Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
Dear David, I have a feeling I might have been one of the 57 people you mentioned who ordered your "IDL Programming Techniques" book on the same day. I have received it, and have been really enjoying it, as well as the associated examples. It is a nice peice of craftsmanship, both aesthetically and technically. Now, I can't help but notice that you've been doing a lot of posting here lately. This causes me to wonder if you might have time to start in on a new book. Could I put in a request for your next book? I would entitle it: "The Coyote Cookbook: an IDL Project Building Block System" It would come with a complete set of building blocks, similar to your example programs; but it would be a complete set, with which one could easily build up an application. In a way, it would be an alternative to IDL's GUI builder - or maybe I should say the opposite of, since it would consist of content, instead of an attempt at the outward form. Example building blocks would be a file selection menu, a plotting tool like XWindow, a floating point slider, object data handling tools, and numerous other small blocks, that could be assembled easily into an application where the data flow is handled well and the whole things integrates into a clean application. Thus it would get people up and running faster at building mid- to large-size projects. Thanks again for a nice piece of workmanship, David Ritscher -- Cardiac Rhythm Management Laboratory Department of Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham B168 Volker Hall - 1670 University Boulevard Birmingham AL 35294-0019 Tel: (205) 975-2122 Fax: (205) 975-4720