Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto

From	Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk>
Subject	Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Date	2012-10-03 12:10 +0100
Message-ID	<52d8d4d6adbbailey@argonet.co.uk> (permalink)
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In article <52d8cab3c5see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>,
   Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

> I try to have nothing to do with Strong apps, so I would
> much rather not.

Not extolling the virtues of Strong Help or otherwise. It's what it says
that concerned me.

> I would agree that far too often terms used by software
> writers can mean one thing in one context, but something
> quite different in another.

Too right and that's where the confusion occurs!

> But not here.

> *compact = remove blank sectors on a disc, by moving the
> data.

> Compact in Pluto means exactly the same, remove blank
> sections of an articles file.

> FWIW, I have never compressed articles in Pluto - what would
> be the point these days, I never find myself using more than
> about 35% of a hard discs available space - but I always
> repair / compact Pluto at the end of the day.

> Apart from ensuring that all the indexes are fine and
> keeping everything neat and tidy, it is the only way to
> empty the bin properly.

Thanks for that. I do not recall having seen it explained before,
certainly not by Jonathan.

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Spurious "unread" items in Pluto David H Wild <dhwild@talktalk.net> - 2012-09-26 19:28 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-09-26 19:50 +0100
    Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-26 20:37 +0100
      Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 14:45 +0100
        Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-27 16:19 +0100
          Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto JTM <usenetbin@free.fr> - 2012-09-27 19:55 +0100
        Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto "Rob Hemmings (news2)" <robnews@rgvk.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 16:29 +0100
          Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-09-27 17:32 +0100
            Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-27 21:12 +0100
              Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto "Rob Hemmings (news2)" <robnews@rgvk.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:35 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:47 +0100
            Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto "Rob Hemmings (news2)" <robnews@rgvk.co.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:33 +0100
          Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-09-27 17:29 +0100
            Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto JTM <usenetbin@free.fr> - 2012-09-27 19:58 +0100
      Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 09:27 +0100
        Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-10-02 10:29 +0100
          Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 12:20 +0100
            Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2012-10-02 13:11 +0100
              Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 17:21 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 21:17 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-02 23:00 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 06:05 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 09:07 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 10:01 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-10-03 10:20 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 12:10 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-04 09:13 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-10-03 10:26 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-10-03 14:15 +0100
                Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto spampling <spam.pling@btinternet.com> - 2012-10-03 07:49 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-09-26 20:09 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto JTM <usenetbin@free.fr> - 2012-09-26 20:38 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 00:03 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-09-27 09:04 +0100
  Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-09-27 21:53 +0100
    Re: Spurious "unread" items in Pluto David H Wild <dhwild@talktalk.net> - 2012-09-28 15:25 +0100

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