SQR-USERS FAQ

[Ray Ontko <rayo@ONTKO.COM>]

Wayne, Adam, Nathan, et al,

Has anyone had direct experience with "faq-o-matic"?  This is a
web/cgi application which allows a group of users to create a
self-service faq.  I think it has features that allow people to
volunteer as editors/moderators for certain areas (e.g., PeopleSoft,
Image Printing, SQRUG/SQR-USERS, etc.), and mechanisms for end-users
to provide feedback to the answers given.

For an example of a faq-o-matic, visit the one for the Debian/GNU
Linux project:

   http://www.debian.org/fom/1.html

Follow the link "About this FAQ" if you're curious about how
FAQ-o-Matic works, what moderators do, etc.

My questions:

1) Should we try to set something like this up for SQR-USERS?

2) Does anyone have a suggested outline for FAQ topics/questions?

3) Are there any volunteers to serve as editors/moderators
   for specific areas?

Ray

> I raised the prospect of an FAQ with Nathan Stratton Treadway (one of the
> maintainers of this list and the sqrug web site) some time ago and he said
> he would be happy to have one but hadn't had time to put one together
> himself.  As it turned out I haven't had time either, but if you want to
> take the ball - run with it.  From memory Nathan said once compiled he would
> put such a document on the sqrug web site.
>
> Wayne Ivory
> Information Services
> Iluka Resources Limited
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dray, Adam [mailto:Adam.Dray@PHH.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, 2 September 1999 02:24
> To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject: Re: Call System Question
>
>
> [Stephen Ratliff <stephenratliff@hotmail.com> asks how to make a
>  Windows directory using CALL SYSTEM...]
>
> Search the archives for this one.  It's a frequently asked question.
> Probably under the key words 'CALL SYSTEM' and 'command'.  The
> solution involves grabbing COMSPEC to determine the proper command
> shell invocation, then calling it with /C to execute the command.
>                                ---
> On the topic of frequently asked questions, is there a convenient
> place one could archive a FAQ list if there were such a thing?  I'm
> considering compiling a list of FAQs for the list.
>
> I've been on the list for maybe three months, and I've seen a handful
> of questions fly by more than a dozen times:
>   * How do you get off this list?
>   * How do you make a system call?
>   * How do you print/convert graphics?
>   * How do you print on both sides of the paper?
>

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