Hi :) Thanks Steve. It reminds me of the Star Trek episode where "The Great Link" is explained to Odo. I was hesitant about using the plural because the individual polynomials can't have different degrees. It would be a nightmare to allow them to be set differently from each other! I imagine it might allow a slightly greater level of finesse but that would be marginal compared with the amount of work it would take to implement (at a guess). However, it does make more sense to use the plural because that fits the context, and it's more accurate. Regards from Tom :)
________________________________ From: Steve Edmonds <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 19 June, 2011 18:55:38 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Changes in UI and Help for new way of B-splines 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 > > > > ________________________________ > 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 -- 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
