[Insight-users] problems running and incoherent documentation in Chan-Vese segmentation examples

[Bill Lorensen]

The wiki examples are scrapped and checked into the git repo.

As for the format, I'm not sure what you mean. The wiki examples are usually
short illustrating a single concept. But longer examples are OK if they
follow the same formatting.

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Juan Cardelino <juan.cardelino at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for the answer guys. I know it takes work, but I think examples
> of the quality of those in the software guide (or the IJ) are a
> valuable resource for learning. And I feel it is a pity that they are
> somehow frozen. In particular, I will I could take the Chan Vese
> submission, get the source (easily) and update it or re-submit it. You
> can't rely on the original authors for that, because as we all do,
> they are probably working in other stuff at the moment and don't have
> time to update their code.
> The wiki format could make the update easier, but I think the
> presentation quality will be lower than the papers on the IJ. At least
> that's what my experiments with mediawiki show.
> I have a few questions still open:
> * whats the link between the gitorious examples and the wiki? if one
> updates git it reflects on wiki or the other way round?
> *do you guys want to have the wiki examples in the current format? I
> mean, plain code pasted in a page? Do you see room for examples like
> those I made? If there is, where should they go?
> Thanks again for the great work, ITK is great!
> Best regards,
>                 Juan
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:08 PM, robert tamburo
> <robert.tamburo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fair enough. Understandable. I think it's also understandable that a ~6
> year
> > old reference document might frustrate/deter new/old
> > users/developers. Perhaps the guide is an antiquated form of
> documentation
> > (without dedicated resources for updates) and should be abandoned, or the
> > model for updating the Software Guide should be revisited. I recall the
> > Software Guide being 'doxygenated'. Should the downloadable PDF be
> updated
> > to at least reflect changes in functions, variables, code snippets,
> > comments, etc?
> > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> It is the same response. It takes a lot of work to update the book.
> >> Especially with a changing toolkit.
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:34 PM, robert tamburo
> >> <robert.tamburo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think Juan was referring to the downloadable Software Guide.
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Bill Lorensen <
> bill.lorensen at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Juan,
> >>>>
> >>>> In general, we don't want to duplicate examples in the ITK
> distribution
> >>>> and the ITK wiki. Wiki examples are intended to be simple examples
> that
> >>>> illustrate a single concept. Also, the user community can contribute
> wiki
> >>>> examples with minimal effort. There have been exceptions I guess.
> >>>>
> >>>> As for the book, my guess is that it takes a lot of work to update the
> >>>> book and that's why it has not been updated for a while. I don't think
> it
> >>>> has to do with book sales.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill
> >>>>
> >>>>
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