[GRASS-SVN] r59990 - grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/vector/v.buffer

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Wed Apr 30 08:38:24 PDT 2014


Author: neteler
Date: 2014-04-30 08:38:24 -0700 (Wed, 30 Apr 2014)
New Revision: 59990

Modified:
   grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html
Log:
v.buffer manual: minor cleanup

Modified: grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html
===================================================================
--- grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html	2014-04-30 15:38:17 UTC (rev 59989)
+++ grass/branches/releasebranch_7_0/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html	2014-04-30 15:38:24 UTC (rev 59990)
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 <h2>NOTES</h2>
 
-Internal buffers for areas can be generated with negative distiance 
-values (GRASS must be compiled with GEOS).
+Internal buffers for areas can be generated with negative distance 
+values ("inward buffer" or "negative buffer").
 <p>
 Categories and attributes can be transferred with the <b>t</b> flag. 
 The resulting buffer areas can have multiple categories, and multiple 
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
 areas with category X (see example below).
 
 <p>
-Buffers for lines and areas are generated using algorithm from GEOS
-library. If GRASS is not compiled with GEOS support or environmental
+Buffers for lines and areas are generated using the algorithms from
+the GEOS library.
+
+<!-- built-in buffer algorithm no longer desired, we use GEOS:
+If GRASS is not compiled with GEOS support or environmental
 variable <tt>GRASS_VECTOR_BUFFER</tt> is defined, then GRASS generates
 buffers using built-in buffering algorithm (which is still buggy for
 some input data).
+-->
 
 <h2>EXAMPLES</h2>
 



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