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Re: Newshound and NNTPS

From Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: Newshound and NNTPS
Date 2025-02-08 19:14 +0000
Organization i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID <5b0e19ec5b.Paul@phorefaux> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <5b61a29d6eNews03@avisoft.foard-xM> <780ddbe85b.chris@mytardis> <5be8dd8809News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> <mpro.sr2nrg034gd3q03qf.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> <236310ec5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>

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In message <236310ec5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>
          David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> 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.


-- 
Paul Stewart
Sent from A9home running RISC OS 4.42

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Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2024-05-15 22:28 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-05-15 22:00 +0000
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2024-05-15 23:00 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-15 23:08 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS "Richard Darby (news)" <news@rjdarby.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 10:28 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Alan Griffin <ajg@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 18:15 +0000
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2024-05-15 23:25 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-16 10:14 +0100
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 11:10 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2024-05-16 11:17 +0100
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 12:49 +0100
      Newshound and NNTPS Evan Clark <news@ejclark.force9.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 17:25 +0100
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-16 21:30 +0100
        Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2024-05-16 21:51 +0100
          Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-16 22:22 +0100
        Re: Newshound and NNTPS Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-05-24 16:30 +0000
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 07:04 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 10:46 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2024-05-16 11:35 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2024-05-16 11:25 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2024-05-18 20:34 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2024-05-18 21:09 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2024-05-19 16:45 +0000
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2024-05-19 18:42 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Brian Jordan <brian.jordan9@btinternet.com> - 2024-05-19 18:53 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-20 12:06 +0100
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-05-24 17:00 +0000
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Rob Hemmings <rhemmings@rgvk.co.uk> - 2024-08-04 15:42 +0100
  Re: Newshound and NNTPS Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2025-02-02 11:03 +0000
    Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2025-02-02 12:08 +0000
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> - 2025-02-02 12:30 +0000
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2025-02-02 12:36 +0000
        Re: Newshound and NNTPS Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-02-02 20:04 +0000
          Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2025-02-08 17:40 +0000
            Re: Newshound and NNTPS Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 19:14 +0000
              Re: Newshound and NNTPS Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 19:46 +0000
                Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2025-02-08 21:36 +0000
              Re: Newshound and NNTPS Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 20:45 +0000
              Re: Newshound and NNTPS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2025-02-08 21:34 +0000
                Re: Newshound and NNTPS Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2025-02-08 22:11 +0000
            Re: Newshound and NNTPS Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-02-08 21:26 +0000
      Re: Newshound and NNTPS Paul Stewart <phorefaux@gmail.com> - 2025-02-02 16:27 +0000

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