Re: FAQ formats (was: Perl HTML conversion script)

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Nancy McGough (nancym@ii.com)
Thu, 25 May 1995 07:05:23 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 25 May 1995, Chris Lewis wrote:
> } Does anyone here use digest ? (should I be using it ?)
>
> Fully RFC1153-compliant digest is _ugly_. And almost nobody uses it for
> FAQs.

I use it and I think I'm fully RFC1153 compliant. I'd appreciate
feedback on the look of my FAQs (are they ugly?), which are
accessible from:

http://www.jazzie.com/ii/writing.html

> I may be biased, but, unless you're assuming that your entire audience is
> using MIME or HTML capable newsreaders, I think the minimal format given
> is the best bang for the buck.

I completely agree! I have lots of info about writing FAQs, including
info on digest format, at my "Finding and Writing FAQs and Periodic
Postings" at:

http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs.html

Please send me suggestions for improving it!

-Nancy

PS - I have a terminology question about the different formats of
each of my FAQs. Right now I use these terms:
* `plain text' is what I post
* `flat hypertext' is what the Netherlands FAQ server gives
* `hypertext with hyper TOC' is what the Ohio FAQ server gives

But I'm not sure I like the terms I'm using for the hypertext
versions, especially `hypertext with hyper TOC' - anyone have
a suggestion? Maybe something like `exploded hypertext'? Thnx.

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