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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 -->
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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>
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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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511          <menuchoice>          <menuchoice>
512          <guimenu>File</guimenu>          <guimenu>File</guimenu>
513          <guimenuitem>Save Session</guimenuitem>          <guimenuitem>Save Session</guimenuitem>
514          </menuchoice>. A dialog box will open allowing the user to browse          </menuchoice>.
515                    In the case the session is not a new and unsaved one,
516                    the corresponding file is updated with the current session
517                    data.
518                    In the case the current session is a new one and yet unsaved
519                    a dialog box will open allowing the user to browse
520          the file system and select a place to save the session. Thuban          the file system and select a place to save the session. Thuban
521          sessions should be saved under a name ending in          sessions should be saved under a name ending in
522          <varname>.thuban</varname>. If the file already exists the user          <varname>.thuban</varname>. If the file already exists the user
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