RE: [Mingw-users] FAQ, HOWTO, tutorial [WAS: Wiki Restructuring]

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On 9:46:08 am 2005-09-06 Keith MARSHALL <kei...@to...> wrote:
> Julien Lecomte wrote:
> >  The problem before the change is that the HOWTOs, tutorials
> >  and simple Q/A HOWTOs were mixed together. I remember that to
> >  find answers to problems I would usually click each link to open
> >  it in a new tab.  I do realize that the problem now is that the
> >  FAQ seems bloated. I did (and still do) however plan to unbloat
> >  down to a minimum.
>
> The problem, from my POV, is not so much that the FAQ is bloated,
> but rather that I don't think a FAQ is the most intuitive point of
> reference from which to locate a HOWTO, or for that matter, a
> tutorial.
>

IMO, a FAQ should be a short Q&A with the answer pointing to other HOWTO,
tutorial or other documentation if necessary.  So in fact the FAQ then
becomes TOC for the rest of the documentation.

Earnie