Re: [Condor-users] any submit file generators

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 5, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Ryan Lewis wrote:

> > Is there anything in particular you'd like to have automated,
> > or made easier that a GUI might deliver vs. Emacs/vi/Notepad?
>
> The reason why I want it is for researchers I support who don't want
> learn how to use Condor, they just want to get there research done.
> Alternatively they may want to "learn by doing" such a tool would let
> them do that without having to open up a manual.

I realize this isn't quite what you've asked, but I've had very good  
results with giving people a basic, skeletal submit file that they can  
use as a starting point.  Usually once they see a working example the  
light goes on and the rest of the documentation is much clearer to them.

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David Brodbeck
System Administrator, Linguistics
University of Washington