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<H3><a name="about">About the wxWindows book</a></H3>
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Discussions have been taking place on the wxwin-developers list about
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collaboratively writing a wxWindows book. The concensus is to write a tutorial
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book for people with reasonable C++ experience, with the possibility of including the API reference either in a very compact
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form at the back of the book, or as a separate volume. The book would almost certainly
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contain a CD-ROM with wxWindows and its documentation. It would probably be available
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for free on-line, publisher permitting.<P>
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Discussions have been taking place on the wxwin-developers list
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about collaboratively writing a wxWindows book. The book will
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not include the API reference, though this could be a
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separate project. The book will be accompanied by a CD-ROM with
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wxWindows and its documentation. The book will initially be
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available on-line, and when enough is done we will look for a
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publisher.<P>
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There will also be a separate small booklet which can easily be printed
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out and which gives an overview of wxWindows facilities by taking
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the reader through a single worked example. Guillermo Rodriguez
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Garcia has volunteered to write this, and will use his Life!
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demo to illustrate it.<P>
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Goals for the book:<P>
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@@ -66,12 +73,34 @@ with a predefined number of points for chapters, indexing, editing, proof-readin
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So far, the following people are interested in taking part in this project:<P>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="mailto:bsimser@home.com">Bil Simser</a>. Bil would like to coordinate
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the book. He's currently writing a book for WordWare Publishing (about his CDX library)
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and also has contacts at Sams and the Waite Group. Bil is writing <a href="http://lightning.prohosting.com/~wxbuild" target=_new>
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wxBuilder</a>, an IDE for wxWindows.
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<li><a href="mailto:julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk">Julian Smart</a> -
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editor and coordinator of the project; introductory chapter, some other
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chapters.
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<li><a href="mailto:guille@iies.es">Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia</a> - Separate tutorial booklet;
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communication classes (wxSocket, wxXXXServer, some protocol stuff); timing and timers.
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<li><a href="mailto:robin@alldunn.com">Robin Dunn</a> - wxPython chapter.
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</i>
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<li><a href="mailto:zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr">Vadim Zeitlin</a> - drag and drop chapter?
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<li><a href="mailto:slavik2@czn.cz">Vaclav Slavik</a> - wxHTML section.
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<li><a href="mailto:gtasker@fastpicsystems.com">George Tasker</a> - database chapter.
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<li><a href="mailto:moreno@mochima.com">Carlos Moreno</a> - wxImage, wxBitmap.
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<li><a href="mailto:Shiv@pspl.co.in">Shiv Shankar Ramakrishnan</a> - wxWindows advocacy, convincing your manager,
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container classes and strings, comparison with STL
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<li><a href="mailto:markusneifer@my-Deja.com">Markus Neifer</a> - user-defined events.
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<li><a href="mailto:csomor@advancedconcepts.ch">Stefan Csomor</a>. The sequence of events i.e. which action provokes which event sequence,
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this is implicit for the use on MSW, but very important for other systems; and porting to new platforms
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<li><a href="mailto:tomr@scitechsoft.com">Tom Ryan</a>, SciTech Software.
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<li><a href="mailto:robin@alldunn.com">Robin Dunn</a>. <i>Chapter on wxPython.</i>
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<li><a href="mailto:karsten@phy.hw.ac.uk">Karsten Ballueder</a>. Short tutorials on some useful
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GNU tools, like autoconf/configure/make, programming
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strategies, etc.
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<li><a href="mailto:mheck@www.surveyorcorp.com">Matt Heck</a>, SurveyorCorp Inc.
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@@ -80,21 +109,17 @@ wxBuilder</a>, an IDE for wxWindows.
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<li>an appendix something similar about how to use wxLIVID for video capture and display;
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<li>proofreading
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<li><a href="mailto:julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk">Julian Smart</a>.
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<li><a href="mailto:zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr">Vadim Zeitlin</a>.
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<li><a href="mailto:slavik2@czn.cz">Vaclav Slavik</a>. <i>wxHTML section</i>
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<li><a href="mailto:csomor@advancedconcepts.ch">Stefan Csomor</a>. <i>the sequence of events i.e. which action provokes which event sequence,
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this is implicit for the use on MSW, but very important for other systems; and porting to new platforms</i>
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<li><a href="mailto:karsten@phy.hw.ac.uk">Karsten Ballueder</a>. <i>short tutorials on some useful
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GNU tools, like autoconf/configure/make, programming
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strategies, etc.</i>
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<H3><a name="publication">Publication</a></H3>
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We should have a substantial chunk of wxBook done before we approach a publisher,
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because with the risks of multiple author
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Tom Ryan originally wrote:<P>
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<PRE>
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"<a href="http://www.bruceeckel.com/javabook.html" target=_new>Thinking in Java</a>
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is published both as a PDF for internet (by the author) and in print by Prentice Hall."<P>
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<H3><a name="suggestions">Suggestions and comments</a></H3>
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Julian Smart