<p dir="ltr">Thanks for the feedback everyone. We will definitely work to cross-reference the examples, in order to provide a logical and cohesive environment for the beginner while forming ideas.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As a correction, the front page of the wiki can be found at<br>
<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK</a><br>
as it always has been.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 17, 2014 1:21 PM, "Pani,John Robert" <<a href="mailto:jrpani@louisville.edu">jrpani@louisville.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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As someone who has been learning vtk over the past several months, these revisions all sound timely. I would like to particularly encourage the further work on the examples. The ones on the main site now are very useful, but it is easy to outgrow them. The in-source examples/tests are often very nice extensions (example: texturedButtonWidget.cxx in basic examples --> TestButtonWidget.cxx in the source examples). This is explained in the User Guide, but some continued development of the organizing and cross-referencing of the examples could really save people time (bug-eyed teeth-gritting high-blood-pressure professional time).<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
John<br>
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To: Richard Whitehead<br>
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Subject: Re: [vtkusers] heads up: changes to vtk web site and examples coming<br>
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Thanks for the encouragement Richard. We are trying to keep up with the needs of the VTK community.<br>
Will<br>
<br>
PS- Don't send this to the ITK folks, their heads might swell even more ;-)<br>
<br>
<br>
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Richard Whitehead <<a href="mailto:richard.whitehead@vivosight.com">richard.whitehead@vivosight.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:richard.whitehead@vivosight.com">richard.whitehead@vivosight.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
David,<br>
<br>
I am very pleased to hear this. Getting started with VTK has been a really tough learning curve, often the simplest things are very difficult to get to work (e.g. getting a picture to fill a window!).<br>
The users forum is great but one doesn't always get an answer.<br>
ITK was actually much easier to learn, maybe there are things we can learn from them too.<br>
<br>
Many thanks,<br>
<br>
Richard<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 17:29:19 -0400<br>
From: David E DeMarle <<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org">vtkusers@vtk.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org">vtkusers@vtk.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org">vtkusers@vtk.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:vtkusers@vtk.org">vtkusers@vtk.org</a>>>, vtkdev<br>
<<a href="mailto:vtk-developers@vtk.org">vtk-developers@vtk.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:vtk-developers@vtk.org">vtk-developers@vtk.org</a>>>, Christopher Mullins<br>
<<a href="mailto:christopher.mullins@kitware.com">christopher.mullins@kitware.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:christopher.mullins@kitware.com">christopher.mullins@kitware.com</a>>>, Will Schroeder<br>
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Subject: [vtkusers] heads up: changes to vtk web site and examples<br>
coming<br>
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Hey gang,<br>
<br>
We've started cleaning up the accumulated clutter that we call the VTK wiki<br>
page. With a collection of maybe twenty years' information up there we are<br>
suffering more from a proliferation than a scarcity of information. Our<br>
goal then is to streamline and improve the content to make it easier to<br>
find the important stuff and especially to get started using VTK.<br>
<br>
As such we have or are about to:<br>
* change the top level wiki page from:<br>
<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Deprecated_frontpage" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Deprecated_frontpage</a><br>
to:<br>
<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK</a><br>
<br>
* remove or update old and often conflicting content (I'm looking at you<br>
FAQ!).<br>
<br>
* switch to a ParaView style download form on the webpage, where you pick<br>
from drop down boxes what you want to download.<br>
<br>
* Adhere to "one set of examples to rule them all" or "there can be only<br>
one set of examples". The in source VTK examples:<br>
${VTKSOURCE}/Examples<br>
are being updated and will eventually move to the VTK Wiki examples<br>
project:<br>
<a href="http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples</a><br>
Regression test results for the wiki examples will move to the VTK<br>
dashboard where more developers will see them.<br>
<br>
* the VTK web site will receive its own facelift in the coming months, like<br>
ParaView's recently did, for much the same reason.<br>
<br>
If you have any concerns about any of this or have some spare time and<br>
would like to help update the documentation and example, please let us<br>
know.<br>
<br>
David E DeMarle<br>
Kitware, Inc.<br>
R&D Engineer<br>
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