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Re^3: Question Node (yeah)

by tye (Sage)
on May 20, 2003 at 06:50 UTC ( [id://259383]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Re: Question Node
in thread Node just for adding new questions; persist one preview

I've long wanted a node just for "post a new SoPW" and to have your most recent "preview" saved (just in case your computer crashes).

The drop-down for which section to post to would only work for the sections that have the same DB schema (those that nodes can currently be moved between). I'd never considered that idea before, and it is a good one.

tjh, having more than one preview saved means that you have to pick which slot you want the current preview saved into. It greatly complicates the interface. With a single saved preview, the interface is simply one new button "load most recent preview". If you want to save more than one preview, then simply cut-n-paste the node contents somewhere that already has interfaces designed for dealing with naming items you want to save (such as a file system).

I wouldn't use the most recent preview as a way to save something I'm working on over a long period of time. I'd save that to a real file and use a real editor on it. I'd want a "most recent preview" just for emergencies.

djantzen, on the several occasions when "separate Perl 5 SoPW from Perl 6 SoPW" has come up in the past, my read was that the consensus was "we don't need a new section". I certainly don't think we need new sections.

                - tye

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Re: Re^3: Question Node (yeah)
by djantzen (Priest) on May 20, 2003 at 07:04 UTC

    on the several occasions when "separate Perl 5 SoPW from Perl 6 SoPW" has come up in the past, my read was that the consensus was "we don't need a new section". I certainly don't think we need new sections.

    Now hold on a sec, I didn't say anything about new sections -- I agree we have enough -- I'm talking about an interface issue. My preference would be to build further metadata into nodes so that a Perl 6 question would be flagged in the header as such, and this info could easily come from a generalized submission form like we're talking about.


    "The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx

      Why is Perl 5 / Perl 6 such a big deal? Shouldn't we have meta data on exactly which Perl version, operating system (Win32/Unix/Mac/Other/Any), database, templating system, question category (Web/Network/Admin/Algo/Regex/...), etc. ?

      I don't see a "Perl5 | Perl6 | Other | Both" field on questions being particularly useful. At least not enough to make site changes to support such.

                      - tye

        Sure! I think it would be great to have information about Perl version, OS, and a general category for the post built right into the node header. As far as Perl 5 => 6, obviously we won't know for sure until we actually start seeing this stuff in practice, but I know there's been concern in the past that it will become more difficult to provide support if we're trying to figure out which version an ambiguous question pertains to.


        "The dead do not recognize context" -- Kai, Lexx

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