Hi :) That sentence had bothered me a bit too. I like "The curves are created by joining together segments of polynomials." but how about using the word combining? "The curves are created by combining segments of polynomials."?
I don't know how to look-up 'the ID of the metric field in the dialog' but i have a feeling that it could be one of 2 different ways? "~ The degree of the polynomial" "~ The degree of the polynomials" I think it's referring to the segments of polynomials that are joined together? However i think the entire curve could be referred to as a single polynomial? Either way around i don't think the words need to be capitalised unless it's a title. Regards from Tom :) ________________________________ From: Regina Henschel <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 18 June, 2011 21:07:52 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines Hi Steve, Steve Edmonds schrieb: > > > On 14/06/11 8:11 AM, Tom Davies wrote: >> Hi :) >> >> I think the 2nd 58 from ... >> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id879848" xml-lang="en-US" >> l10n="NEW">These are mathematical models that influence the display of >> the >> curves. The curves are put together of polynomial segments.</paragraph> >> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id879848" xml-lang="en-US" >> l10n="NEW">These are mathematical models that influence the display of >> the >> curves. The curves are created by adding segments of >> polynomials.</paragraph> "adding" is a valid operation for polynomials and means calculating '+'. "Composing" has a special meaning too. Therefore it might be misunderstood. What about this: The curves are created by joining together segments of polynomials. >> I think the comment can be dropped unless it is meant to be a heading >> for the >> section. The comment just repeats the wording in the coding so i >> really don't >> think it is needed. Segment is probably the best word for a part of a >> curve. In the meantime I found, that the number in the comment is the ID of the metric field in the dialog. So the comment will help translators to identify the place in the dialog. Therefore I will preserve these comments. >> >> >> In 97 i thought the important part of the comment was that the curve >> might not >> pass through all the individual data-points as long as certain >> conditions are >> met. I didn't quite grasp what those conditions are. You are right, that comment is no longer needed, because the curve has now a specification in ODF1.2. >> > Hi. I took it that in 97 the curve now (will) must pass through the > points under the changes. In some other software with splines you have a > parameter for "tightness" (or looseness) that determines if the spline > will pass through the points or if not how tight or loose the curve is > fitted to the points. My guess is that under ODF 1.2 it has been > determined that for observed data points the curve fitted to the points > must pass through the points, and I think this may be technically correct. There had been no rule prior to ODF1.2, but the behavior now follows the specification in ODF1.2 > I then looked at the regression available to make sure this was not in > relation to fitting a b-spline as a trend curve. It is not, trend curves > are limited to simple curves although the help does hint at how to > develop more complex trend curves. > steve >> Hopefully someone is going to have better ideas than mine tho :) Yes, regression curves are approximating and (besides corner cases) not interpolating. Still in question the text shown in the dialog (file tp_ChartType.src, line 248). Which one? "~Degree of Polynomial" "~Degree of Polynomials" "~Degree of polynomial" "~Degree of polynomials" Kind regards Regina -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
