[asterisk-users] A worth reading Tutorial for Asterisk Hardware and software configuration

[ABBAS SHAKEEL]

Thank you very much Steve. Thanks for the in detail recommendations. I will
make  modifications and let you know.


On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 5 May 2012, ABBAS SHAKEEL wrote:
>
>  I wrote this article for making the things easy for newbies Please have a
>> look and let me know if you suggest some thing.
>>
>
>  Please have a look and suggest changes
>>   http://younewplanet.com/**index.php/articles/2012-**
>> articles-2/asterisk-**configuration-step-by-step<http://younewplanet.com/index.php/articles/2012-articles-2/asterisk-configuration-step-by-step>
>>
>
> 1) I don't see anything in the article that requires 'at least university
> level programming experience.'
>
> 2) Using shading and colors to highlight 'code' makes the article hard to
> read and I suspect printing may render it useless. How about if you offset
> the code sections using font (which you already do), indentation, and
> consistent application of whitespace between code and text?
>
> 3) Did you intend to install most of the prerequisite packages with '-v'
> instead of '-y?'
>
> 4) You should be consistent in your choice of font and font attributes in
> your text.
>
> 5) You should 'proof' your article for consistent and correct whitespace
> and capitalization.
>
> 6) You should have your article read by someone whose primary language is
> English. I commend you for doing a better job than I could in any language
> other that English, but the article does not 'read' well.
>
> 7) The inclusion of a loop-back connector is a nice touch.
>
> 8) In the 'Sound Files Conversion and Usage' section, you say 'Wav (this
> is not the wav files that we play in windows it have a different
> compression).'
>
> I think you are referring to WAV49. The WAV files I use ('RIFF
> (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, mono 8000 Hz')
> play fine on Windows and Linux. If I remember correctly, WAV49 uses GSM
> which confuses most Windows sound programs.
>
> 9) In the shell snippet to convert sound files, you use backticks to
> substitute the file type. This method creates 3 processes. You can
> accomplish this using shell parameter expansion without creating any
> additional processes. For example
>
>        sox "$a" "${a%.wav}.sln"
>
> Note that this method will not be confused by a file named 'test.wav.wav'
> either.
>
> 10) You should present your 'Abbreviations' section in alphabetical order.
>
> I did not attempt to review most of the article for technical merit. I
> suspect the inclusion of Java AGIs and storing CDRs in a database are
> outside the interest of 'newbies' and warrant articles of their own.
>
> --
> Thanks in advance,
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Best Regards
Shakeel Abbas
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