From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Procedure for changing the FAQ Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:44:04 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <7680-Wed23Apr2003121503+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> <1438-Wed23Apr2003230638+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051188434 20753 80.91.224.249 (24 Apr 2003 12:47:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:47:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 24 14:47:13 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 198g89-0005OV-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:47:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 198gEN-0003U5-00 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:53:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198g7d-0004Ak-08 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:46:41 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 198g73-0003zF-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:46:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 198g6y-0003pH-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:46:00 -0400 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([217.13.230.178] helo=yxa.extundo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 198g5D-0002fg-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3OCi407023285 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:44:05 +0200 Original-To: Eli Zaretskii Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030424:eliz@elta.co.il:a8e39aede2060bc9 X-Hashcash: 0:030424:eliz@elta.co.il:a8e39aede2060bc9 X-Payment: hashcash 1.2 0:030424:emacs-devel@gnu.org:d2a252fd9b7839d7 X-Hashcash: 0:030424:emacs-devel@gnu.org:d2a252fd9b7839d7 In-Reply-To: <1438-Wed23Apr2003230638+0300-eliz@elta.co.il> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:06:39 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13424 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13424 "Eli Zaretskii" writes: >> Should a FAQ be posted to gnu.emacs.help on a regular basis? I know a >> lot of newsgroups that regularly post FAQ lists. > > I think the Emacs FAQ is way too large for this. (Reuven Lerner used > to post the FAQ regularly in several parts, but I always found that to > be annoying.) One approach is to post the table of contents, with a link to the complete FAQ, on a regular basis.