Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 08:48:57 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubleshooting tree revisited Message-ID: <20001204084857.B55610@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20001203225144.A4078@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 10:51:45PM %2B0000 References: <20001130164838.A42727@blackhelicopters.org> <20001203225144.A4078@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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You know, I think this just might work. Thanks! On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 10:51:45PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 04:48:39PM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: > > jkh suggested a nice file that contained the decision tree, and that > > could be parsed to generate HTML. That's a great idea. I'm > > completely unqualified to do it properly. (I'm qualified to do it > > suckily, but I don't have time to make something that sucks.) If > > you're capable and willing to do this, please stop me now. > > Unless I misunderstand what you want, I think DocBook's FAQ support > would do what you want. So you end up with something like: > > Question 1: What do you want to do? > > Answer: > > Install FreeBSD? Go to question 2. > > Configure FreeBSD? Go to question 12. > > Install an application? Go to question 37. > > Configure an installed application? Go to question 68. > > Question 2: Have you got a FreeBSD CD? > > Answer: > > Yes? Go to question 3. > > No? Go to question 4. > > ... > > If that's the sort of thing you want to do then I'd recommend writing it > in DocBook using the <question> and <answer> elements. See the FAQ for > detailed examples. > > Don't worry about how you then put each question on a page of its own, > that's something that the stylesheets can do (and will do, given > appropriate thumping by me). > > Does that solve the problem? > > N > -- > Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. > Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, > hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. > Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. > -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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