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Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology

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On 27 Apr, Harriet Bazley wrote in message
    <674549145c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>:

> It seems to work.

That's good to know -- thanks!

:-)
 
> Having recurring annual events (e.g. Tanzania Union Day on April 27th)
> listed with a date of ???? is apparently a deliberate choice, although it
> looks like an error to the uninitiated. However, I'm puzzled that the
> birth of "Edith Hamilton" (who she?) on August 12th is also listed as ????
> - 'Highlight own data' is selected by default, so this is presumably a
> birthday reminder for a former user's daughter or something like that, as
> it's not highlighted in red....

Edith is in the "aug" file, so presumably not user data (that should be in
the "own" file, I think).

I'm guessing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Hamilton -- I suspect that
a lot of the data was culled from the corners of the internet in the 1990s,
and probably has a bias towards the other side of the pond.

> I was puzzled that using the Search feature didn't seem to do anything: it
> displayed that a certain number of records had been found, but then I
> couldn't find the search result!

That one has already been found...

https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/1/topics/19829

:-)
 
> Editing typos in the default data (e.g. "Emporer Augustus") seems to work.
> :-)

I'm happy to collate corrections. :-)

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England

http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/

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Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-04-27 09:36 +0100
  Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-04-27 21:09 +0100
    Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-04-27 22:49 +0100
      Re: Today: A Bit of Software Archaeology Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-04-28 00:02 +0100

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