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+Here are my property and distance settings currently.  Property
+27 and 28 are weighted at 3. I am not sure why The disjoint property
+had to be so heavily weighted.  
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+void Component::setProperties(BitMap * map)  // was BitMap
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------
+Primary Purpose: Set the property vector for this component
+Arguments:  The BitMap to which this component belongs
+Return Value:
+Effects: Property 0-24
+    The component is divided into a 5 by 5 grid.  A gray
+    scale (0 - 255) for each section is determined.  The gray scale
+    is 0 for all white, 255 for all black, but normally will be somewhere
+    between the two.  The gray scales are represented in properties
+    0-24. 
+    Property 25 is the grayscale accross the top.
+    Property 26 is the grayscale accross the bottom.
+    Property 27 is the width/height ratio again scaled to (0-255)
+    Actually the formula for property 27 is
+        width/ height * 255  if height > width
+        1- height/width * 255 if width > height
+    This way near 0 is very tall and thin
+             near 128 height near width
+	     near 255 very wide
+    Property 28 is  Indicator of a vertically disjoint character
+     like i and j. 0 - not disjoint. 255 - disjoint
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+Distance Component::distance(Component * comp) 
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------
+Primary Purpose: Determines heuristic distance between two components
+Arguments:  Another component to compare
+Return Value: integer value which represents the distance between two 
+   components. Distance = sum over i of
+                       weight *square (this->fproperty[i] - comp->fproperty[i])
+		       weight for i == 27, 28 is 3 weight is 1 for all other 
+		       properties
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