Re: I like the search keys, thanks, RE: How do you print under cygwin on w2k?

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 05:17:33PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
>At 08:38 AM 5/24/2001, David Starks-Browning wrote:
>>On Wednesday 23 May 01, Mark Keil writes:
>> > Thanks for the search keys, thay are a help.
>> > 
>> > I'd like to recommend that you seed a bunch of them into the FAQ
>> > 
>> > thanks again, Mark Keil
>>
>>Tell me what you want in there.
>>
>>Personally, I don't print under Cygwin, so I can't anticipate your
>>questions and answers.
>
>
>I'm not sure that it makes sense to generally just add a bunch of Q and A'a
>to the FAQ with search URLs.  Search URLs, IMO, are mechanism to teach folks 
>the way to search the archives and net for answers to questions they have, 
>common or not.  To me, this is a complimentary resource to the FAQ, not 
>fodder for it.  In that light, it might be worthwhile to add an entry in the 
>FAQ of the form:
>
>   Q. This FAQ doesn't answer my question.  Where can I find the answer?
>
>   A. The best option is to search the mailing list and/or the net for your
>      issue.  Search the Cygwin mail archives at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/
>      or use your favorite search engine (i.e. www.google.com) to search the
>      net.
>
>In terms of the issue about printing and the absence of lp/lpr, I suggest
>adding a specific entry here that provides some of the alternatives that
>have been mentioned in the email archives (i.e. bash aliases, script files,
>DOSisms, batch files).  Just my $.02.

I agree with this.  The FAQ should contain answers to questions, where possible,
not pointers to potential answers for questions.

cgf

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