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--- blocks:app-note:start [2021-08-30 06:46] – mattias
+++ blocks:app-note:start [2026-10-07 12:47] (current) – admin
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 ====== General setup application notes ======
-Blocks application notes make it easy to try out features, hone your Blocks skills and learn best practice. Follow these general steps to use most application notes:
+Application notes lets you try out features, hone your Blocks skills and learn best practice. Follow these general steps to use most application notes:
   - Download a .zip file containing the application note files.
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 :!: If you don't already have a configuration file in your home directory, you can download this {{:blocks:app-note:start:pixilab-blocks-config.yml.zip|generic configuration file}}.
-To open a display spot in your own browser with a server running on the same computer, use the standard Blocks spot url:
+To open a test display spot using your computer's browser with a server running on the same computer, use the standard Blocks spot url:
 <code>http://localhost:8080/spot</code>
-If you need more that one display spot, a queryparameter can be addad to the URL like this:
+If you need more that one display spot, a query parameter can be addad to the URL like this:
 <code>http://localhost:8080/spot?display=1</code>
-You can add several displays in this way. Make sure all the browser windows uses unique URLs, else the display spot will misbehave. An indication that dupicates exist is if the connection status indicator flashes in the editor.
+You can add any number of "fake displays" in this way. Make sure all the browser windows use display numbers, or the spot/window will misbehave (indicated by the connection status indicator of the display spot flashing in the editor).
-Replace localhost:8080 with your server IP or domain name if the server is located on the network.
+Replace localhost:8080 with your server's IP or domain name if the server is accessed over the network.
-Most application notes also require that you re-assign the Display Spot used in the example to a display or browser window of your choice. Do so by double clicking the Display Spot in the editor and select your spot's ID under "Re-assign to Display Spot".
+You must most likely reassigned any Display Spots used in the application note to your fake display windows by double clicking the Display Spot in the editor and selecting your spot's ID under "Re-assign to Spot ID".