what ever happened to faq-o-matic? wouldn't that be better for this
sort of thing? I agree with Bob that the mailing list archives are
easy to search.
Samir M. Nassar wrote:
> One of the mailing lists I am on has a tip harvester.
>
> You start a tip <tip> and end it </tip> and it gets culled and posted.
>
> This could be beneficial when it comes to looking up info, or things
> that are hard to do.
>
> I am pretty sure that one can modify it so that it doesn't use mark-up
> style brackets.
>
> example:
>
> tip::start {author:dangergelder; subject: linux newbies;}
> Linux newbies need to be seen, but not heard.
> tip::end
>
> This also makes for an interesting comodity; people who ask too many
> questions or favours need to maintain a high tip to posting ratio.
>
> Which by that standard, has me owing about 235 tips.
>
> Samir
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