Add Black compatible configurations in documentation (#1366 & #1205) (#1371)

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@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ _Black_ is a well-behaved Unix-style command-line tool:
 - it only outputs messages to users on standard error;
 - exits with code 0 unless an internal error occurred (or `--check` was used).
 
+### Using _Black_ with other tools
+
+While _Black_ enforces formatting that conforms to PEP 8, other tools may raise warnings
+about _Black_'s changes or will overwrite _Black_'s changes. A good example of this is
+[isort](https://pypi.org/p/isort). Since _Black_ is barely configurable, these tools
+should be configured to neither warn about nor overwrite _Black_'s changes.
+
+Actual details on _Black_ compatible configurations for various tools can be found in
+[compatible_configs](./docs/compatible_configs.md).
+
 ### NOTE: This is a beta product
 
 _Black_ is already [successfully used](#used-by) by many projects, small and big. It
@@ -648,6 +658,9 @@ $ where black
 %LocalAppData%\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts\black.exe  # possible location
 ```
 
+Note that if you are using a virtual environment detected by PyCharm, this is an
+unneeded step. In this case the path to `black` is `$PyInterpreterDirectory$/black`.
+
 3. Open External tools in PyCharm/IntelliJ IDEA
 
 On macOS: