New Programming Manual

[rhoads2234]

I realized I forgot to add encoders on the sensor list. They are now included!

[Robototes2412]

I know this is a nerd turf war thing (http://xkcd.com/743), but can you please use a more open document format? It is about 1.5 times faster for Word to read OpenDocument Text than its own format (ROFL).

And I use OO.O, and disabled m$ compatibility.

[rhoads2234]

Here's the newest version - I've started adding in pictures.

Note: I will move the Tabbing section. I just wrote it, so right now it is at the bottom. It will soon be higher up.

I'm still looking for accelerometer code - If you have it in C++, I can just do the small changes to make it into Java.

If you have anything you'd like to see added or clarified, please PLEASE tell me!

[rhoads2234]

Originally Posted by Robototes2412

I know this is a nerd turf war thing (http://xkcd.com/743), but can you please use a more open document format? It is about 1.5 times faster for Word to read OpenDocument Text than its own format (ROFL).

And I use OO.O, and disabled m$ compatibility.

How do you convert it from a Word doc to OpenDocument? I didn't see how.
I can easily convert it to a pdf if that would work for you. - Why would you disable ms compatablity? A lot of places send their stuff in MS office formats.

[rhoads2234]

I don't recommend printing it out yet, I thought that the page references would automatically update, but turns out that they don't, they still link to the right spots in the text, but the numbers themselves are wrong. That'll be difficult to fix, but it should be good (mostly) by the next version.

[Robototes2412]

hit ctrl-shirt-s, choose odt

[msheffels]

Originally Posted by rhoads2234

I I thought that the page references would automatically update, but turns out that they don't,

You set up the links correctly, but MS Word doesn't update automatically. Highlight the text with the link (you can "Select All" for the whole document) and hit F9 to "update field codes". I tried it on my downloaded copy and it seems to work fine.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by rhoads2234

How do you convert it from a Word doc to OpenDocument? I didn't see how.
I can easily convert it to a pdf if that would work for you. - Why would you disable ms compatablity? A lot of places send their stuff in MS office formats.

You seem to be using an older version of Word (hence the .Doc and not .Docx format). Word 2003 and prior doesnt convert to OpenDoc format. I'd suggest you not convert to openDoc anyways as the formatting can become Borked, and instead convert it to a .PDF (use CutePDF writer, it's free and works great ... to the PC it's just another printer) and post it in that format since most can get an acrobat reader free, if they don't alreadyt have it.

[rhoads2234]

I'm using Word 2007, but Delphi doesn't accept the .docx file extension.
I'll post it in a pdf once I finish making some corrections I caught. (maybe 20 minutes?)

[rhoads2234]

So I explained a couple of things better, changed to a table of contents and fixed the tabbing and colors that got messed up.

I've included both a .pdf and .doc version of the manual. They *should* be the same....

[rhoads2234]

There were a couple "reference cannot be found." I fixed that (I hope) and added in a section on Versioning.

[Robototes2412]

if you are using word 07, please use ODT. Some people disable .doc file parsing to save about 30 MB of memory per session (on average).

[rhoads2234]

I've rearranged some of the sections, and added one on a Timeline and another on Competition tidbits.

EDIT: I still haven't been able to find the option to save as ODT. I hope that everyone can at least read the pdf.

[rhoads2234]

I've added definitions of Autonomus and Operator Control.

PLEASE COMMENT ON ANYTHING! I really would love feedback!

EDIT: this one doesn't have the updated table of contents. See the next post for the one with updated Table of Contents.

[rhoads2234]

Sorry, I forgot to update the table of Contents. Here it is with the updated table of contents.