On Friday 23 April 2004 07:55 am, tmpm wrote: > Might I humbly request someone, somewhere in the community establish a > "dummies guide to asterisk" kind of site, that explains in detail what the > cryptic scripts actually do, line by line. > The Wiki is helpful, but unless you were in on the movie from the first > part, the scene discussions are moot. > > I know it's a hard stretch for a lot of you who are experts at this, to > accommodate the new users. > Some explanations as to what each line IS and what it does might be > helpful...man, IF I could get mine working (and its for lack of time > presently, Im sure the scripts Ive been sent will eventually work) I'd be > happy to write something to help people get a simple solution to get it > talking so they would be interested in exploring further....to look at the > test scripts, is a exercise in futility (IMHO). I dont say this lightly, I > worked commercial switches and SS7 for years...but Im still going DUH....Im > sure Ill eventually master it, but I sincerely believe we need some real * > 101 instructional stuff....one of these days Im sure the light will switch > on, and I'll say I wonder how I didn't get it, just like you are in that > position now. > > This is NOT a criticism, please dont take it that way...its merely a > suggestion for easing the transition into understanding, and thus sparking > interest in further exploration and hopefully a greater user base. As a not-quite-so-newbie on the brink of understanding the hugeness of Asterisk, I am greatly compelled to agree with everything written above.
BTW - I contributed to the Wikki on more than a few occasions when I _finally_ had an epiphany understanding Asterisk, and I plan to do so more in the future. Anon _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
