Planning Public Transportation with Raku

FAQ

by Arne Sommer

FAQ

[159.1.4] Published 15. December 2021. (Updated 31. December 2021)

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Frequently Asked Qestions with Answers

Q: Are there any known errors?
A: Yes. See the Roadmap article.

Q: How do I report errors or change reqests?
A: Send me an email (adddress found at the bottom of this page), or use Reddit (the link in the «Links» box).

Q: 60 (minutes) seems to be an important number?
A: Yes, it is. See the article 60 minutes for details.

Q: Are there any tests?
A: The first unit tests came with v.0.0.2, and v.0.0.3 added some more. There will be more of them, eventually.

Q: What does the low version number (0.0.x) imply?
A: It means that the commands and file formats may change in the future. I'll rewrite parts of the code, adding better error handling and ironing out quirks. Any changes will be described.

Q: Is it possible to have different intervals in each direction?
A: Yes, as of v.0.0.3. Use the optional arguments «interval-down» and/or «interval-up».

Note that you will run into problem if you combine routes (directions of routes) with different intervals (as a series to the «vehicles» command), but the program will detect this and report an error. You can, however, have «2;8» in one direction, and «5;5» in the other, as the mean interval values are the same.

Q: I want to make a new network, combining the sections differently
A: This can be done «the hard way» by making route definition files for the new routes, using cut and paste on the different sections.

But it is easier to use the existing route definition files, setting up the first part of the route with the «route set» command (typically as a short running), and then add one or more sections to it with the «route append» command.

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