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Re: Format of FAQ items
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lugnet.faq
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Sat, 24 Apr 1999 16:57:59 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, Todd Lehman writes:
> What about an outline format? I made a cool little utility that displays,
> in outline format, any sub-tree of the global ng tree...so from any category
> sub-homepage you can see what's there beneath it -- especially handy for
> things like loc groups and CAD and market and robotics, etc. Maybe that
> would be nice for the FAQ too.
You mean like a master Table of Contents? Sure, okay. Question" How
cautious do we want to get about creeping featuritis? :-,
> In lugnet.faq, jsproat@geocities.com (Sproaticus) writes:
> > We could make finding starter questions easier by using an "expertise
> > level" tag, e.g.:
> > Subject: Why won't LDraw work?
> > Expertise-Level: Beginner
> Hmm, that would work great to limit the scope of the "include." So the
> "include" mechanism could, at runtime when the FAQs are created, include
> everything matching up through a specified (parameterized) threshold?
Yep.
> Probably would be safer though to go with simple numeric values instead of
> strings and call the header something like Topic-Depth or Topic-Level...
Oh, yeah. Integers are better for an enumerated value.
> Say, the index file could also snarf up ("include") other sub-FAQs simply by
> giving their directory name -- just like you would list a filename.
If you want to write the code for it, sure. :-,
> OK, so let's see... Since the
> include mechanism is necessary (it's too juicy and useful not to have) and
> since the include mechanism can do everything (and more) that the Location
> mechanism did, I don't think we need the Location mechanism.
I don't agree. The Location header is still useful in cases where Include
wouldn't be appropriate. For example, to allow Vancouver into the Washington
state area -- you don't want to slurp Canada-specific headers into Washington
state, but you'd still want some mechanism to note the geographic proximity.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) Yes & no. 'Yes' in that a master TOC would/could appear. But 'no' in that the master TOC would just be a special case of a general-purpose sub- hierarchy TOC, which just happens to start at the top. I built one of these just for fun a couple (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) What about an outline format? I made a cool little utility that displays, in outline format, any sub-tree of the global ng tree...so from any category sub-homepage you can see what's there beneath it -- especially handy for things like loc (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.faq)
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