[Paraview] The Next Book(s)

[Kent Eschenberg]

This might be a good time for us users to make suggestions for the next 
edition of "The ParaView Guide". Kitware must of course make any final 
decisions based on business considerations.

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1) Binding

Go to wire so it lays flat and pages don't fall out. I almost have to take 
my copy around in a bag.

2) Split into Two Books

One for users, one for developers. This would reduce the cost for users not 
interested in development.

3) Online Examples

Some publishers have a web site for each of their books containing example 
code and corrections. There are already many examples of ParaView code (in 
C++, XML and so on) at various locations. Adding more, as appropriate, 
putting it all in one place, and referencing it from the book might be 
helpful.

4) Online Comments

"Shadow" the book at the ParaView site with an area for each numbered 
section of the book. Each area would contain user-supplied comments and 
suggestions. The Wiki might be a way to implement this.

5) Cost Tradeoff Questions

In some cases Kitware may ask (or setup a vote process) to get user 
opinions on some questions. Ex: Would you pay $4 more for wire binding?

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If anybody else cares about these issues, and there are a ton of other 
ideas, it would help if someone began to collect the ideas into a list 
(maybe with a way for a viewer to "vote").


Kent
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center