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Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:32:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Michael Heidemann 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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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.
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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 helped me clear up how to add versions - it would require a separate
event w/start/end for each version. Lots of extra coding, but definitely more
informative.
I’m going to start by continuing to fill the large spans just to get the big
picture. Then, we can play with how to get everything nicely in the rows we want
and at that point add individual versions.
Feel free to look at the Timeline documentation and see if you can find ways to
accomplish this. I’ve poked around quite a bit and yesterday I sent their team
an email, so we’ll see. I’ll look around some more myself, too.
http://simile.mit.edu/timeline/
-Tim
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 | | Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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| (...) snip (...) snip (...) I could not get the prog to do what I want. It places the events on the line it wants, not like I want. I did not find a way to tell the prog that I want some events on the same line. I think for what we want to do this (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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| (...) Can't you just make the end date of the current release of any software be some point in the future? Then, make the end date of each previous version one day before the release date of the next version. If it's doing what it sounds like based (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
| | | Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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| This was the best I could come up with: (URL) I created one big event for LDView spanning from its original release until Dec 31 2010, and then created a point event for each release. --Travis (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Help writing LDraw's history
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 19-Apr-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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