While the FAQ maintainers don't offer a 'help' service, they're very keen that you understand the answers they've already written. They're (almost) written "in a vacuum", to provide something to cover a set of questions that have arisen; it's always possible that they're written in a way that a novice won't understand them.
Which is where you can help the community. Mail the maintainers to report the answer that you find unclear. Time permitting (the team is small and all its members are busy), we'll try and clarify the answer. This way, with a bit of luck, we can together improve the value of this resource to the whole community.
(We need hardly say that we look forward to hearing from none of you: but we're not so arrogant as to be confident that we won't!)
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