In my humble non-programmer's opinion, the help pages do not explain the terms in a simple to understand way. I also think that more examples should be included. The sample that are given are great, but I have found that sometimes a sample for what I need is not there. The links are to code that is too complicated for a beginner to understand. It seems that when I have a problem and when I actually can find the help page that I am looking to find, the explanation is written for a programmer and doesn't help me understand. Sometimes the samples help, but when I need more and go to the links, I cannot understand how it works.
Luckily, the people in this forum have been a tremendous help. I still had to have the code written for me, but I was able to write a simple code to show what I wanted to accomplish. Thanks, Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: lou To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:58 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: The best way to help newbies, oldies, ... and AmiBroker ... Fred - If you'll pardon a "beginner's" comments, It really doesn't matter where Brian or Allan want to go only that they can go where ever they want. To do that they (and I) need to be able to find and understand the existing tools. To use the "Tooltips" example, I would not have been able to find the information given by TJ and would still be wondering why the check box didn't work (and still am). This has been a problem since the beginning of AB but the program itself changes so fast that by the time a manual is written, it is outdated. Don't know what the answer is, hope you do. Guess it is time for some creative thought. regards, lou howard =========================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Tonetti To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:28 AM Subject: RE: [amibroker] Re: The best way to help newbies, oldies, ... and AmiBroker ... Brian / Allan, While I'm not particularly fond of answering questions with questions the reality is that in order for anyone to answer questions like the very general one you posted they'd need to know where it is you are trying to go . If you've read Howard's book and that isn't in the direction you want to go i.e. system design and testing then what direction do you want to go in ? Are you a visual type i.e. are you only interested in indicators and line drawing capabilities etc ? or ? Fred ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of matrix10014 Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [amibroker] Re: The best way to help newbies, oldies, ... and AmiBroker ... Brian, Thank you for simply cutting to the chase.Until the AFL issue is adequately addressed,a large percentage of us wil be caught in an enedless data loop. Allan "What I am saying is that I think we are making it harder by not admitting that it is a programmers program and just getting on with teaching AFL. I came to realise it is all about programming - specifically AFL. So, if I do want to get on with it where do I go" > > > brian_z > > > > > --- In [email protected], "brian_z111" <brian_z111@> wrote: > > > > Herman, > > > > >I always figured that sticking with AFL would have provided a more > > >continuous path for users to develop their programming expertise. > > > > This is a new point, not really discussed much before, I think. > > > > I really don't know how to put it in words but you are so right. > > > > Tomasz should be proud of me because if I am a programmer at all I > am > > an array programmer...... but sometimes I am left reaching for AFL? > > > > Perhaps there are conventions that people with 2 or more > programming > > languages automatically understand? > > > > Do I have to go and learn C++ as well. > > > > Should I need too? > > > > brian_z > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 535 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now!
