Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Higton Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Newshound and NNTPS Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 21:36:17 GMT Organization: Home Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <5b61a29d6eNews03@avisoft.foard-xM> <780ddbe85b.chris@mytardis> <5be8dd8809News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <236310ec5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> <5b0e19ec5b.Paul@phorefaux> <5bec1bf1c2News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 22:36:23 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4361cdc25155056c0d6a087c906730c8"; logging-data="251602"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/tUxIx1BKcwUVVd3l6zP3TQwGymJmAwiE=" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/8.03 (MsgServe/8.01) (RISC-OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.55 Cancel-Lock: sha1:G+aTbhwjJyRQmYnzTk4xjDR7UDc= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21558 In message <5bec1bf1c2News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> Martin wrote: > In article <5b0e19ec5b.Paul@phorefaux>, > Paul Stewart wrote: > > In message <236310ec5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> > > David Higton wrote: > > > > If anyone is interested: NewsHound is old fashioned in that it keeps > > > its configuration within the app. This has been frowned on for years. > > > Trouble is, it's going to be difficult to write code that puts the > > > config in Choices$Write for new users, but doesn't just blindly look > > > there and start up without a configuration if someone simply copies a > > > new version over an old. Thoughts welcome! > > > Could you not have Newshound do a check on start up for an existing > > config stored inside the app and automatically move this to Choices? > > Then it can just blindly look there and the user will know no difference. > > One way is to read choices using a path with both Choices and !app in, but > write it using Chooices$Write ... or something like that! Intereresting idea, thank you, Martin! David