[Yt-svn] yt-commit r573 - trunk/doc/source

[mturk at wrangler.dreamhost.com]

Author: mturk
Date: Tue Jun 17 21:51:01 2008
New Revision: 573
URL: http://yt.spacepope.org/changeset/573

Log:
Fixing the intro's bullet list.



Modified:
   trunk/doc/source/intro.rst

Modified: trunk/doc/source/intro.rst
==============================================================================
--- trunk/doc/source/intro.rst	(original)
+++ trunk/doc/source/intro.rst	Tue Jun 17 21:51:01 2008
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 development time for the user in the case of a desire to expand the
 functionality.
 
+The primary goal has been, and will continue to be, to present an interface to
+the user that enables selection and analysis of arbitrary subsets of data.
+
 What functionality does yt offer?
 ---------------------------------
 
@@ -41,52 +44,54 @@
 
 * Data Objects
 
- * Arbitrary data objects (Spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, arbitrary index selection)
- * Covering grids (smoothed and raw) for automatic ghost-zone generation
- * Identification of topologically-connected sets in arbitrary fields
- * Projections, orthogonal slices, oblique slices
- * Axially-aligned rays
- * Memory-conserving 1-, 2- and 3-D profiles of arbitrary fields.
- * Halo-finding (HOP) algorithm with full particle information and sphere access
+  * Arbitrary data objects (Spheres, cylinders, rectangular prisms, arbitrary index selection)
+  * Covering grids (smoothed and raw) for automatic ghost-zone generation
+  * Identification of topologically-connected sets in arbitrary fields
+  * Projections, orthogonal slices, oblique slices
+  * Axially-aligned rays
+  * Memory-conserving 1-, 2- and 3-D profiles of arbitrary fields.
+  * Halo-finding (HOP) algorithm with full particle information and sphere access
+  * `PyTables <http://www.pytables.org/>`_, the data-storage backend for
+    marshalling of data.
 
 * Data access
 
- * Arbitrary field definition
- * Derived quantities (average values, spin parameter, bulk velocity, etc)
- * Fast-HDF5 backend for packed and unpacked AMR, NumPy-based HDF4 backend
- * CGS units used everywhere
- * Per-user field and quantity plugins
+  * Arbitrary field definition
+  * Derived quantities (average values, spin parameter, bulk velocity, etc)
+  * Fast-HDF5 backend for packed and unpacked AMR, NumPy-based HDF4 backend
+  * CGS units used everywhere
+  * Per-user field and quantity plugins
 
 * Plotting
 
- * Mathtext TeX-like text formatting
- * Slices, projections, oblique slices
- * Profiles and phase diagrams
- * Linked zooms, colormaps, and saving
- * Contours, vector plots, annotated boxes, grid boundary plot overlays.
- * Simple 3D plotting of phase plots and volume-rendered boxes via hooks into the S2PLOT library
+  * Mathtext TeX-like text formatting
+  * Slices, projections, oblique slices
+  * Profiles and phase diagrams
+  * Linked zooms, colormaps, and saving
+  * Contours, vector plots, annotated boxes, grid boundary plot overlays.
+  * Simple 3D plotting of phase plots and volume-rendered boxes via hooks into the S2PLOT library
 
 * GUI
 
- * Linked zooming via slider
- * Interactive re-centering
- * Length scales in human-readable coordinates
- * Drawing of circles for generation of data objects and phase plots
- * Image saving
- * Arbitrary plots within the GUI namespace
- * Full interpreter access to data objects
- * Macros and other scripts able to be run from within the namespace
+  * Linked zooming via slider
+  * Interactive re-centering
+  * Length scales in human-readable coordinates
+  * Drawing of circles for generation of data objects and phase plots
+  * Image saving
+  * Arbitrary plots within the GUI namespace
+  * Full interpreter access to data objects
+  * Macros and other scripts able to be run from within the namespace
 
 * Command-line tools
 
- * Zooming movies
- * Time-series movies
- * Particle movies
- * Radial profile tool
+  * Zooming movies
+  * Time-series movies
+  * Particle movies
+  * Radial profile tool
 
 * Access to components
 
- * Monetary cost: **FREE**.
- * Source code availability: **FULL**.
- * Portability: **YES**.
+  * Monetary cost: **FREE**.
+  * Source code availability: **FULL**.
+  * Portability: **YES**.