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- From: steibel@venus.cs.umbc.edu (David M. Steibel)
- Subject: The demacs FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.091948.10432@umbc3.umbc.edu>
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- Organization: University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 09:19:48 GMT
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- Hello,
-
- This is just a short progress report on the Demacs FAQ, since alot of
- people haven't seen it ever, and the rest of you haven't seen it for
- awhile.
-
- About 2 months or so ago (or longer), I made extensive changes to the
- Demacs FAQ. I had this broad scheme as to what it was going to
- finally look like in its overhauled state, and was no more than
- a day or two from completing and posting it.
-
- A few things happened in that time. One, I was corresponding with a
- number of people and accidently erased a directory full of
- correspondance. This was somewhat of a major setback, as you can
- imagine.
-
- Next, my coursework increased, and I no longer had the time to finish
- the FAQ, which I then had estimated to be only 2-3 days. After a
- couple weeks of heavy coursework, it became apparent that I wasn't
- going to have time to finish the new FAQ for another couple of weeks,
- so I posted a slightly modified version of the previous release.
-
- In fact, I'd repost that again now, but I accidently erased my
- outgoing mail directory (where the modified FAQ was) when I rewrote my
- mail system to keep me from accidently erasing important mail anymore.
- Plus, thinking I would never erase my outgoing mail system, I hadn't
- made any backups.
-
- Anyway, my last class of the semester ended yesterday. I also managed
- to print out most of my collected Demacs material before the computer
- building shut down today. I will be looking over it this week, and
- probably trying to resume old correspondances, and start new ones by
- the end of the week when I get back from a short computer-less
- christmas holiday at my parents house.
-
- If you've sent me mail, and I haven't replyed to it by January 4th,
- send me mail again because I probably lost it.
-
- Also, I will not be reposting the FAQ until I've finished revising it,
- although I am looking for people willing to beta-test changes to the
- installation program, and possibly proofread or make suggestions about
- the FAQ itself. This will speed up the process dramatically.
-
- Lastly, the people in Japan who did the Demacs port will be releasing
- a new version in the upcoming months. It will, however, be written in
- Japanese, and I don't know how long it will take to translate it into
- an English version.
-
- Thanks, and have a happy holiday season,
- --
- David M. Steibel; Author of the Demacs FAQ; Internet: steibel@cs.umbc.edu
-
- The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way
- in which its animals are treated. - Mahatma Gandhi.
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