[Webfunds-commits] html/guide custom.html

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 13:03:04 -0400 (AST)

iang        00/12/08 13:03:04

  Modified:    guide    custom.html
  Log:
  review!

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RCS file: /home/webfunds/cvsroot/html/guide/custom.html,v
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--- custom.html	2000/12/05 20:50:48	1.1
+++ custom.html	2000/12/08 17:03:04	1.2
@@ -27,20 +27,33 @@
 distributions are encouraged to change these.
 </p>
 
+<h2><a name="additional_contracts">Additional Contracts</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+Additional contracts can be supplied with each distribution.
+The best place to put them is in the top directory, as that
+is where the Contract Browser starts up its File Explorer
+dialog.
+</p>
+
 <h2><a name="trader_contracts">Trader Contracts</a></h2>
 
 <p>
-The Systemics Trader plugin has a similar
-additional feature.  When an account is
+The Systemics Trader plugin has a
+feature similar to the default contracts
+described above.  When an account is
 created, within the Trader wallet, a list
 of contracts is read from the
 <code>market.loc</code>
 contract file.  This latter is located
-within the plugin directory.
+within the plugin directory
+(like
+<code>plugins/Trader/Trader-1.0.5</code>
+but details differ).
 </p>
 
 <p>
-This file can specifiy the default "money"
+This file can specify the default "money"
 contract, and any traded contracts that are
 traded against that money.  For example,
 </p>
@@ -58,10 +71,18 @@
 (<code>Glitter</code> in the above example)
 there would be a new section, named after that money,
 that would list the currently active books
-(<code>pints of beer</code>).  So, when the
+(<code>pints of beer</code>).
+</p>
+
+<p>
+So, when the
 account is first created, Trader will automatically
 add <code>Glitter</code> as the first (money) Contract,
-and <code>pints of beer</code> as the traded Contracts.
+and <code>pints of beer</code> as a Contract traded
+against the <code>Glitter</code> money.
+(More traded contracts will be added to the above
+list as more test contracts are written and used
+by WebFunds supporters.)
 </p>
 
 <p>






