Commit 26a627b093bd1fd4412f86237f602cbff85eeef0

Authored by Jürgen Knödlseder
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Remove home file and update GammaLib introduction text.

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16 16 abstract data analysis framework that enables simultaneous
17 17 multi-mission analysis. {%endtrans%}</p>
18 18  
  19 +<p>{%trans%} GammaLib does not rely on any third-party software, except
  20 +of HEASARC's cfitsio library that is used to implement the FITS interface.
  21 +Large parts of the code treat gamma-ray observations in an abstract
  22 +representation, and do neither depend on the characteristics of the
  23 +employed instrument, nor on the particular formats in which data and
  24 +instrument response functions are delivered. Instrument specific
  25 +aspects are implemented as isolated and well defined modules that
  26 +interact with the rest of the library through a common interface. This
  27 +philosophy also enables the joint analysis of data from different
  28 +instruments, providing a framework that allows for consistent
  29 +broad-band spectral fitting or imaging. So far, GammaLib supports
  30 +analysis of COMPTEL, Fermi/LAT, and Cherenkov telescope data
  31 +(CTA, H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS). {%endtrans%}</p>
  32 +
  33 +<p>{%trans%} GammaLib is free software distributed under the
  34 +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL license version 3</a> {%endtrans%}</p>
  35 +
19 36 <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0">{%trans%}Documentation{%endtrans%}</h2>
20 37  
21 38 <ul>
22   -<li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("home") }}">{%trans%}What is GammaLib?{%endtrans%}</a></li>
23 39 <li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("installation") }}">{%trans%}Installation{%endtrans%}</a></li>
24 40 <li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("quickstart") }}">{%trans%}Quickstart{%endtrans%}</a></li>
25 41 <li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("user_manual/index") }}">{%trans%}User Manual{%endtrans%}</a></li>
26 42 <li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("develop") }}">{%trans%}Developing GammaLib{%endtrans%}</a></li>
27 43 <li><a class="smalllink" href="{{ pathto("coding/index") }}">{%trans%}Coding conventions{%endtrans%}</a></li>
28   -<li><a class="smalllink" href="doxygen/index.html">{%trans%}Code documentation{%endtrans%}</a></li>
  44 +<li><a class="smalllink" href="doxygen/index.html">{%trans%}Code documentation (Doxygen){%endtrans%}</a></li>
29 45 </ul>
30 46  
31 47 <h2 style="margin-bottom: 0">{%trans%}Links{%endtrans%}</h2>
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doc/source/contents.rst
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9 9 .. toctree::
10 10 :maxdepth: 2
11 11  
12   - home
13 12 installation
14 13 quickstart
15 14 user_manual/index
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1   -Home
2   -====
3   -
4   -GammaLib is a self-contained, instrument independent, open source,
5   -multi-platform C++ library that implements all code required for
6   -high-level science analysis of astronomical gamma-ray data. GammaLib is
7   -also wrapped into a Python module.
8   -
9   -GammaLib does not rely on any third-party software, except of HEASARC's
10   -cfitsio library that is used to implement the FITS interface. Large
11   -parts of the code treat gamma-ray observations in an abstract
12   -representation, and do neither depend on the characteristics of the
13   -employed instrument, nor on the particular formats in which data and
14   -instrument response functions are delivered. Instrument specific
15   -aspects are implemented as isolated and well defined modules that
16   -interact with the rest of the library through a common interface. This
17   -philosophy also enables the joint analysis of data from different
18   -instruments, providing a framework that allows for consistent
19   -broad-band spectral fitting or imaging. So far, GammaLib supports
20   -analysis of COMPTEL, Fermi-LAT, and Cherenkov telescope data (H.E.S.S., MAGIC, CTA).
21   -
22   -GammaLib is free software distributed under the
23   -`GNU GPL license version 3 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>`_
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