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FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?)

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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> Arno Welzel wrote:
>> However - URLs should not become invalid or disappear anyway:
>> 
>> <https://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI>
>> 
>> So if Thomas Lahn mentions <http://pointedears.de/faq> as the URL of the
>> FAQ for comp.lang.javascript, this URL should not change.

It is not going to.

>> If Thomas Lahn ever decides not to maintain his FAQ any longer I'm sure
>> he will either set up a redirection to the new location or add an
>> appropriate note about this in the existing document.

Correct.
 
>> It would also be a good idea, if <http://jibbering.com/faq/> would
>> contain a pointer to <http://pointedears.de/faq>. I just sent an e-mail
>> to Garret - maybe he will add this to his FAQ.

Thanks.

> Please don't linger on this topic, it's tiring and the history is long.
> 
> Thomas is indeed the groups elected maintainer of the FAQ.

Although I appreciate the sentiment, there was no election, so it is 
incorrect to say that I would be an *elected* maintainer.  I was merely the 
only one who volunteered to do it, *and* actually *did* *something* to 
(enable us to) *improve* the content (certainly not enough, I am well-aware 
of that; but also I expected more support from folks in doing it).
 
> The FAQ is located at: <http://pointedears.de/scripts/faq/cljs/>

It is also located at <http://PointedEars.de/faq> (as Arno Welzel has said 
correctly) because the latter redirects to the former.  The latter is easier 
to remember and to write in a Usenet signature or Tweet.  Please use it.

> Drama caused Garret to give it up as he wanted to be paid by people to
> maintain it.

Really?  I was not aware of the payment part.

> So don't bother reaching it out.

I would still support and appreciate a link or even *a redirection* from the 
old outdated to the new updated FAQ.

> I think the reality is that no one really cares though.

JFTR: *I* still care (otherwise I would not have it still online after 4 
years).  But if I remain the only one, that will probably not be enough.  
Especially as I am studying again, too.

GitHub Pull Requests (PR) *can* be made.  And JFTR, they can be made since 4 
years ago; one has been made by Christoph M. Becker in 2016 (ironically, to 
point out that PRs can be made), and *no* additional one have been made by 
people so far.

However, I also recognize the current markup format of the FAQ (which I 
inherited from Garrett, too) is not conducive to contributions: Fewer people 
understand XML than, for example, GitHub Markdown, and ISTM that with JSON, 
CSON, and YML around, XML as a document(ation) format is going the way of 
the dinosaurs.  Off the top of my hat, I would probably support switching to 
any other markup format from which a table of contents can be generated 
*automatically* (I remember vaguely, from several years ago, that GitHub 
Pages could do that with a plugin, but I might be wrong).

On the other hand, at the rate at which the FAQ content is changing (0 
edits/hour), maybe it is a mistake to worry about the TOC and the automated 
section numbering at all.  Almost everybody appears to be writing their 
specifications and documentation in (GitHub) Markdown now (me included);
for example:

<https://github.com/tc39>
<https://github.com/airbnb/javascript>
<https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards>

And since (contrary to Garrett, IIRC) I have the FAQ sources on GitHub 
already, I/we can make sure that no original content is lost in the 
conversion.

> Turning on automated postings again might help.

ACK.  But: The possibility of automated postings might disappear (at first) 
with the conversion to a less well-structured but easier editable markup 
format.  For example, I would have to write a program that properly extracts 
random sections from a Markdown document first (probably doable with sed or 
awk).

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Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-07-20 12:10 -0700
  Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-07-21 04:24 +0200
    Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-21 10:40 +0100
      Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2019-07-21 13:52 -0600
        Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-22 19:09 +0100
          Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-07-23 16:36 -0700
            Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-07-24 11:02 +0200
              Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-24 18:35 +0100
            Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-24 18:45 +0100
              Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-07-25 03:01 -0700
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-25 18:41 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-07-25 14:58 -0700
      Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-28 15:36 +0200
        Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-29 15:08 +0100
          Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-30 11:46 +0200
            Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-30 19:22 +0100
              Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-07-31 11:23 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-07-31 19:06 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2019-08-01 17:18 +1000
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-08-01 10:03 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2019-08-01 19:09 +1000
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-08-01 13:12 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2019-08-01 22:41 +1000
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2019-08-01 16:38 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-06 11:57 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-06 19:17 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-08 21:45 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-09 10:23 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-09 11:56 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-10 11:05 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-10 14:41 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-10 18:15 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-11 04:09 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-11 11:05 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2019-08-11 05:41 -0700
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-11 17:48 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-11 19:01 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-12 10:44 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? John G Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2019-08-12 18:56 +0100
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-13 15:02 +0200
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2019-08-13 08:55 -0700
                Re: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-13 20:04 +0200
                FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2019-08-25 19:47 +0200
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2019-08-25 13:51 -0700
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2019-08-26 13:35 +0200
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2019-08-27 04:57 -0700
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2019-08-28 19:27 +0200
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) dr.j.r.stockton@gmail.com - 2019-08-28 12:51 -0700
                Re: FAQ (was: Where can I find a summary table of various reqular expressions options?) Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2019-08-31 11:53 +0200
                Re: FAQ Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-08-28 23:59 +0200

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