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Re: I'll volunteer for the LEGO FAQ
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lugnet.faq
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Fri, 23 Apr 1999 18:16:04 GMT
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jsproat@AVOIDSPAMgeocities.com
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) wrote:
> > For example, maybe one file for each question, formatted like so:
> >
> > Newsgroups: [list of newsgroups (wildcards permitted) that this question
> > and its answer would appear in]
> > Subject: [this is the question]
> > Category: [named section; further modifies section implied by newsgroup]
Also:
Subcategory: [subcategory depth 1]
Subcategory: [subcategory depth 2]
etc.
Plus, some kind of tags at the beginning and ending of each FAQ entry would
make parsing it much easier IMO.
e.g. (1):
<FAQENTRY>
Newsgroups: lugnet.market.*
Category: Auction & Shipping
Subcategory: Awareness
Subject: You mean I can get money for my old LEGO®?
Yes, absolutely -- anything that says LEGO® on it.
[quote snipped]
Sell your old LEGO® and you will be rewarded. But don't sell it to the first
bloke who offers you $10 for it -- seek out the people who seek what you
have, and both of you are winners.
</FAQENTRY>
I'm kind of split on whether to use HTML within the text. The plus = better
formatting on a Web page. The minus = worse formatting when converted into
plain text. Will this be an HTML-only FAQ?
> We also need:
> Content-Language: [ISO 639 language code]
Very good idea Jacob. I suspect that we could possibly siphon some helpers
from the ldraw.org project for translation.
> > [blank line]
> > [body - this is the answer to the question]
Cheers,
- jsproat
1. Quote from the rec.toys.lego Auction & Shipping FAQ by Todd Lehman:
http://www.lugnet.com/fibblesnork/lego/guide/auction/
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental. It keeps me out of the loony bin."
obconspiracy: The Smithsonian Institute strives with the Boy Scouts of
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| (...) Separate files would make it even easier to parse. Also easier for editing, maintenance, and division of labor. Plenty simple to organize the individual translations using ISO 639 suffixes too, just like webpages, because then you can 'grep' (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: I'll volunteer for the LEGO FAQ
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| (...) I don't think so. We should rather choose a separator for category levels: Category: [category] / [subcategory depth 1] / ... (...) Makes sense. (...) Lets use HTML. We can always use "lynx -dump" to generate plain text from the HTML edition. (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: I'll volunteer for the LEGO FAQ
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| Todd Lehman (lehman@javanet.com) wrote: [...] (...) Should I reformat the LDraw FAQ in the way you indicate below and post it here? [...] (...) We also need: Content-Language: [ISO 639 language code] (most of the ldraw.org content is going to be (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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