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Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
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lugnet.faq
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Fri, 7 May 1999 01:20:21 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > One example purpose that an exclude might serve could be saying from the top
> > level that everything is included by default, but the .off-topic hierarchy
> > is excluded by default. That seems simpler to me than having each entry in
> > the .off-topic hierarchy state that it doesn't go into the root (below some
> > threshold).
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> What you're talking about sounds more like an inherited directory filter
> than a header exclude.
OK, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I guess I still don't understand
what you mean by the include mechanism for headers. I'll have to go back
and read the threads more carefully...
> Hmmm, could this be solved by placing a token file
> at strategic spots in the directory structure?
Maybe; but it wouldn't allow specialized collections/packagings of arbitrary
subtrees, would it? Hmm. Hmm. For example, one packaging of the data
might produce a top-level faq to be displayed from the root homepage -- it
would probably contain an outline of everything but contain little or no
off-topic stuff. Another completely different packaging of the data -- say,
something for posting to RTL -- might include everything but nix the .off-
topic, the .admin, and the .loc trees. There are probably lots of other
"mix & match" examples...
--Todd
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 | | Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
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| (...) Here's a rough sketch: File A has these headers: Flarn: Gook Cheeseball: Snorkle Include: B Include: C File B has these headers: Flarn: Gobbledegook Slack: Snafu Snarf: Quest File C has these headers: Flarn: Vorlon Snarf: Wormy Queen: Keep (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Working sketch of FAQ item data format
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| (...) What you're talking about sounds more like an inherited directory filter than a header exclude. Hmmm, could this be solved by placing a token file at strategic spots in the directory structure? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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