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Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:20:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Tim Courtney wrote:
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Good news - I found an XML based dynamic timeline generator. I’ve plugged
in a couple dates on my local machine, and I’m testing for how to deal with
events and spans aesthetically. I’ll post it when I have a bit more info
filled in, then we can start seeing it come together.
-Tim
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Here is my working file of the timeline:
http://www.timcourtney.net/ldraw-timeline/timeline.html
It’s not 100% to what’s in the spreadsheet, but it gives a good idea of
what’s possible.
The system has some limitations. I’m not able to add the individual version
dates as points along a span, nor am I able to stick a point at the end,
which would be ideal.
It doesn’t appear to support user-defined fields, so having fields for
version numbers and people won’t work. This would allow the timeline to be
searchable.
I sent the group that created it an email with questions on the above. I
don’t imagine it would be too hard to add support given the foundation
they’ve already built.
For more information on the timeline project, see:
http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/
-Tim
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With some further playing, I started adding a few events. That goes beyond
the scope of software tools. I don’t know how to create a separate band for
events or even if it’s possible.
I like the idea of having one for software only. It gives a clear picture of
a development timeline. However, I think it’s also cool to visualize events.
I’ll continue to fill them in as I go but may split it. Thoughts?
-Tim
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Timeline of software tools and timeline of events should be in a separate
document. For the timeline of software tools I would like to have a point at
every version change (like the initial you have already in the spreadsheet) and
a blue background from one point to the other. So it is visible for everybody
that there will be a continuum (? right word). Every line should represent one
tool. Otherwise it implizits to the visitor that Bricksmith continues LDDP like
seen in the spreadsheet. Otherwise I like the look of the result.
cu
mikeheide
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| (...) I agree with you on each tool being a line, or at least groupings of tools being together. However I haven't figured out how to get the timeline to do that just yet. It seems to me that it takes the next available space for a line. You post (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| (...) With some further playing, I started adding a few events. That goes beyond the scope of software tools. I don't know how to create a separate band for events or even if it's possible. I like the idea of having one for software only. It gives a (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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