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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] 5 Questions: from PHP tags to XIncludes


Giulio Piancastelli wrote:
> Bob Stayton wrote:
> 
>> BTW, I don't know about others, but I prefer to see one question per 
>> message
>> with a good subject line.  When people look in the list archive, then 
>> they
>> can find something based on the subject lines.
> 
> 
> Yes, please. Even if in the list archives one could do a search in the 
> full text for topics of interest, having a single message/thread per 
> question is quite helpful while skimming the messages on a subject line 
> basis for "stuff to absolutely read now" and "stuff I can get back to 
> later".

This demand is quite common. See Raymonds article "How To Ask Questions 
The Smart Way", especially the section "Use meaningful, specific subject 
headers" (http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#bespecific)

Regards,
Gisbert Amm


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