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more new documentation
author robcast
date Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:37:53 +0100
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@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
       <td>
         <img src="images/digilib-logo-big.png" align="left" />
         <h1>
-          <tt>digilib</tt>
-          -- a versatile image viewing environment for the internet
+          <tt>digilib</tt> -- a versatile image viewing environment for the internet
         </h1>
       </td>
     </tr>
@@ -30,7 +29,13 @@
           <b><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=251">Download</a></b>
         </p>
         <p>
-          <b><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/docman/?group_id=251">Docs</a></b>
+          <b><a href="docs.html">Docs</a></b>
+          <br />
+          <a href="build-maven.html">Building</a>
+          <br />
+          <a href="digilib-config.html">Configuring</a>
+          <br />
+          <a href="http://developer.berlios.de/docman/?group_id=251">...more</a>
         </p>
         <p>
           <b><a href="tips.html">Tips</a></b>
@@ -45,6 +50,12 @@
         <h2>News</h2>
 
         <dl>
+          <dt>12.12.2011</dt>
+          <dd>
+            New documentation: <a href="build-maven.html">How to build and install
+              the latest digilib with Maven</a>.
+          </dd>
+
           <dt>25.5.2011</dt>
           <dd>
             Special offer of the day: <a href="/tmp/digilib-tomcat-2.1b1.zip">latest
@@ -59,7 +70,8 @@
             A new File release (1.8.3). Much internal code has been rewritten and cleaned
             up. There is a new PDF-generation Servlet (in beta) that generates PDF files
             from arbitrary images (try
-            /digitallibrary/servlet/PDFCache?fn=path/to/images&amp;pgs=1-3&amp;dh=1000)!<br />
+            /digitallibrary/servlet/PDFCache?fn=path/to/images&amp;pgs=1-3&amp;dh=1000)!
+            <br />
             SVG rendering (which never worked properly) and some other old stuff has been
             removed. Some library dependencies have changed, check your setup when
             upgrading.
@@ -70,15 +82,19 @@
             Source code development moved to a <a
               href="http://hg.berlios.de/repos/digilib">Mercurial repository</a>! See the
             <a href="http://developer.berlios.de/hg/?group_id=251">instructions</a> to
-            access it.<br /> Code of public release versions should be put also in CVS
-            but don't rely on it...
+            access it.
+            <br />
+            Code of public release versions should be put also in CVS but don't rely on
+            it...
           </dd>
 
           <dt>3.9.2009</dt>
           <dd>
             A new File release (1.7.0) and updates to the <a
               href="http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/digilib/config/build.xml">Ant
-              build file</a>.<br /> P.S. Please note that <a
+              build file</a>.
+            <br />
+            P.S. Please note that <a
               href="http://cvs.berlios.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/digilib/servlet/src/digilib/servlet/Scaler.java?view=log">a
               lot happens</a> in between file releases. Check out from CVS to be up to date.
           </dd>
@@ -92,8 +108,7 @@
 
           <dt>6.12.2005</dt>
           <dd>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            has it's own icon now!
+            <tt>digilib</tt> has it's own icon now!
           </dd>
 
           <dt>22.11.2005</dt>
@@ -102,70 +117,63 @@
 
         <a name="whatis"></a>
         <h2>
-          What is
-          <tt>digilib</tt>
+          What is <tt>digilib</tt>
         </h2>
 
         <ul>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            is a web based client/server technology for images. The image content is
-            processed on-the-fly by a Java Servlet on the server side so that only the
-            visible portion of the image is sent to the web browser on the client side.
+            <tt>digilib</tt> is a web based client/server technology for images. The image
+            content is processed on-the-fly by a Java Servlet on the server side so that
+            only the visible portion of the image is sent to the web browser on the client
+            side.
           </li>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            supports a wide range of image formats and viewing options on the server side
-            while only requiring an internet browser with javascript and a low bandwidth
-            internet connection on the client side.
+            <tt>digilib</tt> supports a wide range of image formats and viewing options on
+            the server side while only requiring an internet browser with javascript and a
+            low bandwidth internet connection on the client side.
           </li>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            enables very detailed work on an image as required by scientists with
-            elaborate zoom features like an option to show images on the screen in their
-            original size.
+            <tt>digilib</tt> enables very detailed work on an image as required by
+            scientists with elaborate zoom features like an option to show images on the
+            screen in their original size.
           </li>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            facilitates cooperation of scientists over the internet and novel uses of
-            source material by image annotations and stable references that can be
-            embedded in URLs.
+            <tt>digilib</tt> facilitates cooperation of scientists over the internet and
+            novel uses of source material by image annotations and stable references that
+            can be embedded in URLs.
           </li>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            is used in the <a
+            <tt>digilib</tt> is used in the <a
               href="http://penelope.unibe.ch/docuserver/echo/alcatraz/index3.html">ALCATRAZ</a>
             framework of image, text and annotation tools and many other projects.
           </li>
           <li>
-            <tt>digilib</tt>
-            is Open Source Software under the General Public License, jointly developed by
-            the <a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de">Max-Planck-Insitute for the
-              History of Science</a>, the <a href="http://philoscience.unibe.ch">University
+            <tt>digilib</tt> is Open Source Software under the General Public License,
+            jointly developed by the <a href="http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de">Max-Planck-Insitute
+              for the History of Science</a>, the <a href="http://philoscience.unibe.ch">University
               of Bern</a> and others.
           </li>
         </ul>
 
         <a name="howtoget"></a>
         <h2>
-          Where can I get
-          <tt>digilib</tt>
+          Where can I get <tt>digilib</tt>
         </h2>
 
         <p>
-          <tt>digilib</tt>
-          source code, binaries and documentation can be found on the <a
+          <tt>digilib</tt> source code, binaries and documentation can be found on the <a
             href="http://developer.berlios.de/projects/digilib/">digilib project pages</a>
           on <a href="http://developer.berlios.de">BerliOS</a>.
         </p>
 
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-      <td style="padding:0px" align="left">
-          <a href="http://developer.berlios.de"> <img
-            src="http://developer.berlios.de/bslogo.php?group_id=0&type=1" width="124"
-            height="32" border="0" alt="BerliOS Logo" /> </a>
+    <tr>
+      <td style="padding: 0px" align="left">
+        <a href="http://developer.berlios.de"> <img
+          src="http://developer.berlios.de/bslogo.php?group_id=0&type=1" width="124"
+          height="32" border="0" alt="BerliOS Logo" />
+        </a>
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