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I think we should take the load off Tomasz as far as possible. He
accomplishes an incredible amount, but there must be a limit. How many
instruments can a one-man band play? Personally I would be willing to pay
considerably more for AB if the information were readily accessible. Time
is the enemy. When we have a question we want the answer NOW - we don't
want to spend a day or a week researching the tutorials, the Help file, the
web page, the Yahoogroups archive, the downloadable archive, and sifting
through all the irrelevant returns. That is why people address their
questions to this group and Tomasz daily pleads for us to "Read the Help
File". I think Tomasz should hire a technical editor to lick things into
shape.
As a comparison, the Eudora e-mail program has a Help file, a Quick-Start
Guide, and 468-page PDF Manual that is surprisingly well indexed and
cross-referenced, and which I find easy to use.
For my own use, with the idea of organising information, I have recently
acquired the Treepad program (http://www.treepad.com/), which calls
itself an Organizer, Personal Information Manager, Database, Word
Processor, Search Engine & Web-site Generator, Photo Album and more! It is
a tree-structure that is highly adaptable, with multiple branches,
parent/child and sibling/sibling nodes that can be rearranged at will, and
hyperlinks to both internal and external documents.. It's own instruction
manual is an example of the use of the program. It doesn't do what the
Isys program does, but is considerably more affordable. For anyone
interested, it can be downloaded free for a 30-day evaluation. Now if I
can just find time to put it to work . . .
HHP
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At 02:25 PM 14/09/2003, you wrote:
>Its a great concept, but I can see what you mean. The only way that I can
>see around this would be for you to edit and correct each entry,
>ultimately you are responsible for this particular area and I know this is
>a big ask. I fully agree that each of the additions would need to be fully
>vetted but as you say how to do!
>The idea of having it ALL in one easy to get at area is the way to go,
>having another document floating around would not be as effective.
>
>I'll keep thinking about it too and maybe some others have some suggestions.
>
>
>Regards,
>William Peters
><http://www.amitools.com/>www.amitools.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tomasz Janeczko [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxx]
>Sent: September 14, 2003 11:02 AM
>To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: FILTER questions.
>
>William,
>
>This idea was already implemented in AFL on-line function reference
><http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/>http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/
>(See "Comments" section for example:
><http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?name=EQUITY>http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?name=EQUITY
>)
>
>For some months there was a "Add comment" edit field and button that allowed
>to add comments. Unfortunatelly some people starting to ask questions that way
>thinking that this is a user forum, while the intention was to allow people to
>expand existing docs.
>Asking questions there was a problem because:
>- there was no notification mechanism so I was not aware if/when question
>was asked
>- sometimes various people answered with invalid answers and this has
>created confusion
>(there is nothing worse than misleading docs)
>
>When I have been reviewing the database of entries I had to delete some
>misleading
>comments because this database is used to create AFL funciton reference in
>actual guide
>and information has to be correct. After fixing many entries manually I
>decided to turn this feature OFF.
>
>Now I am wondering how to turn this ON again but in
>a 'safe' way so comments submissions are correct.
>
>
>
>Best regards,
>Tomasz Janeczko
>amibroker.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:williampeters@xxxxxxxxxxxx>William Peters
>To: <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 10:53 PM
>Subject: [amibroker] Re: FILTER questions.
>
>I think Yuki's idea is a wonderful idea. This is a perfect opportunity for
>AFL beginners to learn by DOING, as Ron said just having to get it all
>down in a readable fashion is an effort that will pay dividends.
>I'm wondering whether all these descriptions could be added to the
>AmiBroker help file (after the appropriate editing and corrections).
>Another possibility would be for Tomasz to add them to the mySQL database
>with a HTML link in the AmiBroker Help file, that way it wouldn't blow out
>the size of the Help file and any changes/additions would be dynamic. So
>if an enquirer clicked on the relevant
><http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/afl_view.php?name=%23include>See
>updated/extended version on-line. link they would get all additions and
>changes.
>
>
>Regards,
>William Peters
><http://www.amitools.com/>www.amitools.com
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mrdavis9 [mailto:mrdavis9@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: September 13, 2003 8:59 PM
>To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: ronald davis
>Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: FILTER questions.
>
>Yuki said>>A specific example of practical usage should be given for AFL
>functions in the reference, I think. These examples should be
>written in NON-PROGRAMMING prose. ^_^ They should be the antithesis
>of Linux MAN pages. They should take little grasshoppers like me and
>lead them to discovering practical usages for the function.
>
>I would be willing to help anyone that would like to work on this
>type of project. I'm afraid, though, that my contribution would be
>limited to cleaning up the wording, and making it clear. And also,
>if I can understand it, it's probably a great filter for 'ready' or
>'not ready'.
>
>Yuki
>
>==============================================
>
>I am willing to contribute to Yuki's request for volunteers to write
>non-techie descriptions of how Amibroker works. Below, I have written a
>non-techie answer to a post by Glen which asked about the setting n=1 in AA.
>
>Anthony's answer is obviously correct, but I am rewriting it here in the
>kind of very thorough and non-tech manner that Yuki and I would like to
>be able to read in the users manual. Such non-tech descriptions as Yuki
>suggests will be of enormous help other non-tech newbys and
>users. Amibroker users will need to suggest changes to this description
>if it is not totally accurate. Also, please suggest changes if you have
>idea's of how to make this description clearer. The description is
>directly below.
>=======================================================================
>When you set n=1, AA will check only the latest dated bar in your database
>in order to see if your AFL conditions has been met on only the latest
>dated bar. However, while Amibroker is executing your particular AFL
>instructions, it still needs to retrieve data from earlier dated bars in
>order to produce things such as moving average calculations, and other
>calculations that will be required by your AFL coding.
>
>When you set n=10, Amibroker will follow exactly the same procedure that
>it did when you set n=1. The only difference is , Amibroker will first
>check the bar that is positioned 10 periods back from the present bar. A
>period will be in seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, or whatever
>you happen to have available in your database for Amibroker to
>check. Once Amibroker is through checking the 10'th bar back, it moves
>forward to check the 9'th bar, then on to the 8'th bar, and so on, till
>it finally checks the n=1 bar last.
>====================================================================
>I am willing to do write more of these descriptions in order to help
>newby's and us non-techies gain a better understanding of how Amibroker
>works. I am not technically capable, nor do I have the time, to
>contribute anything beyond the writing of a few of these descriptions.
>
>I will wait and see if Yuki, or anyone else is interested in taking this
>further. Ron D
>
>
>==============================================================================
>
>From: <mailto:ajf1111@xxxxxxxx>Anthony Faragasso
>To: <mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 5:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: FILTER questions.
>
>Glenn,
>
>Setting n=1, AA will check the last bar for your filter criteria....setting
>n=100 , AA will check the last 100 bars...
>
>Anthony
>
>
>
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