minor formatting changes, note about ST_NumPOints being an alias for ST_NPoints movin...

git-svn-id: http://svn.osgeo.org/postgis/trunk@2888 b70326c6-7e19-0410-871a-916f4a2858ee

diff --git a/doc/reference_new.xml b/doc/reference_new.xml
index d2cc08a4c05ee71a6dc7acd1cd7838c070b13f66..4ded7dccd38bafe40e280876017d1929e5dd29b8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/reference_new.xml
+++ b/doc/reference_new.xml
@@ -943,36 +943,36 @@ FROM (SELECT ST_Buffer(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(21, 22),ST_MakePoint(-19, -18)),
          <refsection>
                <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting>SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
-       -71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
-       -71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
-       -71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
-       -71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
-       -71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
-       -71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
-       -71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
-       -71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
-       -71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
-       -71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
-       -71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
-       -71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
-       -71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
-       -71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
-       -71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
-       -71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
-       -71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
-       -71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
-       -71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
-       -71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
-       -71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
-       ((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
-       -71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))');
+SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
+-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromEWKT('SRID=4269;MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
+-71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
+-71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
+-71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
+-71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
+-71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
+-71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
+-71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
+-71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
+-71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
+-71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
+-71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
+-71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
+-71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
+-71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
+-71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
+-71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
+-71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
+-71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
+-71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
+-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
+((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
+-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))');
        </programlisting>
          </refsection>
          <refsection>
@@ -1032,38 +1032,38 @@ FROM (SELECT ST_Buffer(ST_MakeLine(ST_MakePoint(21, 22),ST_MakePoint(-19, -18)),
                  <refsection>
                        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting>SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)');
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)',4269);
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
-       -71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
-       
-       SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
-       -71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
-       -71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
-       -71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
-       -71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
-       -71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
-       -71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
-       -71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
-       -71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
-       -71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
-       -71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
-       -71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
-       -71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
-       -71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
-       -71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
-       -71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
-       -71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
-       -71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
-       -71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
-       -71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
-       -71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
-       ((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
-       -71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))',4326);
+SELECT ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932)',4269);
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTILINESTRING((-71.160281 42.258729,-71.160837 42.259113,-71.161144 42.25932))');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POINT(-71.064544 42.28787)');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571,-71.1776820268866 42.3903701743239,
+-71.1776063012595 42.3903825660754,-71.1775826583081 42.3903033653531,-71.1776585052917 42.3902909739571))');
+
+SELECT ST_GeomFromText('MULTIPOLYGON(((-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236,
+-71.1031627617667 42.3152960829043,-71.102923838298 42.3149156848307,
+-71.1023097974109 42.3151969047397,-71.1019285062273 42.3147384934248,
+-71.102505233663 42.3144722937587,-71.10277487471 42.3141658254797,
+-71.103113945163 42.3142739188902,-71.10324876416 42.31402489987,
+-71.1033002961013 42.3140393340215,-71.1033488797549 42.3139495090772,
+-71.103396240451 42.3138632439557,-71.1041521907712 42.3141153348029,
+-71.1041411411543 42.3141545014533,-71.1041287795912 42.3142114839058,
+-71.1041188134329 42.3142693656241,-71.1041112482575 42.3143272556118,
+-71.1041072845732 42.3143851580048,-71.1041057218871 42.3144430686681,
+-71.1041065602059 42.3145009876017,-71.1041097995362 42.3145589148055,
+-71.1041166403905 42.3146168544148,-71.1041258822717 42.3146748022936,
+-71.1041375307579 42.3147318674446,-71.1041492906949 42.3147711126569,
+-71.1041598612795 42.314808571739,-71.1042515013869 42.3151287620809,
+-71.1041173835118 42.3150739481917,-71.1040809891419 42.3151344119048,
+-71.1040438678912 42.3151191367447,-71.1040194562988 42.3151832057859,
+-71.1038734225584 42.3151140942995,-71.1038446938243 42.3151006300338,
+-71.1038315271889 42.315094347535,-71.1037393329282 42.315054824985,
+-71.1035447555574 42.3152608696313,-71.1033436658644 42.3151648370544,
+-71.1032580383161 42.3152269126061,-71.103223066939 42.3152517403219,
+-71.1031880899493 42.3152774590236)),
+((-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546,-71.1043583974082 42.3151211109857,
+-71.1043443253471 42.3150676015829,-71.1043850704575 42.3150793250568,-71.1043632495873 42.315113108546)))',4326);
        </programlisting>
                  </refsection>
                  <refsection>
@@ -1431,7 +1431,9 @@ FROM
                <title>Description</title>
        
                <para>Return the number of points in an ST_LineString or
-          ST_CircularString value. Only works with Linestrings.  Consider using ST_NPoints instead which is multi-purpose
+          ST_CircularString value. Prior to 1.4 only works with Linestrings as the specs state.  From 1.4 forward this is an alias for ST_NPoints which returns number of vertexes for
+                 not just line strings.
+                 Consider using ST_NPoints instead which is multi-purpose
                  and works with many geometry types.</para>
 
                <para><inlinemediaobject>