Re: getting the most out of TWM

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: getting the most out of TWM
Date	2024-07-26 16:40 +0000
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 04:34 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:52:55 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>
>> On 7/21/24 4:50 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, the Windows command line often requires the use of
>>> Registry edits, with those cryptic UUID keys, instead of simple,
>>> straightforward *nix-style text config files. This makes things way too
>>> fiddly and error- prone, even for Windows experts.
>> 
>> I miss the days when each program had its own .ini file which could be
>> fixed if you did something stupid.
>
> Text-based config files are clearly the way to go, which is why *nix 
> systems have stuck with them to this day.
>
> Trouble is, Windows had no standard place to put them. So developers 
> scattered them all over the place. The Registry was Microsoft’s attempt to 
> get the mess under control. So now you have a mess of keys scattered all 
> over the Registry instead.


And there's all the weird binary setting formats that apps use..
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  Re: getting the most out of TWM candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-13 14:00 +0000
    Re: getting the most out of TWM D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-07-14 11:59 +0200
      Re: getting the most out of TWM candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-14 14:00 +0000
  Re: getting the most out of TWM Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-07-13 18:06 -0300
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      Re: getting the most out of TWM Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-07-14 02:39 -0300
        Re: getting the most out of TWM arnold@freefriends.org (Aharon Robbins) - 2024-07-14 16:39 +0000
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      Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-14 21:21 +0000
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  Re: getting the most out of TWM scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2024-07-15 20:52 +0000
    Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-15 21:57 +0000
      Re: getting the most out of TWM Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2024-07-15 20:34 -0400
        Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-16 01:16 +0000
          Re: getting the most out of TWM Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-07-17 04:14 -0300
            Re: getting the most out of TWM The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-07-21 15:11 -0700
              Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-21 23:50 +0000
                Re: getting the most out of TWM The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-07-22 20:52 -0700
                Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-23 04:34 +0000
                Re: getting the most out of TWM The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2024-07-24 15:05 -0700
                Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-25 00:02 +0000
                Re: getting the most out of TWM candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-07-26 16:40 +0000
              Re: getting the most out of TWM Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-07-22 18:13 -0300
  Re: getting the most out of TWM kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2024-07-17 14:50 +0000
    Re: getting the most out of TWM Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-07-17 22:12 +0000

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