[cig-commits] r5869 - in long/3D/Gale/trunk: . documentation

[walter at geodynamics.org]

Author: walter
Date: 2007-01-23 13:57:32 -0800 (Tue, 23 Jan 2007)
New Revision: 5869

Modified:
   long/3D/Gale/trunk/
   long/3D/Gale/trunk/documentation/gale.lyx
Log:
 r1490 at earth:  boo | 2007-01-23 13:55:39 -0800
 Fixes to manual



Property changes on: long/3D/Gale/trunk
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Name: svk:merge
   - 3a629746-de10-0410-b17b-fd6ecaaa963e:/cig:1486
   + 3a629746-de10-0410-b17b-fd6ecaaa963e:/cig:1490

Modified: long/3D/Gale/trunk/documentation/gale.lyx
===================================================================
--- long/3D/Gale/trunk/documentation/gale.lyx	2007-01-23 21:09:01 UTC (rev 5868)
+++ long/3D/Gale/trunk/documentation/gale.lyx	2007-01-23 21:57:32 UTC (rev 5869)
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@
 \end_inset
 
  from the equation, leading to a simpler set of equations.
- However, this penalty function is non-physical and can cause spurious effects.
+ However, this penalty function also makes the equations more difficult
+ to solve, especially on parallel computers.
 \end_layout
 
 \end_inset
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@
 
 \begin_layout Standard
 \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation}
-\frac{DT}{Dt}=\kappa\nabla^{2}T+Q,\label{eq:energy}\end{equation}
+\frac{DT}{Dt}\equiv\frac{\partial T}{\partial t}+v\cdot\nabla T=\kappa\nabla^{2}T+Q,\label{eq:energy}\end{equation}
 
 \end_inset
 
@@ -775,6 +776,21 @@
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Section
+Introduction
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Installation of Gale on a desktop or laptop machine is, in most cases, very
+ easy.
+ Binary packages have been created for the most common platforms, including
+ Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
+ Installation on other architectures or on parallel machines requires building
+ the software from the source code, which can be difficult for inexperienced
+ users.
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section
 Binaries
 \end_layout