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At 12:02 03/10/99 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
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>Given that the full reply to a non-trivial question is usually quite
>long (see the average length of each section in the FAQ), and that a
>non-full reply runs a risk of missing cricual details, could you
>please tell why this is not a good policy, and how can it be made
>better?
>
Eli,

I also participate in a Brazilian newsgroup about C/C++ (in fact it include
Java, but this is OT :-) ) which, you should surmise it is in Portuguese.

When questions about DJGPP appear, I attempt to answer them in our native
language and if it is a FAQ I direct people to the DJGPPFAQ.

I received a sugestion to put a link in the replies with the URL of the
pertinent FAQ section in the web, because some of the new users did not
(still) d/l'd the (info or other format) FAQ.

There were mixed feelings for some have to ask precisely because they have
trouble with foreing languages, but otherwise it seems it is a very good idea.

Let me know what do you think, or perhaps we could discuss this in the
list/NG so we standarize on this?

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Cesar