From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Dec 4 5:49: 1 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 05:48:59 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABC8337B400; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 05:48:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA55632; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 08:48:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 08:48:57 -0500 From: Michael Lucas To: Nik Clayton Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: troubleshooting tree revisited Message-ID: <20001204084857.B55610@blackhelicopters.org> References: <20001130164838.A42727@blackhelicopters.org> <20001203225144.A4078@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20001203225144.A4078@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 10:51:45PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 and 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