Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!cbnewsd!sja2 From: sja2@cbnewsd.att.com (steve.j.alesch) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d Subject: Re: wp2latex (1 of 4) Message-ID: <1990Aug18.135817.15686@cbnewsd.att.com> Date: 18 Aug 90 13:58:17 GMT References: <1990Aug16.151010.17925@uwslh.slh.wisc.edu> <0M95QR2@xds13.ferranti.com> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 24 > OK, I'll start a FAQ for alt.sources. Send suggestions for topics to > peter@hackercorp.com. I don't have internet access, so I'll have to take > people's word on what archive sites exist and where the latest shar can > be gotten. Let's see, what should be in here: > > What alt.sources is for... > What alt.sources.d is for... > What alt.sources.index is for... > What other periodic postings to alt.sources are... > Where to get uuencode/uudecode/cshar/etc... > How big to make chunks of source code... > How a posting should be formatted... > What headers should be there... > > This last is more than just "Archive-name:", if you're posting source > people are more likely to see it if it isn't titled "Re: problems with > fucalc 2.3". > > What else? How about a write-up for authors regarding how to create patches and and also a write-up on how one applies patches. -- Steve Alesch, AT&T Bell Labs, ...!att!ihlpm!sja, (708)713-4188