Hi Tom, Regina.
On 19/06/11 8:46 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
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 :)
I pretty much agree with Tom above. The plural in "~ The degree of the
polynomial(s)" does not really change the understanding although
technically as the curve is a combination of a number of polynomials and
the statement refers to the degree of all of them it it should probably be
"~ The degree of the polynomials"
steve
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From: Regina Henschel<[email protected]>
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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
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