bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton) (08/03/86)
How can I communicate this message to posters in net.sources: When you post to net.sources, please include a one-page description of the program as the first thing in the file. It seems that well over half the postings in net.sources are like this: Subject: foo - part 1 # # Here is foo - enjoy! # cat <<FOO >foo.c /* * foo */ main(argc,argv) .......... ........... Or they start with the makefile, or a header, or at best troff source for the man page. I hate having to read through the whole article at 1200 baud to see what it is about. So, at the start of a net.sources article, please always place a page that says: 1) What the program does 2) Who it is for 3) What machines & systems it should run under And try and get as much as possible in the subject line. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont. (519) 884-7473