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Re: FYI: HTML targets in "Smart Questions"
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:37:21 -0400
- Subject: Re: FYI: HTML targets in "Smart Questions"
- References: <20020719142211.A31717@ns.helixdigital.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
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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