On Tuesday 29 July 2003 08:11, Uwe Pross wrote:
> I am not that sure if it is that appropriate.
> (see http://wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki) Allowing everyone
> to edit site contents requires the pages to be maintained,
> so that advertising and other unwanted, probably illegal
> stuff is removed. On the wiki pages at
> http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiWikiSandbox one can even place
> pictures which is quite precarios since someone could place
> illegal ones. Sure, the changer's IP address is stored
> but it seems a lot of work to trace somebody which can be
> identified by it's IP address only.
Hm, other Wikis that I've used word fine (e.g. WikiPedia or the EMACS Wiki).
But maybe that really involves some good administration. So, why not try it
out? Maybe it works, maybe not.
> Further I don't think that it is that good for storing
> config parts for fvwm because users will hardly find
> something, since it will be just to much.
I see the advantages of a Wiki in it being an intermediate thing between the
FAQ (which is very slow to update and possibly can't cover as much content)
and the mailing lists (which are there for discussion and not to find ready
made solutions).
> I'd rather if we collect config parts, like button setups,
> titlebar decorations, menu definitions and fvwm scripts, and
> place them together with a screenshot and description on the
> web site.
Hm, then I would have a couple of things to contribute. Among other things
1. a setup of a simple clock running in an rxvt that can be swallowed in the
panel,
2. a setup of a simple tool to watch log files (again running in an rxvt)
including the neccessary FVWM menu setup,
3. a setup for geometric arrangement and management of desktops (i.e. they
are navigatable by keyboard shortcuts, and are not arranged in a linear
fashion),
4. a method to include menus for CodeWeavers CXOffice and CXPlugin.
All these things took me quite some time to set up and are of general
interest. In addition I would for example like to see other people's small
one-liners for clocks, dial up utilities, etc..
Would you really add this to the FAQ?
Would I post it to the mailing list? No, because I don't want to waste my
time to dig it out, add some explanatory text and just see it vanishing in
the archives.
> Having them fully maintained ensures higher quality and
> saves the user time (and nerves :-)
Higher quality? - maybe. Users time and nerves? - probably not. Let's not
forget what costs really time and nerves: browsing the mailing list
archives and trying to forge things by oneself.
Felix
(just wondering why there is so much of a discussion trying to prevent
someone from contributing something that might come in handy)
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Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 12:57:32 BST