RE: [PyMOL] manual update

[Warren D. <wa...@de...>]

PyMOL Users,

I concur with both of the statements below -- lack of good documentation =
and training materials has become much more limiting of PyMOL's utility =
than lack of functionality.

Furthermore, as illustrated by St=E9phane's post, if DeLano Scientific =
LLC is to continue to thrive as a business, then we must focus on =
meeting the needs of our customers, first and foremost.  We have heard =
directly from some important sponsors on such matters, and in response, =
we are implementing a number of changes in policy and practice leading =
up to the release of PyMOL 1.0. =20

In the meantime, we invite all current and/or past PyMOL sponsors and =
contributors to voice their thoughts and opinions to su...@de.... =
 Please help us find that optimal path through which PyMOL can =
eventually thrive in both commercial and open-source contexts. =20

Cheers,
Warren

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pym...@li...=20
> [mailto:pym...@li...] On Behalf Of=20
> Dr. Mark Mayer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 6:23 AM
> To: pym...@li...
> Subject: [PyMOL] manual update
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> Dear Warren,
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> I would second Dirk's statement below. The manuals on web are=20
> a couple of years out of date now, and while the wiki and=20
> bulletin board are very useful sources of information, I too=20
> would prefer to have good up to date documentation, rather=20
> than more and more improvements with poor documentation
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> this little thread points nicely to the major problem that I=20
> have quite often with PyMol: it is a really powerful program,=20
> but the documentation is somewhere scattered between various=20
> incomplete sources (manual, reference list, wiki, bulletin=20
> board, user home pages, ...). This makes it very difficult=20
> for the average user like me to make full use of PyMol's=20
> capabilities. I would _really_ prefer to have a good and=20
> up-to-date documentation available, at least for the last=20
> official version, rather than more and more improvements with=20
> poor documentation.
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