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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:21:49PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
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> On 28/04/10 17:46, Kristian Oelgaard wrote:
> >
> >
> >On 28 April 2010 18:41, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 06:33:36PM +0200, Kristian Oelgaard wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On 28 April 2010 18:13, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>Sounds good, I hope Kristian can give you some instructions on what
> >>>>you can help out with.
> >>>
> >>>Sure, we're still in the process of figuring out exactly how the
> >>>format should be, but I think the demos might be the easiest place
> >>>to start. Do we want to recategorize the demos as suggested in the
> >>>blueprint, or should we just start adding all the demos that we have
> >>>in DOLFIN and keep the directory structure?
> >>
> >>I think some recategorization is necessary, but I don't know which is
> >>best: to first add them and then move them around of first decide on
> >>the categories and then add the demos.
> >
> >Maybe we don't need to add all of them before we have a better idea
> >about the categories.
> >I don't think we'll get it right the first time anyway though.
> >
> >>Have you planned which categories should go into the programmer's
> >>reference? We should probably try to match those categories with the
> >>demos and link to them.
> >
> >No, not yet, but I think the structure in the DOLFIN source tree is
> >pretty logical.
> >The question is if we can match everything up with a demo, although it
> >would be nice if we could.
> >
>
> I'm not so sure that this is possible/sensible. The demos
> 'demonstrate' how to solve various problems and how to use various
> features. Shouldn't the programmers reference document the
> interface?

I think there's also room for simple demos that illustrate the use
of basic classes like Mesh, MeshFunction, input/output, linear
algebra, parameters etc like we have now, without necessarily solving
a PDE.

--
Anders

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