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Re: FYI: HTML targets in "Smart Questions"


On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 02:22:11PM -0700, Dario Alcocer wrote:
>FYI:
>
>I'm not sure if everyone realized this (I know *I* didn't until
>this afternoon), but the HTML source of Eric Raymond's "How to Ask
>Questions the Smart Way" actually has HTML targets that you can use
>to refer to specific sections directly.
>
>So, rather than wasting time trying to answer a non-smart question,
>we would be better off referring the requester to a specific section
>of Raymond's document using the named targets.
>
>An example:
>
>  Q. "Can I perform a directory recursion with grep? PLEASE HELP ME
>     NOW!! I'M STUCK!!!"
>
>  A. "See: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#AEN214
>     (first paragraph.)"

Actually, I suspect that most people who post here would benefit from
reading the whole page.  In fact, they should read it several times.

cgf

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