Thanks, John. I had already been contemplating moving the "obtain and install" section in front of the "OSG overview" section, so your layout is in accordance with my thinking. I will try to reorg chap 1 sometime in January. In the meantime, please provide feedback on the content as well. -Paul
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Wojnaroski > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:41 AM > To: osg users > Subject: Re: [osg-users] OSG documentation / books > > Hi Paul, > > Had a moment last night to do a quick read of Chap 1. Here > is a quick comment, more details to follow > > Felt the info flow was a little choppy and hard to follow; > might suggest the following arrangement to answer a reader's > questions --- what is it? what do I need to use? how do I get > it? how do I install it? > how does it work? how do I run it? > > Suggested structure: > > History of OSG > Hardware reqts > Sources of info > > Distributions > Installation Guide(s) > Getting help > > SceneGraphs and how they work > Overview of OSG > General structure/data > Features > Utilities > Running OSG > > Hope this helps > > Regards > John W. > > > Paul Martz wrote: > > > Hi folks -- I've recently posted chapter 1 of the OSG Quick Start > > Guide. Please read and review: > > http://www.skew-matrix.com/OSGQSG.html > > > > Send your review comments to me either as DOC/ODT with > track changes > > enabled, or PDF with comments attached as notes. > > > > Yes, I'm aware I've slipped off my original schedule, but > still hope > > to have the book finished by Q1 2007. > > > > Thanks for all feedback, > > -Paul > > > > > > > > Hi all -- > > > > Over the past few weeks I've been focusing my efforts on > > developing concepts for a set of developer-oriented > OpenSceneGraph > > books. I've posted my plans to > > http://www.skew-matrix.com/OSGdocs.html. > > > > To summarize, I have three books planned: > > > > * A Quick Start Guide, which will hopefully be complete by > > early next year and can be downloaded for free as a PDF or > > purchased softbound. (If purchased, proceeds will help > > support the OSG documentation effort by paying for future > > revisions). > > * A Programming Guide, not for free, hopefully available by > > late 2007. > > * A Reference Manual, probably derived from Doxygen output, > > probably available in 2008. > > > > I hope to use you, the OSG community, as my technical > review team. > > So, as I complete sections of the documentation, I'll > make advance > > copies available free to anyone who pledges to read it > in a timely > > fashion and provide feedback. > > > > Speaking of feedback, please follow the link above and post here > > with any thoughts on the current plans. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul Martz > > Skew Matrix Software LLC > > http://www.skew-matrix.com <http://www.skew-matrix.com/> > > 303 859 9466 > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > >- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >osg-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users > >http://www.openscenegraph.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > osg-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users > http://www.openscenegraph.org/ _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/
