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authorThomas White <taw@physics.org>2018-08-10 14:48:16 +0200
committerThomas White <taw@physics.org>2018-08-10 14:48:16 +0200
commita925f32f7a351515f05c8097643c93a4715f045e (patch)
tree0978c8de91473d6e07ab8ca2a59c9f1621df0d93 /doc/man/crystfel_geometry.5
parentcdc91b990809f96144b41a5f419c28d7679d2647 (diff)
Remove old untruths from crystfel_geometry manual page
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@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ through. The coordinates are specified inclusively, meaning that a minimum of 0
and a maximum of 9 results in a width of ten pixels. Counting begins from zero.
All pixels in the image must be assigned to a panel - gaps are not permitted.
.PP
-In the current version, panels are assumed to be perpendicular to the incident
-beam and to have their edges parallel. Within these limitations, any geometry
-can be constructed.
-
The job of the geometry file is to establish a relationship an array
of pixel values in the HDF5 file, defined in terms only of the "fast scan" and
"slow scan" directions, and the laboratory coordinate system defined as follows:
@@ -166,7 +162,7 @@ The camera length offset (in metres) for this panel. This number will be added
.IP \fBfs\fR
.IP \fBss\fR
.PD
-For this panel, the fast and slow scan directions correspond to the given directions in the lab coordinate system described above, measured in pixels. Example: "panel0/fs = 0.5x+0.5y-0.0001z". Including a component in the z direction means that the panel normal is not parallel to the X-ray beam.
+For this panel, the fast and slow scan directions correspond to the given directions in the lab coordinate system described above, measured in pixels. Example: "panel0/fs = 0.5x+0.5y-0.0001z". Including a component in the z direction means that the panel normal is not perpendicular to the X-ray beam.
.PD 0
.IP \fBcorner_x\fR