[Developers] ADMB manuals

[John Sibert]

Hi Arni -
Thanks for those changes. You are a prince. I hadn't noticed the raster 
fonts, but I guess I didn't look close enough.

I notice you ditched the license info on the back of the title page. It 
may no be important since the copyright is there and besides it looks nicer.

A further improvement would be to use the VERSION file to keep the docs 
consistent with the the code.
Cheers,
John

On 01/29/2011 07:01 AM, Arni Magnusson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was somewhat disappointed with the first impression of the new 
> ADMB/RE/AUTODIF 10.0 manuals. Illegible raster fonts, version 9.0.0 on 
> the title page, no date or even year, etc. Over the last couple of 
> days, I have committed some improvements to the SVN repository and 
> uploaded to Google Code. The main changes are:
>
> ---
>
> * All manuals are now in vector fonts, not raster fonts. Vector fonts 
> are smooth and legible at all sizes, and are the default output of a 
> properly configured LaTeX system.
>
> * The main LaTeX files (admb.tex, admbre.tex, autodif.tex) are now 80 
> columns wide. This is practical when editing LaTeX code with a 
> standard editor on the left side of the screen, and the PDF document 
> preview on the right. [SVN rev 958, no changes in PDF output]
>
> * The front page of each manual shows the ADMB version number and 
> release date. [SVN rev 959]
>
> * No blank pages, and same margins on odd and even pages. These 
> settings are better when reading the manuals on screen. [SVN rev 960]
>
> * The second page of each manual shows the release info, document 
> history, and URL. [SVN rev 960]
>
> ---
>
> Once the paper in 'Optimization and Methods Software' is published, we 
> can add a short "Citing ADMB" clause on the second page. Until then, I 
> wrote "ADMB Foundation, Honolulu" so people can fill the required 
> fields in their bibliographies.
>
> Many recent improvements in the ADMB manuals (mostly by Dave, Hans, 
> John, and/or Johnoel) make them more inviting than previous versions, 
> and the code should also be more approachable in 80 cols.
>
> Arni
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John Sibert
Emeritus Researcher, SOEST
University of Hawaii at Manoa

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