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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:48:16PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
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> On 29/04/10 14:43, Anders Logg wrote:
> >On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 02:21:49PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>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.
> >
>
> Yes, these demonstrate various 'features'.

ok.

--
Anders

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