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Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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lugnet.faq
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Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:58:36 GMT
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(mattdm@mattdm)IHateSpam(.org)
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Robert Munafo <munafo@gcctech.com> wrote:
[snip]
> once the automatic formatter exists
[snip, snip; goodbye context]
So, there will be but does not currently exist a tool which extracts
messages from this newsgroup, checks for actual properly-formatted ones,
checks revision, and compiles a useful human-readable FAQ (in plain text
and/or html for web display)?
Where is the authoritative FAQ repository? Here?
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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 | | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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| This might not be my place to suggest, as I have not yet contributed anything, but is there some particular reason why we are custom designing out own thing, instead of using a standardized format which already has conversion tools, like Docbook? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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| (...) I have written a tool for my own uses which formats FAQ files on the hard disk. It does not, however, index, validate, searchify, or otherwise process the files for LUGNET consumption -- that'll be implemented by Todd or person(s) commissioned (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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| (...) Right, basically. One thing we were talking about a while back was using 'lynx --dump' to convert the source data (which includes minimal HTML markup) into ASCII for spitting out into the ng. (...) For right now, yes, but ultimately this group (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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| (...) Thanks, that would be great. The three parts I think I misunderstood are: 1. The question says "How do I format an entry for the Lugnet FAQ?" so naturally I assumed the answer would be in the form of a step-by-step how-to. Instead it's a terse (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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