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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:58:55 +0100
Subject: Re: Yet another Python textbook
From: Kwpolska <kwpolska@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Pavel Solin <solin.pavel@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to introduce a new Python textbook
> aimed at high school students:
>
> http://femhub.com/textbook-python/.
>
> The textbook is open source and its public Git
> repository is located at Github:
>
> git@github.com:femhub/nclab-textbook-python.git

URL for humans: https://github.com/femhub/nclab-textbook-python

>
> Feedback and contributions are very much
> welcome, every contributor becomes automatically
> a co-author.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pavel
>

You are writing it for something called =E2=80=9CNCLab=E2=80=9D, not for th=
e general
public, and that sucks.

1. please use math-compatible fonts in LaTeX, like Computer Modern,
Latin Modern, Lucida Bright or MathTime (I suggest one of the first
two).  This way, stuff in the math environment won=E2=80=99t look different=
ly
than the text.  Currently, your text is in a fancy font and maths are
in Computer Modern.
2. IMO, you should be doing a bit more general usage programming, not
science-specific.
3. Code highlighting for inline code and other languages, please.

This are just my basic thoughts from looking through it.

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