><b>1.9.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
136 | How should SAXO be cited or acknowledged in publication ? |
---|
137 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
138 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
139 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
140 | <tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title"><a name="technical" id="technical"></a>2. Technical questions</h3></td></tr><tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl><dt>2.1. <a href="#id1291333"> |
---|
141 | Is there on-line help for SAXO ? |
---|
142 | </a></dt></dl></td></tr> |
---|
143 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291333" id="id1291333"></a><a name="id1291335" id="id1291335"></a><p><b>2.1.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
144 | Is there on-line help for SAXO ? |
---|
145 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
146 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
147 | Yes, if you use at least IDL 6.2. It is produced by <span class="application"><a class="link" href="http://www.ittvis.com/codebank/search.asp?FID=100" target="_top">IDLdoc</a></span>. SAXO and IDL online_help have been merged, you can simply get the help by typing: |
---|
148 | </p><pre class="screen"> |
---|
149 | <code class="prompt">idl></code> <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>?</strong></span></code></strong> |
---|
150 | </pre><p> |
---|
151 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
152 | <tr class="qandadiv"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><h3 class="title"><a name="Contributors" id="Contributors"></a>3. Contributors</h3></td></tr><tr class="toc"><td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><dl><dt>3.1. <a href="#id1291386"> |
---|
153 | Is there an SAXO Style Guide available ? |
---|
154 | </a></dt><dt>3.2. <a href="#id1291465"> |
---|
155 | Is there any trouble with IDLdoc ? |
---|
156 | </a></dt><dt>3.3. <a href="#id1291581"> |
---|
157 | How can I check spelling of XML files ? |
---|
158 | </a></dt><dt>3.4. <a href="#id1291627"> |
---|
159 | How can I check spelling of IDL files ? |
---|
160 | </a></dt><dt>3.5. <a href="#id1291725"> |
---|
161 | How can I see online help update ? |
---|
162 | </a></dt></dl></td></tr> |
---|
163 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291386" id="id1291386"></a><a name="id1291388" id="id1291388"></a><p><b>3.1.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
164 | Is there an SAXO Style Guide available ? |
---|
165 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
166 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
167 | There is a template for header <a class="link" href="../new_header.txt" target="_top">new_header.txt</a> |
---|
168 | which can be parsed by <span class="application">IDLdoc</span>. |
---|
169 | </p><p> |
---|
170 | This file can be added in <span class="application">Emacs</span> configuration |
---|
171 | <span class="guimenu">IDLWAVE</span> â <span class="guimenuitem">Templates</span> â <span class="guimenuitem">Doc Header</span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong> |
---|
172 | <span class="keysym">C-c</span>+<span class="keysym">C-h</span> |
---|
173 | </strong></span>). |
---|
174 | in your <code class="filename">${HOME}/.emacs</code> like this : |
---|
175 | </p><pre class="programlisting"> |
---|
176 | (add-hook 'idlwave-mode-hook |
---|
177 | (function |
---|
178 | (lambda () |
---|
179 | (setq idlwave-file-header '("<em class="replaceable"><code>SAXO_basedirectory</code></em>/SAXO_DIR/SRC/Documentation/new_header.txt") |
---|
180 | )))) |
---|
181 | </pre><p> |
---|
182 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
183 | |
---|
184 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291465" id="id1291465"></a><a name="id1291468" id="id1291468"></a><p><b>3.2.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
185 | Is there any trouble with <span class="application">IDLdoc</span> ? |
---|
186 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
187 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
188 | Yes, there are some : |
---|
189 | </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li> |
---|
190 | <p> |
---|
191 | <code class="literal">\</code> in <code class="filename">*.pro</code> are not written |
---|
192 | in <code class="filename">*.html</code>. |
---|
193 | They must be escaped by an other <code class="literal">\</code> or you can choose an other character. |
---|
194 | </p> |
---|
195 | </li><li> |
---|
196 | <p> |
---|
197 | The search facility (<span class="guimenu">Search</span>) doesn't handle characters |
---|
198 | like <code class="literal">-</code> and <code class="literal">|</code>. |
---|
199 | </p> |
---|
200 | </li><li> |
