Hi Wayne,

>
> I have another request while I'm able.  Would it be possible to put in a
> section of the Web page for users to ask questions of the Experts?  I
> think it would be a good source for the FAQ section.  The current FAQ
> page seems to be entice people to switch to JALv2, but is little help to
> someone who has switched and wants to advance.   JMHO
>

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Cheers,
Seb


>
>
> Wayne
> >
> >
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Seb
> >>>
> >>> 2009/12/6 Sebastien Lelong <[email protected]>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi guys,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Once upon a time samples were split by device. I was quite happy with
> >> this
> >>>> structure, because I could access all samples available for a given
> >> target.
> >>>> Then samples were all put into a single directory. And even if there
> >> were a
> >>>> lot of files, this flat structure was something easy to use (search
> for
> >> a
> >>>> sample not available for your PIC, using a feature, just to get some
> >> example
> >>>> code, ...). I now like this structure.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, I agree with Rob, current structure does the trick, and splitting
> it
> >>>> isn't that easy. Since one sample can use multiple libraries, it can
> be
> >> that
> >>>> simply flat. Splitting by family is like splitting by device, you may
> >> get
> >>>> lots of file in PIC16, and not much in PIC10.
> >>>>
> >>>> Splitting samples should bring a functionality other than "there are
> >> less
> >>>> files into a single directory". Jallib API doc (jalapi), for each
> >> library,
> >>>> provides samples using it. This is an interesting entry point. Since
> >> going
> >>>> from samples to libraries isn't that flat, maybe we can go further and
> >> start
> >>>> to build a database, queried from our website ("I want some samples
> >> using
> >>>> SPI library, whatever the PIC, or using 16F886, or using a PIC in
> PIC16
> >>>> family, or using a PIC closed to mine, that is in the same datasheet,
> or
> >> the
> >>>> same datasheet as PIC X, Y, Z, ......)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Seb
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 2009/12/6 Sunish Issac <[email protected]>
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes Rob. I was thinking of splitting the sample folder, not the
> >> lib/include
> >>>>> files.
> >>>>> I had not thought about sample files using multiple libraries.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If no other split is possible, may be we can atleast split by
> >> PIC10,12,16
> >>>>> and 18 families.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sunish
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Rob Hamerling <
> [email protected]
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sunish Issac wrote:
> >>>>>>> With the release of so many samples, looks like its time to split
> the
> >>>>>>> samples folder. Spliting by sample type would be more sensible than
> >> by
> >>>>>>> PIC name. IIRC there was discussion about this before.
> >>>>>> Yes, the collection has happily grown, and finding the right sample
> >>>>>> maybe some work. But is that so bad? It's nothing compared to the
> >> effort
> >>>>>> to build and provide this collection, and for free.  You must not
> look
> >> a
> >>>>>> gift horse in the mouth!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Specify your criterium for splitting of the sample directory. Number
> >> of
> >>>>>> files, other? It may already help to split off the blink samples,
> >> these
> >>>>>> use no libraries at all.
> >>>>>> Splitting by type (I suppose you mean used library) is not so
> straight
> >>>>>> forward since many samples use more than one library. So be more
> >>>>>> specific with your suggestion.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> About splitting the include library: Device files might be put in a
> >>>>>> separate directory, which would require one extra directory in the
> >>>>>> include pathspec. But in my view there is even less reason to split,
> >>>>>> because users have hardly any reason to look in a library.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards, Rob.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> Rob Hamerling, Vianen, NL (http://www.robh.nl/)
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