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24      </copyright>      </copyright>
25     <revhistory>     <revhistory>
26  <!-- comment this first revision out when releasing a real version -->  <!-- comment this first revision out when releasing a real version -->
 <!--  
27       <revision>       <revision>
28          <revnumber>CVS version $Id$</revnumber>          <revnumber>CVS version $Id$</revnumber>
29          <date></date>          <date></date>
30          <revremark>Under development.</revremark>          <revremark>Under development.</revremark>
31       </revision>       </revision>
 -->  
32       <revision>       <revision>
33          <revnumber>1.0.0</revnumber>          <revnumber>1.0.0</revnumber>
34          <date>22-Jan-2004</date>          <date>22-Jan-2004</date>
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66    <chapter><title>Introduction</title>    <chapter><title>Introduction</title>
67      <para>      <para>
68      Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer.      Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer.
69      It has been developed because there was no simple interactive      Its development had been started because there was no simple interactive
70      viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is      viewer for geographic information available as Free Software. Thuban is
71      written in Python and C++ and uses the wxWindows library allowing it to      written mainly in Python and uses the wxWidgets (former wxWindows)
72        library allowing it to
73      run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows.      run on many different platforms, including GNU/Linux and Windows.
74      </para>      </para>
75      <para>      <para>
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83      </para>      </para>
84      <para>      <para>
85      Thuban arranges a session in a hierarchy. A session contains a map which      Thuban arranges a session in a hierarchy. A session contains a map which
86      consists of layers. Each layer represents one kind of data set. For      consists of layers. Each layer represents a data set. For
87      instance, there may be a layer for roads and another layer for buildings.      instance, there may be a layer for roads and another layer for buildings.
88      These layers can either be vector shapes or images.      These layers can either be vector shapes or images.
89      </para>      </para>
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396              <listitem><para>French</para></listitem>              <listitem><para>French</para></listitem>
397              <listitem><para>German</para></listitem>              <listitem><para>German</para></listitem>
398              <listitem><para>Italian</para></listitem>              <listitem><para>Italian</para></listitem>
399                    <listitem><para>Portuguese (Brazilian)</para></listitem>
400              <listitem><para>Russian</para></listitem>              <listitem><para>Russian</para></listitem>
401              <listitem><para>Spanish</para></listitem>              <listitem><para>Spanish</para></listitem>
402          </itemizedlist>          </itemizedlist>
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408          LC_ALL=fr_FR for the french language support). Please check your          LC_ALL=fr_FR for the french language support). Please check your
409          systems documentation for details and supported settings.          systems documentation for details and supported settings.
410          Specifiying LC_ALL on the command line while launching thuban          Specifiying LC_ALL on the command line while launching thuban
411          allows appication specific language settings.          allows appication specific language settings:
412          </para>          </para>
413            <programlisting>
414            LC_ALL=fr_FR thuban.py
415            </programlisting>
416    
417          <para>          <para>
418          MS Windows users have to specify the language to be used via the control          MS Windows users have to specify the language to be used via the control
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484          If a session is already loaded and has been modified without          If a session is already loaded and has been modified without
485          being saved a prompt will ask if the current session should          being saved a prompt will ask if the current session should
486          be saved. A new session consists of an empty map with no          be saved. A new session consists of an empty map with no
487          layers and no tables.          layers, no tables and no projection.
488          </para>          </para>
489          </section>          </section>
490    
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498          for a Thuban Session file. Thuban session files end with          for a Thuban Session file. Thuban session files end with
499          <varname>.thuban</varname>. Selecting a file a clicking          <varname>.thuban</varname>. Selecting a file a clicking
500          <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will load the session into Thuban.          <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will load the session into Thuban.
501                    </para>
502    
503                    <para>
504          If a session is already loaded and has been modified without          If a session is already loaded and has been modified without
505          being saved a prompt will ask if the current session should          being saved a prompt will ask if the current session should
506          be saved.          be saved.
507          </para>          </para>
508                    
509                    <para>
510                    Thuban provides a path recovery feature: If a (shape) file referenced
511                    in a Thuban session cannot be found at the specified location, the user
512                    is prompted a file dialog. Here a new location can be selected for the
513                    currents layer data source. Cancelling the dialog removes the layer
514                    from the session. If a new location has been selected, Thuban checks
515                    this again, if further layers data sources are missing. The user is
516                    informed about this and can accept or cancel the suggestion.
517            </para>
518          </section>          </section>
519    
520          <section><title>Saving a Session</title>          <section><title>Saving a Session</title>
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523          <menuchoice>          <menuchoice>
524          <guimenu>File</guimenu>          <guimenu>File</guimenu>
525          <guimenuitem>Save Session</guimenuitem>          <guimenuitem>Save Session</guimenuitem>
526          </menuchoice>. A dialog box will open allowing the user to browse          </menuchoice>.
527                    In the case the session is not a new and unsaved one,
528                    the corresponding file is updated with the current session
529                    data.
530                    In the case the current session is a new one and yet unsaved
531                    a dialog box will open allowing the user to browse
532          the file system and select a place to save the session. Thuban          the file system and select a place to save the session. Thuban
533          sessions should be saved under a name ending in          sessions should be saved under a name ending in
534          <varname>.thuban</varname>. If the file already exists the user          <varname>.thuban</varname>. If the file already exists the user
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