*SIGH* The Google Groups Pages editor can't handle the preformatted stuff, it makes a TOTAL pig's breakfast of it when you go back in. I really wanted people to be able to directly edit the FAQ-in-progress, but for now here's a link to the static draft:
HTML: http://www.crowdersoftware.com/tjc/ptemp/prototype.faq.html Markdown: http://www.crowdersoftware.com/tjc/ptemp/prototype.faq.text Post Markdown diffs to this thread and I'll incorporate them as/when I can. -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com On Jun 21, 2:30 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, folks, I've made a start on it. Very draft, and most of the > credit for real content goes to Kangax. I've posted a copy for > collaboration purposes only as a page on this group: > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs/web/collaboration... > > It's in Markdown format. > > Input and editing very welcome indeed. I didn't do the collect-all- > the-links-at-the-end because you either A) Uses numbers, and > inevitably spend unnecessary time renumbering, or B) Use symbolic > names, which interfere with the text. Most of the time I just opted > for inline links instead. > > Looking at this, we should probably resurrect the "two FAQs" idea, one > on prototypejs.org consisting of the first five sections of this > thing, and one on the new group that members can edit which is the > "Common Questions and Answers" section. I think this was suggested by > someone, and then for some reason we went away from it, but doing it > brought home to me that there is a clear line of delineation. > -- > T.J. Crowder > tj / crowder software / com > > On Jun 20, 9:22 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I've been chatting with Tobie about this and about moving the group, > > both of which he and Core are really supportive of. > > > He's very keen that the FAQ be on prototypejs.org, which for the > > moment means that in order to add to / correct it we have to email one > > of the core committers with changes (in markdown format), and they'll > > update the website. Tobie's committed to taking on doing those > > updates if we send them to him. (As you know from my comments in this > > thread, I would prefer something less locked-down and more community- > > managed and I've made that point again, but apparently there have been > > recent issues on that which I'm not privy to the details of -- e.g., > > this isn't random authoritarianism.) Obviously if we want to, we can > > have our own unofficial users FAQ on the group as well. There are > > pros and cons to having two different FAQs. FWIW, I'd recommend we > > start out with one (which would be more than we have now!) and only do > > a second one if we can come up with a clear distinction between the > > two. > > > So kangax and I are putting together a quick first take. Right now > > the ball is in my court, he's already done his part (see the link > > earlier in this thread) so as soon as I can get an hour or two > > together I'll take his stuff, Tobie's suggested layout, kangax's > > additions to that, and my own thoughts and ideas and put together a > > v0.1. I'll post that here for comment/discussion/"oh my god, man, > > what are you thinking, this is terrible!"/whatever. ;-) > > -- > > T.J. Crowder > > tj / crowder software / com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
