[Paraview] bug in ParaView 3.6.1: no tube-filter in menu

[Moreland, Kenneth]

I agree that we should encourage the use of the searching functionality more, but I still contend that this filter's name should start with Tube (and in general all filters should start with the most identifying word).  The issue is that even if we use search most of the time, it is sometimes convenient to use the alphabetic menu if, for example, I can't remember exactly the name.  It's like looking up a word you don't know how to spell in the dictionary by going through an alphabetic list of word you know is close as opposed to trying to guess the spelling in a spell checker that does not suggest corrections.  Also, I ran into this when showing ParaView to a user and I could not find the tube filter in the alphabetic list.  It was a little embarrassing.

Yet another reason to list the most significant word first is to make it easer to search documentation.  The filters and python functions are going to be listed in alphabetic order when documented.  It is only natural to look under "Tube" when browsing the documentation.  So although the name "GenerateTubes" might look a bit nicer in a python script, I think it actually adds more heartache to the python programmer than it relieves.

-Ken


On 7/10/09 7:11 AM, "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

I think Berk changed that so that it becomes an action so that the
python scripts seem nicer. I have no preference either ways. In any
case, we definitely need to make the searching functionality more
explicit.

Utkarsh

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Moreland, Kenneth<kmorel at sandia.gov> wrote:
> Why was the name of the Tube filter changed to Generate Tubes?  I don't like
> the new name because it is harder to find in the alphabetical list (as Jens
> demonstrated).  I noticed this before but forgot to report it.  Can we
> change the name back to what it was or at least to start with the name Tube
> (or some variant thereof)?
>
> -Ken
>
>
> On 7/2/09 9:17 AM, "Jens" <jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi Berk,
>
> yes, thanks, I was looking for "Generate Tubes"
>
> wish:
> I would like to see a "Search"-Funktion, which can handle keywords and
> (more important) which can give me a hint how to transform my data, so
> it will be accepted by the desired filter.
>
> Greetings
> Jens
>
> Berk Geveci schrieb:
>> It's there for me. Are you looking for "Generate Tubes"?
>>
>> -berk
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:57 AM, Jens<jens-devel at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I compiled ParaView 3.6.1 (using tag 'ParaView3_6') and cannot find the
>>> tube-filter in Menu->Filter->Alphabetic.
>>>
>>> If I compile ParaView 3.7 (using tag 'ParaView3) the tube-filter is
>>> available.
>>>
>>> I hope that's only a bug in ParaView 3.6.1
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>> Jens
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