www.digitalmars.com         C & C++   DMDScript  

D - Newsgroup search.

reply "chris" <news flak.clara.co.uk> writes:
Is there any way to search the newsgroup so i dont have to ask lots of dumb
questions?

;-)

chris
Apr 13 2004
parent reply J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
chris wrote:

 Is there any way to search the newsgroup so i dont have to ask lots of dumb
 questions?
 
 ;-)
 
 chris



Firstly, there's no such thing as a dumb question. :)


If you want to avoid asking the same question that someone else has 
already asked I've got some tips, but they're not foolproof.

If you're using a newsreader (such as Mozilla Thunderbird or MS 
Outloook), you can usually sort or filter on Subject. For example with 
Thunderbird, there's a "Subject or Sender contains" box where I can type 
search criteria.

The web interface to the newsgroup 
(http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?D) will sort by Subject by 
clicking on the Subject tab at the top of the page, but you might have 
to click through a lot of pages to find the subject you're seeking.

There's a "Search Site" box at http://www.digitalmars.com/, but it only
covers the web pages (not the newsgroup).


If you haven't already, it'd be a good idea to look at the FAQ's:
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/faq.html
http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?FaqRoadmap

Wiki4D has a variety of information about D and it does have a search 
function (http://www.wikiservice.at/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?Search).


If these tips don't help you with your questions, go ahead and ask your 
questions here or at dsource.org 
(http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=4). We're usually a 
fairly friendly group.

-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Apr 13 2004
parent reply John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:
 If these tips don't help you with your questions, go ahead and ask your 
 questions here or at dsource.org 
 (http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=4). We're usually a 
 fairly friendly group.
 


He he... has dsource.org been around long enough for that to be proven 
yet? ;-)
Apr 13 2004
parent J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:
John Reimer wrote:


 If these tips don't help you with your questions, go ahead and ask 
 your questions here or at dsource.org 
 (http://www.dsource.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=4). We're usually a 
 fairly friendly group.


 
 He he... has dsource.org been around long enough for that to be proven 
 yet? ;-)


Actually, I meant to suggest that this official newsgroup is pretty 
friendly. (Unfortunately, my thoughts weren't clearly translated into 
bytes.)

But now that you mention it, I suspect that dsource.org people are 
probably friendly, too. :)

-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/
Apr 13 2004