Patrick Gundlach wrote: > We have to analyse the questions asked on the list. In my > opinion it does not make sens just to copy the question and the > correct answer and make a digest. This would not do any good, > because we then just have a mere copy of the mailinglist > (stripped down to the essentials, indeed)
> > More important is to "rate" the questions: > I agree with you. As Hans suggested, everybody could compile a QA for his particular case. But for a sensible faq - if we want it - one person will probably have to edit and sort them. > 1) is it a question to wich the answer can be found in the > manual? Then there is already a documentation for it and we do > not need to answer it again. Optimistic. > > 2) is it a question that has not yet been documented? Say for > example "how can I draw a line below the headline?". (I actually > do not know if this is in the manual). In this case, we (Hans :-> > ) should see this as an opportunity to add a few lines to the > manual, so the next time this questions will not be asked again. > > 3) a questions that is related to the installation. For example > the texhash or mktexlsr thing. Or the cont-sys.ori/cont-sys.tex > stuff. I think these are worth being documented in some extra > document. > > 4) bug reports. We do not need to collect them, since one hour > later 96% of them are already fixed. Just search the archive if > you have some trouble. > > 5) Questions regarding fonts/encodings. Yuck. I have no clue what to do > with them. There is really something that has to be done. I know > that there is are docs. But there are a many questions on the > list concerning this subject. > > 6) request for improvements. They are probably documented in > Hans' privat todo list... I there a need to collect them? I > think yes. > > 7) Questions like "How can this feature xyz (just think of gb's > indefinate long page that got cut off after each chapter) be > achieved? These questions are often very esoteric. But imho they > are worth being collected. > > So what is my conclusion? Ignore some questions, improve the > documentation where necessary, collect some stuff for an extra > doc. We do not need an faq. > > > > > > Viele Gr��e, > > Patrick Gundlach > > > >
