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Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea



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Hello,

Well, maybe it is not the best time to start this thing because I will be out of office
for a couple of days. So maybe postpone this until I am back.

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham" <kavemanperth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea


>I guess the big question, Who is going to volunteer to do all this
> work on the wiki site???
> There is already facility to add comments to the online AFL functions
> that is clearly not fully utilised as it takes someone actually
> writing something to add. We cannot expect TJ to do all this work and
> keep AB moving forward.
> No point running around getting things planned if nobody plans to do
> the effort of entering to the site.
> If you plan to have everyone write and add their own thing, then
> forget organising unless someone is prepared to do the organising.
> 
> It all sounds good, but so far very few people have ever come forward
> to do the work, and then continue to do so for long time to come.
> 
> Yes I am negative about it, It is good idea............. but.
> 
> On 7/2/05, Tomasz Janeczko <amibroker@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>  
>> There are lots of well-organized and well-written wikis out there. The
>> largest is probably Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org
>> It uses exactly the same engine as the one I have set up on amibroker.org
>> server
>>  
>> And yes - you have to 'register' in order to edit, but registration involves
>> just creating a name and password (2 second work :-))
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: dingo 
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 2:01 AM
>> Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> 
>> Before any of us give up and slink back into our holes - we need to think
>> about organization.  If anyone has a link to a well organized wiki thingi
>> then it would be great to see how its done.  Then we need to discuss how to
>> organize it.   Once that's done then we can set up a "structure" and start
>> filling it in.
>>  
>> TJ - if you're reading this - is it "public" or do you have to register to
>> post?  I already registered but don't know if that was necessary.  Do you
>> have any wiki sities  that you can point us to?
>>  
>> d
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of original_nightstalker
>> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:07 PM
>> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> 
>> 
>> OK, OK - it didn't turn out quite the way it looks in my InfoSelect. It's
>> much
>> easier to follow in IS. So I've deleted it from the Wiki page. But it was
>> well-intentioned - it's a thread from this very forum on how to set up
>> databases for multiple markets in Ami, which is something that many find
>> tricky
>> and confusing. Tomasz gave an excellent explanation in the last post of the
>> thread. The first couple of posts were for context, as Tomasz's post answers
>> points raised in the previous ones.
>> 
>> So if somebody can tell me and everyone else how to use the Wiki thingy so
>> that
>> it looks like a polished page, and preferably indexed, then perhaps the
>> thread
>> would be worth re-posting there. I tried to make sense of the Wiki Manual,
>> but
>> a lot of it was gobbledegook to a non-programmer like me, and it would have
>> to
>> be one of the most user-UNfriendly 'manuals' I have ever encountered. I
>> could
>> not make sense out of it at all.
>> 
>> I have no idea about writing web pages or using HTML - I hope that's not
>> required to use the Wiki thing - but I get the impression from the manual
>> that it may be.  In which case, I suspect many of us in here would be left
>> behind...  Ah well, I still have my InfoSelect database :)
>> 
>> Regards,  NightStalker
>> 
>> 
>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dan_public@xxxx wrote:
>> > Dingo,
>> > 
>> > I took a look too.   Yes, it may be a mess.  OTOH...
>> > 
>> > If I understand the purpose (and I'm not sure I do), a WikiWiki site can
>> be made into what we want it to be.  Let's give it a chance.  Add content
>> and see what it turns out to be.
>> > 
>> > Best regards,
>> > 
>> > Dan. 
>> > 
>> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> > 
>> > Well, 
>> > 
>> > after looking this over for a few minutes - I fear that it might be too
>> complicated for our user base as a whole.
>> > 
>> > If we have people just paste email threads into the site (this has already
>> happened) then it will be worse than purebytes.
>> > 
>> > I fear this is gonna be a mess.
>> > 
>> > d
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
>> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 2:18 PM
>> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Hello,
>> > 
>> > I have set-up Wiki page at:
>> > http://www.amibroker.org/wiki/
>> > 
>> > as a tool for this collaborative documentation project.
>> > 
>> > For those of you who do not know what is Wiki, here is a page from
