Since it's a rainy day today, I've started to give the FAQ section on the wiki a somewhat sensible structure.
Until now, the FAQ was organized with reference to some file FAQ.lyx that isn't existing anymore since a long time, some random thematic pages (with very different style) and a big "unsorted" page. Many of the answers are outdated, there are user edits such as "I tried your answer and it didn't work for me", etc. In other words: It's a big, big mess. My plan is to organize the FAQ related to larger thematic units. That's what I have started, but very much is still left to do. Please, if you find some time, help rearranging the pages so that it finally becomes a useful source of information. What needs to be done: * Move contents from general pages (such as http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Running, http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Using, http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted and http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Unsorted1) to thematic pages such as http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/Tables. The former pages should ideally be deleted eventually. * Integrate specific pages such as http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/MultipleAuthors into larger thematic units (these pages can be (:Include:)ed and then removed from the PageList) * All FAQs should be presented as FAQs, i.e. in the form - How can I do this? Do the following: ... IMHO, extended HowTos are not FAQs. Also things like: "John Doe wrote on lyx-users: ..." are not appropriate. * User comments such as "I tried your answer and it didn't work for me" do not belong to the FAQ. We should look if these concerns can be dealt with in the answer and remove such comments. In general, we should aim at a somewhat consistent style. Also, please watch out for outdated information. Thanks, Jürgen
