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docs: doc new types in user_guide; alphabetize types in reference. user_guide.txt: Removed Number from String and Number Properties. Added new Integer and Number Properties sections to the user guide. Number Proprty formats defined: no thousand separators, '.' decimal separator, supports scientific 2E4 style input. Ordered in rough order of use. reference.txt: Alphabetized the types in the reference manual for easy lookup. Fixed sentence on quiet property.
author John Rouillard <rouilj@ieee.org>
date Wed, 01 Jan 2025 15:48:01 -0500
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112 All interfaces to your tracker use the same format for entering values. 112 All interfaces to your tracker use the same format for entering values.
113 This means the web interface for entering a new issue, the web interface 113 This means the web interface for entering a new issue, the web interface
114 for searching issues, the e-mail interface and even the command-line 114 for searching issues, the e-mail interface and even the command-line
115 administration tool. 115 administration tool.
116 116
117 String and Numeric properties 117 String Properties
118 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 118 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
119 119
120 These fields just take a plain text value, like ``It's broken``. 120 These fields just take a plain text value, like ``It's broken``.
121 121
122 Number Properties
123 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
124
125 These fields take a real number with decimal point like ``+12456.78``,
126 ``-12456.78`` ``12456.78``. It supports scientific/exponent notation
127 like ``3.1415E-2``. Decimal commas (e.g. ``123456,78``) or thousand
128 separators ``-12,456.78`` are not supported.
129
130 Integer Properties
131 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
132
133 These fields take a whole/integer number without decimal marker like
134 ``123``, ``+123``, ``-123``. Exponents are not supported.
122 135
123 Boolean properties 136 Boolean properties
124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 137 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
125 138
126 These fields take a value which indicates "yes"/"no", "true"/"false", 139 These fields take a value which indicates "yes"/"no", "true"/"false",

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