>> Wikipedia (Wiki-based free Encyclopedia):
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
>> > 
>> > Best regards,
>> > Tomasz Janeczko
>> > amibroker.com
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: dingo 
>> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 5:11 PM
>> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> > 
>> > 
>> > That would be nice if we can get this off the ground.
>> > 
>> > As to publishing others work:  If it was posted on a forum then I think it
>> would be ok (if anyone disagrees now's the time to speak up). I DO think we
>> should post the date and author just the be courteous.
>> > 
>> > d
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Joe Landry
>> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:45 AM
>> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: Re: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > ALL: 
>> > I'm interested and while no expert I have a collection of snippets that
>> I've filed on my Infoselect database over the past 2 years and would be
>> happy to clip and paste those in with some editing/categorizing, for example
>> as Graham just wrote "how to plot arrows" or how to draw a signal "ribbon"
>> etc. some very simple stuff keeps getting asked.  I forget how to compose
>> them and have to clip, paste and modify. 
>> > 
>> > FWIW
>> > There are others on this board who use Infoselect and other databases to
>> do exactly that, to keep a store of AFL snippets that can be searched down
>> to the letter.  Most of these snippets are not my original thought and
>> borrowed from the board.  Somehow searching Purebytes is not nearly as
>> productive as creating your own store.  
>> > 
>> > Then there are others who've moved on but who left quite a legacy of tight
>> algorithms and indicators. 
>> > 
>> > I can contribute a low level of jScript automation -  the running nightly
>> jobs as I call them - to create composties,  I'd be interested in moving to
>> the next level in jScripts as well as some realtime
>> monitoring/alerts/indicators.
>> > 
>> > Be glad to be a contributor of what I have. I'm sensitive about publishing
>> others' work and some of the best would be coming from others. 
>> > 
>> > JOE 
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: dingo 
>> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:54 AM
>> > Subject: RE: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> > 
>> > 
>> > No there isn't - except for the stuff I've done for the PBI Collected
>> Documentation at
>> http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/amibroker-beta/files/
>> > 
>> > There have been several attempts to do such a thing but the interest level
>> is 0 to build it - but very high to have access to one. But then there are
>> those that are too lazy to read anything and therefore will just post a
>> question anyway and someone far more patient than most of us (good old
>> Graham for instance) will answer that question that's been asked and
>> answered 100's of times.
>> > 
>> > TJ offered to set up a WikiWiki for the OLE group several months ago (no
>> other folks were interested so it died). Maybe he or you could set one up. 
>> If so that would allow a "community" effort (Looks like maybe you and me at
>> this point).
>> > 
>> > I'll help but due to the lack of response of a couple of other attempts I
>> won't lead it.
>> > 
>> > d
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Prosser, Daniel
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:59 PM
>> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Subject: [amibroker] AmiBroker FAQ / SNIPPETS idea
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > > From: Graham <kavemanperth@xxxx>
>> > > Subject: Re: Daytrade System - Close open Positions at Close
>> > >
>> > > actually this question has been answered before a few times in this
>> > group
>> > >
>> > > sell = cross( timenum(), 155959 ); //assuming 4pm is close time
>> > 
>> > Is there an FAQ document maintained for this group?  It seems to me it
>> > would be *very* useful for this particular group.
>> > 
>> > Perhaps a "SNIPPETS" style FAQ where snippets of code are kept with
>> > common "How do I...?" questions in one large (indexed) document.  Such
>> > as the question above...
>> > 
>> > I would certainly take a look at this file before asking my stupid
>> > questions :-) It may help cut back on some common questions and help
>> > educate new users faster.  It could even be put into the help files of
>> > AmiBroker for each major release.
>> > 
>> > The online AFL Library and purebytes.com archives don't really suit this
>> > purpose I am finding.
>> > 
>> > Any volunteers? ;)
>> > 
>> > Dan.
>> > 
>> > p.s., in case you don't know - SNIPPETS was a project whose goal was to
>> > "collect and disseminate the best C/C++ answers to 'How do I...?'
>> > programming questions" (started in the old FidoNet BBS days if I
>> > remember correctly - gee I must be getting old...)
>> > 
>> > http://snippets.snippets.org/index.php#PREFACE
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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