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 Git for summerstudent project on evolution of open cluster (see project description)
 
-# TODO: 
+A manual to run the code and get output in correct format is present: `nbody6_quick_guide.md`.
+
+
+
+# TODO list: 
 - [ ] Get nbody6 working and get to know the code
-  - [ ]  Make appointment with max and go through things
+  - [x]  Make appointment with max and go through things
 - [ ] Make it fairly easy for the student to work with nbody6
   - [ ] make output scripts
   - [ ] Create environment to run things on. i.e. go to IT
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 - [x] Write up a more solid form of the project description
 - [ ] Stay in contact with Mark and Fabio, keep them in the loop of any further advice. Also discuss with them semi regularly about the topic. 
 
+
+- [] Create quickstart manual for us
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+# Quick guide to running nbody6++
+
+## prerequisites/documents/scripts:
+* This doc
+* nbody6++\_manual.pdf
+* nbody6++ itself:
+* readout script: 
+* config generator script: `python_scripts_for_nbody6/nbody6_config_generator.py`
+
+## Tutorial
+### Set up config
+We will go through the configuration file, and what all the variables mean, but they are also described in nbody6++\_manual.pdf. 
+
+The formatting for the config file is very plain, but I have created a script to generate the config files called `python_scripts_for_nbody6/nbody6_config_generator.py`
+
+### To run the code:
+To run a simulation we must pass the config file to the executable of nbody6++. 
+
+```
+/vol/ph/astro_code/dhendriks/nbody6/ < "full path to configuration file."
+```
+
+Based on the input configuration this file will run until it gets terminated (by the code or  by you). 
+
+### Reading out the 
+
+
+
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