[SIP-devel] Re: New SIP-dev released (HELP US)

[Ricardo F. <rf...@if...>]

Oh, If anybody else can help us,
you are welcome to work on these unassigned functions
(but please tell us the ones youre interested to avoid duplicate work):

sip_fftshift.xml
curvature2d.xml
curvature.xml
unfollow.xml
xgetpixel.xml
xor.xml
erode.xml

thanks for any help,
Ricardo.

On Sun, 21 Mar 2004, Ricardo Fabbri wrote:

> The most complex XML files are mogrify.xml and imwrite.xml, which you
> should take as MODELS for editing the other XML files.  I ask that you
> guys help me revise the rest of the XML files. I suggest the work be
> assigned as bellow:
>
> Here's what we have to do (it's not much):
>
> - take the files that I finished as a model on how to write good
>   quality help pages.
> - match the XMLs to corresp. .man's to see if everything is included
> - Split the PARAMETERS section into INPUT/OUTPUT parameter sections,
>   whenever both exist (see mogrify.xml for an example on this)
> - in the description section, when we have something of the form:
> <P>
>  imwrite(Img, filename) creates an image filename in disk,  from
>  Img matrix. For truecolor images, Img is a MxNx3  hypermatrix,
>  so for example Img(:,:,1) stands for the red  channel. For binary
>  images or intensity grayscale images,  Img is a MxNx1 matrix.
> </P>
> <P>
>  imwrite(Index, Map, filename) does the same work, but from  Index
> (MxN) and Map (Mx3) matrices. Grayscale and Paletted images are
> written in this way.
> </P>
>
> That is, a commands folowed by their description, we should change to
> this:
>
> <DESCRIPTION_INDENT>
> <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="imwrite(Img, filename)">
>  creates an image filename in disk,  from
>  Img matrix. For truecolor images, Img is a MxNx3  hypermatrix,
>  so for example Img(:,:,1) stands for the red  channel. For binary
>  images or intensity grayscale images,  Img is a MxNx1 matrix.
> </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>
> <DESCRIPTION_ITEM label="imwrite(Index, Map, filename)">
>  does the same work, but from  Index (MxN) and Map (Mx3)
>  matrices. Grayscale and Paletted images are written in this way.
> </DESCRIPTION_ITEM>
> </DESCRIPTION_INDENT>
>
> (if anybody can write a script to automate this, we'll be glad)
>
> - function names, variables, and other programming elements should
> be between <TT> </TT> tags.
> - when you finish your review of the XML file, please send it to me.
> - any doubts: email.
>
> HINTS:
> - type "make" to generate the HTML file from XML under Unix systems
> - its faster to use an ordinary browser to view the resulting .htm
>   file while you're writing it, without calling scilab.
>
> If anybody can/wants to do it all, just tell us.
> OTOH, no problem if you don't have the time to finish or even do any
> of your part; just drop an email to this list so we can reassign the
> task. Don't worry about the time, do what you can in your own pace.
>
> I'll be working on other toolbox tasks after I finish my part.
> thank you all,
>
> PS: you can now reach me by ICQ: 208974212 almost all day long.
> Ricardo.