From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Org-FAQ request for full-text dump Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 08:54:36 +0200 Message-ID: <76FA42E8-B78F-4715-881B-558A419CB086@gmail.com> References: <87632swrjt.fsf@in-ulm.de> <87ocgk781m.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39947 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ODBGn-0004Qs-OH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 May 2010 02:54:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ODBGk-0000k1-GD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 May 2010 02:54:45 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f216.google.com ([209.85.219.216]:57097) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ODBGj-0000je-9x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 May 2010 02:54:42 -0400 Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so1021173ewy.8 for ; Fri, 14 May 2010 23:54:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ocgk781m.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Dan Davison Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On May 13, 2010, at 6:13 AM, Dan Davison wrote: > Benjamin Andresen writes: > >> Hello guys, >> >> quite often people ask question in the IRC-channel (#org-mode on >> freenode) which are answered in the FAQ. Now I personally find the >> org-faq very cumbersome to use, due to its javascript-interface that >> grabs keys. > > +1 > > The info.js HTML export is an excellent invention, but I don't think > it's right for the FAQ, at least not with the current setup. > Personally > I sometimes skim FAQs to get a sense of a project, and I think > visitors > should be able to scroll down / search in a familiar fashion to get > more > information. I think obliging random web visitors to use Info style > navigation by default is a bad idea. To be honest I've never read > anything in the FAQ because I can't easily skim it, and if I have a > specific question I look in the manual. > > In addition to a flat format, a possible better way to use info.js for > the FAQ would be in a "startup contents" mode, whereby all headings > and > questions are visible, but question answers are not. You can make your bookmark look like this: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php?VIEW=content - Carsten > > Dan > >> >> (Just a short thing: I'm faster with my native browser search >> functionality than with the interface that is used on org-faq.php >> >> In my browser it's: /color n n n N n >> >> vs. >> >> s color s RET s RET s RET and I don't even know how to jump back to a >> previous search results (also sometimes the first search doesn't even >> work, I have to do it twice, haven't investigated this further.)) >> >> Because of this I currently use the org-faq.org file locally and >> then grab the CUSTOM_ID and attach it to the org-faq.php link as an >> anchor. >> >> So my question is basically: Could we get a plain dump of the file? >> >> (I don't know who controls the export and I guess just copying the >> file >> and stripping out all the infoJS stuff is not the right way to do >> it.) >> >> br, >> benny >> >> Please don't take offense, I'm sure many other people like the infoJS >> interface, I just find it inefficient and mainly different from the >> way >> I search the web. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten