From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/948 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: searchable mail archives Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:53:14 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <37F081FA.A619CD94@wxs.nl> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035391789 28527 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 16:49:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:49:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Context List Original-To: Matthew.Baker@gmd.de Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:948 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:948 Matthew Baker wrote: > I think Hans' job would be easier if there were a searchable Context mail > archive on-line. This would save him having to answer the same > questions repeatedly and would be easier to set up and maintain than an > FAQ. For this I am happy to offer my services. I have saved all messages > to ntg-context since I joined in April this year (well, maybe I missed > one or two). I could also set up an autonomous recipient to automatically > grab messages and put them in the archive. I can host it here if the NTG > or PRAGMA servers don't support the necessary functions. > > What do you think the best format would be? Obvious choices are HTML > with CGI or PDF created by Context. Sounds perfect! I think its best when you host it, and pragma/ntg/erik point to your site. Once I've sorted out access issues to our web host we can think of other ways. (Concerning faqs: there are some s-faq-* styles in the distribution. They provide an (linked) index features, but searching can be added quite easilly. They are also an example of styles once you've generated the documentation.) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------