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About the wxWindows book

- -August 2000: the 'wxBook' project is getting going again, -with a good response from potential contributors.

- -Robin Dunn has set up a wxBook mailing list.

- -The book will comprise 30 or so chapters dealing with progressively -more advanced areas of wxWindows; each chapter will be as stand-alone as -possible. The book will -not include the API reference, though this could be a -separate project. The book will be accompanied by a CD-ROM with -wxWindows and its documentation. It will initially be -available on-line, and when enough is done we will look for a -publisher.

- -There will also be a separate small booklet which can easily be printed -out and which gives an overview of wxWindows facilities by taking -the reader through a single worked example. Guillermo Rodriguez -Garcia has volunteered to write this, and will use his Life! -demo to illustrate it.

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  1. to allow users to become accomplished wxWindows developers rapidly; -
  2. to be useful over a longer period than just the first few weeks, since -there are a lot of complex areas to address and not all features will be -used up-front in a project; -
  3. to promote wxWindows to a wider audience; -
  4. to make at least some money for the authors. -
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- -Audience: beginners + experienced wxWindows users, but with reasonable C++ -knowledge.

- -It is suggested that any financial return from the book be allocated on a points system, -with a predefined number of points for chapters, indexing, editing, proof-reading etc.

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Participants

- -So far, the following people are interested in taking part in this project:

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-Others welcome! Please contact Julian Smart -if you would like to contribute. - -

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Publication

- -We will investigate publishers, especially O'Reilly. We will have to get together -several sample chapters to convince a publisher that the many-author approach will -work.

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Style guide

- -We should write a style and formatting guide.

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Book Titles

- -It would be good to include certain buzzwords such as Linux and open source, to get -a publisher's (and the potential reader's) attention. The trick is to do that and -not narrow the scope unduly.

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Contents

- -The following is open to discussion.

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