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Tomasz,
This is excellent work. I give it a big “Two Thumbs Up” and hearty congratulations to the designers and authors.
Since I'm new to this kind of format, I'm not quite sure how to proceed. As time frees up, I’d like to add to the UKB, but here are a few small suggestions for enhancement:
• At the top of the new KB table of contents, add links to the current AB documentation,including:
a. Especially the current AFL Function Reference (http://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/)
b. AFL Library (http://www.amibroker.com/library/)
c. AB User’s Guide (http://www.amibroker.com/guide/
d. Dev Log (http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/).
IMO, all of these valuable sources of info for solving problems. It would be great to be able to jump to them quickly.
• Copy the current Knowledge Base contents (http://www.amibroker.com/kb/) to this new Knowledge Base. E.g http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2007/03/ shows how to chart spreads. After all articles are copied, retire the current Knowledge Base.
• In AB, add a Knowledge Base link to the “Help” menu.
One other point…
IMO, when someone complains about the documentation, they have actually said, “By complaining, I agree to do something about it. I volunteer to research this and write the changes in the Knowledge Base.” The reality here is that AB is the best analytical tool available. To get better documentation, Tomasz could 1) slow development of new features and bug fixes, 2) increase the cost of AB to cover the cost of hiring a tech writer, or 3) have the users help with the documentation. Me? I vote for 3.
One question, why write a post in MS Word and then copy it to Windows Live Writer? Why not use Windows Live Writer to write the whole thing? (I’ve never used WLW, so I don’t know its capabilities.)
Regards,
Dan.
p.s. When I was the President of the Board of Directors (BOD) of a condo association, I used this multiple times. During a BOD meeting, someone would stand up and complain. I’d say, “Excellent point! Thanks for volunteering to lead a study group to fix the problem. Gather some info, analyze it, and bring recommendations to the Board.” About 90% of the time the complainer would never bring it up again because it wasn’t worth their time (other than to complain). The other 10% of the time the complainer would actually do something valuable and get a real problem fixed. BS complaints died down and real issues got fixed.
-----Original Message-----
From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:24 AM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amibroker] AmiBroker Users' Knowledge Base
Hello,
As recently discussed a new project called "Users' Knowledge Base" (UKB for short)
has been created.
The site was created to save you time, raise your productivity, aid you in your Amibroker Formula Language (AFL) learning
experience, and help you become a more successful trader. Although this site is owned and operated by AmiBroker, its contents are
entirely contributed by users like you.
Check out the UKB at: http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/
For more information please read:
"About Users Knowledge Base":
http://www.amibroker.org/userkb/about-the-user's-knowledge-base/
and the other documents in the "Info" section of the UKB.
There is already lots of valuable material published by early contributors (Herman, Al and Brian) and I
would like to say big "THANK YOU" to them for the effort put into these great informational materials.
Please note that the site is intended to be live, evolving project, so it is NOT considered "complete"
and our intention is to add features and contents to it over time. There may be some quirks but ...
I think that it is ready-to-go as it is now. Enjoy!
Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
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