I think this would be a useful thing to implement... I'd be glad to help with any coding or design that needs to be done.
----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Matthias Wieser wrote: > I was looking for a information to setup my whole computer but I could > only find parts of it all all. > > That is why I looked how there could be a way how user can share > important information, without getting some questions asked 10000 times > only because there is no real Nr 1. place that is easily to use. > > now my idea is, that there should be place, where you can just enter > your system parts, and it will return a "user manual" just covering the > parts your really need. > > And recently i had to learn more of php and mysql and I think it is > possible to implement such a thing as a user manual generator: > > It would work like that: People who have already set up their system > contribute information what they needed to get their system running. > > > On the other side, someone can go through a menu, choose > CPU, kind of bus system, usb-devices, printer, soundcard, network cards, > isdn-card. > > after choosing all that, it generates a tex or html output, or just > plain text. > > That part can be done easily with an databank in the background. > (just an query) > > This way, the this manual would have everything the user should need to > set up the system, but not more information than needed. It will not > overload the poor newbie with too much information. In fact, it is one > of the reasons, I switched late to debian because i just could not find > the information, I really needed. > > i would like to here your opinion about such an idea. > Thank you, mattHias > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