---|
201 | <p> |
---|
202 | Paragraphs of <code class="filename">*.pro</code> headers are shown with a proportional |
---|
203 | font in the <code class="literal">HTML</code> release. |
---|
204 | </p> |
---|
205 | <p> |
---|
206 | If you need to draw some small figure like grid cell, you can encapsulate |
---|
207 | the block to be shown in constant font |
---|
208 | between |
---|
209 | <code class="literal">; <fixe></code> and |
---|
210 | <code class="literal">; </fixe></code> |
---|
211 | </p> |
---|
212 | </li></ul></div><p> |
---|
213 | </p><p> |
---|
214 | Unfortunately, these troubles may not be fixed because the author does not |
---|
215 | have anymore the opportunity to work on his own work. |
---|
216 | </p><p> |
---|
217 | Bugs can be submitted to IDL but we do not expect answers ! |
---|
218 | |
---|
219 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
220 | |
---|
221 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291581" id="id1291581"></a><a name="id1291583" id="id1291583"></a><p><b>3.3.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
222 | How can I check spelling of XML files ? |
---|
223 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
224 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
225 | There is one way with command line : |
---|
226 | </p><pre class="screen"> |
---|
227 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>aspell</strong></span> <code class="option">--mode=sgml</code> <code class="option">-c</code> <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>xmlfile</code></em></code></code></strong> |
---|
228 | </pre><p> |
---|
229 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
230 | |
---|
231 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291627" id="id1291627"></a><a name="id1291629" id="id1291629"></a><p><b>3.4.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
232 | How can I check spelling of IDL files ? |
---|
233 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
234 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
235 | Not so easy but you can start with something like this : |
---|
236 | </p><pre class="screen"> |
---|
237 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>cd</strong></span> <code class="filename">${HOME}/SAXO_DIR/SRC/</code></code></strong> |
---|
238 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>list=$(find . -name "*.pro")</code></strong> |
---|
239 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>for file in ${list}; do aspell list < ${file}; done > /tmp/list_word </code></strong> |
---|
240 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>sort -u /tmp/list_word > /tmp/list_sort</code></strong> |
---|
241 | </pre><p> |
---|
242 | </p><p> |
---|
243 | This will give <code class="filename">/tmp/list_sort</code> a list of sorted word |
---|
244 | used in IDL files that are not in the default dictionnary. |
---|
245 | Some of these words are correct in IDL and SAXO vocabulary, so they do not have to be replaced but some typo can be found. |
---|
246 | </p><p> |
---|
247 | To find occurences of one of these misspelled words, you have to do this : |
---|
248 | </p><pre class="screen"> |
---|
249 | <code class="prompt">$</code> <strong class="userinput"><code>find . -name "*.pro" -exec grep -h "<em class="replaceable"><code>misspelled_word</code></em>" {} \;</code></strong> |
---|
250 | </pre><p> |
---|
251 | </p><p> |
---|
252 | We should improve this by providing some IDL and SAXO dictionnary. |
---|
253 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
254 | |
---|
255 | <tr class="question"><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="id1291725" id="id1291725"></a><a name="id1291727" id="id1291727"></a><p><b>3.5.</b></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
256 | How can I see online help update ? |
---|
257 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
258 | <tr class="answer"><td align="left" valign="top"></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p> |
---|
259 | You won't see online help update if you are working with the official distribution because of <code class="varname">!HELP_PATH</code>. To override this problem, when you are in <code class="filename"><em class="replaceable"><code>SAXO_basedirectory</code></em>/SAXO_DIR/SRC/Documentation/xmldoc/</code>, you can call online help like this : |
---|
260 | </p><pre class="screen"> |
---|
261 | <code class="prompt">idl></code> <strong class="userinput"><code><span class="command"><strong>ONLINE_HELP</strong></span>,<code class="option">book="../idldoc_assistant_output/idldoc-lib.adp"</code></code></strong> |
---|
262 | </pre><p> |
---|
263 | </p></td></tr> |
---|
264 | </tbody></table></div> |
---|
265 | </div> |
---|
266 | </body> |
---|
267 | </html> |
---|