In the same message I also mentioned that I was writing on a new FaqTool
named FaqWare, this is now open for beta-testers.
At the present I use it for all FAQ's. At the present 4, 4 more to come,
I would not have started on the 4 other without this FaqTool in my hand.
Why I wrote it ? It's nothing wrong with JIK's post_faq, but it did not
suit my needs. Nor did I fancy they way it worked, but that is me.
Instead of pointing out the differeneces between my FaqWare and JIK's
post_faq, I'm gonna write how my FaqWare works:
- FaqWare read all info it needs from a file.
This file is actulay the "source" for the FAQ. The file also contains
statements on how the FAQ will be presented.
- FaqWare can be run from cron.
- FaqWare maintains a database over used Message-Id's.
- FaqWare uses either inews or NNTP directly when posting.
By using NNTP directly it's also possible to see any errormessage the
NNTP server gives back.
- FaqWare makes it easy to *maintain* the FAQ by:
- Inclusion of other files / output by other programs.
- Making references to arbitary questions.
- Moving questions around will aslo update the index of questions.
Stuff to come in the "real" release:
- Support for multi-parts FAQ's.
- Support for multi-faq's (a series of FAQ's).
- Support for "FAQ-MUX'ing", that is you may run FaqWare every nite and
it will then post a given FAQ on a given date given in the MUX-file.
If you want to beta-test, you may email me.
\Ruben.
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