FAQ: Was Re: [mythtv-users] QT 3.3.4 and highlighted buttons

David myth at dgreaves.com
Wed Apr 6 08:05:43 UTC 2005


Michael Carland wrote:

> I know I have a hard time keeping up on this list. I also have a hard 
> time doing the google thang with some topics about Myth, probably 
> because there is so much content, you really have to know *exactly* 
> what you are searching for to get any relevant info.
>
> For example, I was trying to get MythWeather animation working. My 
> first attemps at google found many posts about people doing it, but 
> little detail. Even when I new I needed to have a WeatherWantAnimated" 
> setting somewhere, my first search for mythweather and 
> weatherwantanimated had no hits on where to stuff that setting. I had 
> to really tweak my search to find the sql I was looking for. I then 
> added an entry to the mythtv.info FAQ list with the info.

I saw - thanks :)
That was what the wiki was intended for - condensing many posts into a 
few lines of concentrated goodness.

> Before I read this part of this thread, I was thinking of adding one 
> topic per day to the FAQ, as my time allows, with the most repeated 
> question on the list lately. Well, the most common question that I 
> understand the answer enough to write up. Today I did the MythWeather 
> w3.weather.com and animated radar question. Not that it is posted that 
> much, but because I just did it.
>
> I hope the FAQ info on mythtv.info is still being integrated into the 
> real FAQ.

It's not yet - there's work underway to integrate it but it's stalled 
for a time.

> Would it be worth my time to reorganize the FAQ, is this already being 
> worked on, or is there a more current source of info that is being 
> updated that I am not aware of?

I wouldn't yet.

But it *is* worth starting a new page called FAQ Suggestions or similar.

David


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