Russell E. Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > > >I'm considering proposing to O'Reilly a 2nd edition of "Python in a > >Nutshell", that I'd write in 2005, essentially to cover Python 2.3 and > >2.4 (the current 1st edition only covers Python up to 2.2). > >... > > Since you were kind enough to ask...what I'd really like is a better > better index and better organization, so I can more quickly and easily > locate info on a particular topic.
Thanks for the advice! What I have now is the best organization I was able to conceive -- and I have no current ideas on how to enhance it. Any _suggestions_ will be truly welcome; somehow, I don't see "make it better" as a _suggestion_... if I _knew_ how to organize it better, I would, of course. Indexing is a completely separate issue, mostly done by O'Reilly outside of my control; can we please focus on _organization_, which _is_ almost entirely in my hands... > Nutshell has some wonderful in-depth discussions of certain topics and > I'm glad I own it, but I find it too hard to use for everyday questions > (which was not at all what I expected for a "nutshell" book). I usually Indeed, this is definitely not what I was aiming for, and if it's a widespread issue which all reviews of the book I read managed to hide it's crucial for it to come out -- whence my thanks. But I need more help to understand what makes the book's organization so feeble for you, and whether the issue is widespread so that I need to revolutionize the book's organization... or whether such a revolution wouldn't hurt the many readers who appeared sort of OK with the current structure... Thanks in advance for any further input -- and that applies to others just as much as to you (meaning: o future potential readers, if you find the current organization of the book ok, please do speak up -- if only those who prefer changes are gonna speak, then changes are likely!-). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
