Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 13:32:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Problems with DJGPP V2.01 - atof() function
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On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Alaric B. Williams wrote:

> Incidentally, I wonder if it would be a good idea to split the FAQ
> into "getting started", "reference", and "advanced" sections or
> something like that?

I'm not sure.  Making 3 documents will sure increase the probability that 
our John Doe won't have the one he needs when he needs it.  The FAQ (in 
all 3 formats) is only 360KB compressed; I don't think this is *that* 
much to download.

> One could download them as they were needed, and
> being in smaller sections, searches would be easier (it's a hash table
> on "problem complexity" :-)

Are the searches that complicated?  The FAQ has 2 large and elaborate
indices at its end; I expect people to use them to search for what they
are after.  If that is not enough, I could think about more efficient ways
to index the FAQ.  But I need user feedback about how people search and
what their experiences are; obviously, I'm not the person to return such a
feedback to myself, since I remember too well what's in there to be able
to find it using Less or fgrep.  So I'd like to take this opportunity to
ask people to give me that feedback, especially if they think that the
indices and the table of contents aren't efficient enough.