ras@blade.UUCP (R.A. Schnitzler) (02/02/88)
Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.41.4 of Fri May 22 1987 on blade (berkeley-unix) How about someone with ftp and archive-server software setting up a self-serve database of commonly asked emacs (or other) questions and answers. Information on how to use it could be put in the new-users stuff, and could also be periodically reposted (it's not very long). Similar stuff could be done with more advanced questions as well as the simple ones; questions about bringing emacs up on various machines, etc, as well as the inevitable flow control question. Another section could contain user-contributed *.el packages. This might reduce the redundant postings to questions, thoughts, ideas, etc, that need group effort, attention, or exposure, saving the friendly experts from continually wading through and answering the same (important) questions. Someday, perhaps we chide people to "RTFM, CTFA (check the archives), *then* ask." -- So remember to 'Hang by your work, Ray Schnitzler and write if you get thumbs.' Bell Communication Research uucp: ...!bellcore!schnitz arpa: schnitz!bellcore.com
blume@netmbx.UUCP (Heiko Blume) (02/13/88)
sure a good idea ! that is, i will (hopefully) soon receive amacs (that emacs for apple //, laugh on that one if you like :-) which claims to have >99% emacs capa- bilities. i sure will run into standard problems/questions.... -- Heiko Blume # DOMAIN: blume@netmbx.UUCP Snailmail : # Telex : 183008 intro d Seekorso 29 # Phone : (+49 30) 365 55 71 or ... 365 75 01 D-1000 Berlin 22, West-Germany # Fax : (+49 30) 882 50 65