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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.