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Re: I'll volunteer for the LEGO FAQ
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lugnet.faq
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Date:
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Sat, 24 Apr 1999 10:22:39 GMT
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Sproaticus (jsproat@geocities.com) wrote:
> 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]
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> Also:
> Subcategory: [subcategory depth 1]
> Subcategory: [subcategory depth 2]
> etc.
I don't think so. We should rather choose a separator for
category levels:
Category: [category] / [subcategory depth 1] / ...
> Plus, some kind of tags at the beginning and ending of each FAQ entry would
> make parsing it much easier IMO.
Makes sense.
> 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?
Lets use HTML. We can always use "lynx -dump" to generate
plain text from the HTML edition. It is much harder to go
the other way.
Play well,
Jacob
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| (...) Tags at the beginning and end of the file? That just makes processing more difficult, not easier. More syntax = more work. Less syntax = less work. I'm looking for a model with a simple but flexible design -- where individual collections Q&A (...) (27 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: I'll volunteer for the LEGO FAQ
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| (...) 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.* (...) (27 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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