From 1354fc63407b1f2674c8503da799259558fdbf0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vermeul <swen@ethz.ch>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 10:55:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] revised README

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 README.md | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f46f06..103f79d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ If you haven't done yet: download the latest jupyter-openbis-extension from pip.
 pip install --upgrade jupyter-openbis-extension
 ```
 
+## Create a configuration file
 
-
-
-**Create a configuration file**: `~/.jupyter/openbis-connections.yaml` It should contain connection information to your server(s), for example:
+This step is not really necessary, as you can define openBIS connections within the Jupyter notebook. However, if you need to connect to the same openBIS connections many times, this will become convenient. 
+Create a file `openbis-connections.yaml`. It should contain connection information to your server(s), for example:
 
 ```
 connections:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ connections:
 ```
 **Note  1**: You do not need neither username nor password. With the current version, you are able to enter username and password directly from within a Jupyter notebook.
 
-**Note 2**: You can place this file in any of these directories (on Mac OS X):
+**Note 2**: Place this file in any of these directories (on Mac OS X):
 
 ```
 /Users/your_username/jupyter-openbis-extension/notebooks
@@ -52,29 +52,27 @@ The `config` section from the output lists the directories where your `openbis-c
 
 ## Launching Jupyter notebook
 
-Now you are **ready to launch jupyter notebook!**
+Now you are ready to launch Jupyter notebook:
 
 ```
-$ jupyter notebook
+$ jupyter notebook --no-browser
 ```
-Observe the terminal. It should tell you which server(s) have been successfully connected (and which not):
+Observe the terminal. It should tell you which server(s) have been registered.  If you provided a password, it will try to connect:
 
 ```
 $ jupyter notebook
 Registered: https://localhost:8443
-Cannot establish connection to: https://localhost:8443
+Successfully connected to: https://localhost:8443
 Registered: https://openbis.example.com
-Successfully connected to: https://openbis.example.com
 ```
-**Congratulations!** You can retry non-successful connections later, directly from the GUI.
-
+**Congratulations!** You can retry non-successful connections later, directly from the GUI. Copy the the URL given in the output and paste it in your browser. You might also just start Jupyter without the `--no-browser` option.
 
 ## Uninstall Jupyter extension
 
 ```
-jupyter serverextension disable --py jupyter-openbis-extension
-jupyter nbextension disable --py jupyter-openbis-extension --user
-jupyter nbextension uninstall --py jupyter-openbis-extension --user
+$ jupyter serverextension disable --py jupyter-openbis-extension
+$ jupyter nbextension disable --py jupyter-openbis-extension --user
+$ jupyter nbextension uninstall --py jupyter-openbis-extension --user
 ```
 This should remove the registrations in the paths listed by the 
 
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