From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Davison Subject: Re: Org-FAQ request for full-text dump Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 00:13:57 -0400 Message-ID: <87ocgk781m.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> References: <87632swrjt.fsf@in-ulm.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36844 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OCPoH-00030s-4e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCPoE-0007ce-4G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:09 -0400 Received: from markov.stats.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.210.1]:39858) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OCPoD-0007b6-Tj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87632swrjt.fsf@in-ulm.de> (Benjamin Andresen's message of "Thu, 13 May 2010 02:53:26 +0200") 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: Benjamin Andresen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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. 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