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| 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> |
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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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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