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

;-)

chris

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/

> 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? ;-)

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/