BlackBox guide for Dummies: Proposition

From: Wijck, Bart van <"Wijck,>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:25:03 +0100

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Hi All,

Quite a few times before the lack of a "how to" guide for BlackBox has been
if not a source of complaint, at least something that would be desirable to
fill. In particular this lack presents newcomers with a steep learning curve
and lots of experimenting, which from experience I can honestly say takes a
lot of perceverence. And even more experienced users have to cast about in
order to find answers to "How do I do that" or "How did I do that again".

As an answer (like I guess many other BlackBox users) I have put together
something of a personal guide to BlackBox. This is not an exalted document,
but it does contains a number of practical explanations, references and
"How to" answers. With some editing, expanding the structure, subjects and
concrete questions this would (I hope) make a good kick-off for a general
"The BlackBox guide for Dummies" (working title).

The idea is to throw this first attempt at the users group. It's easier I
hope to shoot at, amend, change etc. such an existing document than to start
completely from scratch. In the first instance the objective will be to
correct, expand and detail the outline (subjects, questions) rather than the
exact contents. Once we fix the outline, I hope we can start to fill, piece
by piece, the remaining contents. In short a community effort in which I
hope many people will contribute at least something over the coming period.
The resulting versions I hope to put on Helmut's site.

I'll happily play editor for the moment (under the rubric: If I understand
it, anyone can), but will equally happy cede this at any point to someone
more qualified.

Let me know if this is a good idea, plus any general ideas about the
contents (approach etc.) you'd like to propose at this stage.

Regards,

Bart

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