mcdoc ok

[Kristian Nielsen]

> Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 14:01:21 +0100
> From: Farhi <farhi at ill.fr>

The mcdoc stuff seems to be working great. I have installed a cron job
that automatically updates the Risoe component web pages at 6.10 AM using
both the Risoe and ILL source directories. So whenever you update your
source directory the change should happen on the Risoe pages the next
day. There seems to be a delay from when you make something available
inside ILL to when it appears outside though.

Thanks for the fixes for the builddocs.sh script, by the way. My current
version is at

    http://neutron.risoe.dk/mcstas/mcdoc/src/builddocs.sh

The official name for the Risoe component documentation page is

    http://neutron.risoe.dk/mcstas/mcdoc/components/

I decided not to change the old page
(http://neutron.risoe.dk/mcstas/components/) since that would have
introduced a lot of bad links.

I am happy that the mcgui problem on the SGIs now seems to be solved.

I am not sure when I should release the next version. Maybe once I
finish my current two major projects: multiple scattering in the
Single_crystal component, and extending mcgui to have a user interface
for building instrument definitions (using mcdoc). Shouldn't be too
long.

I think I should not release too often since most users will not want to
install new versions and print out manuals all the time. But I should
also not release too seldom! Two or three times a year seems about
right. In addition I am always happy to release beta versions for
advanced users.

About the Manual format, it is mostly plain LaTex. I have attached the
file for the section on monitors for you to look at.

--
Kristian Nielsen        kristian.nielsen at risoe.dk
Risø National Laboratory
Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry Department
Tel. +45 4677 5515   Fax +45 4677 4790
Encryption PGP key http://neutron.risoe.dk/kn.txt

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