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On 2014-03-10 06:47:57 +0000, Oregonian Haruspex said:

> On 2014-02-16 15:20:35 +0000, Matti Haveri said:
> 
>> In comp.sys.mac.apps Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I did buy Unison, and it is very nice in many respects.  I really can't
>>> fault it for text groups, which is all I do.
>> 
>> I've spent the last few days installing and configuring tin. Seems to
>> work great although this is my first real post.
>> 
>> [...hmm just how does pico wrap lines ...guess I manually insert linebreaks
>> now to avoid sending garbage]
>> 
>> Today I took a quick peek at Unison trial. Installing and configuring it
>> took only 2 minutes and the UI seemed OK. Might even buy it to support the
>> Mac ecosystem because CLI clients' learning curve IS quite steep.
>> 
>> Guess I'll stick to tin for now. I installed also slrn -- does it have any
>> major advantages over tin?
> 
> Unison usually works pretty well, except for three issues.  Sometimes 
> it decides to consume an entire processor's resources for an indefinite 
> amount of time.  It remains responsive, but to correct the condition 
> one must quit and restart.  Sometimes it decides to mix up the posts of 
> two or more recently clicked threads willy-nilly.  Sometimes it just 
> decides to crash entirely.  I purchased the program but am saddened by 
> the fact that the developers are not fixing these bugs despite the fact 
> that I usually email in the crash reports.
> 
> Thoth by contrast appears to have an active developer, and I am tempted 
> to try it just because I believe that he or she will act on bug reports.

Thoth DID have an active developer.  But he's dropped it again.  No 
updates, and you can't buy it and get the unlocking key any more.

-- 
Lloyd

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Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-02-16 15:20 +0000
  Re: Newsreaders Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-09 23:47 -0700
    Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-10 15:19 +0000
    Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-10 12:17 -0700
    Re: Newsreaders <address_is@invalid.invalid> - 2014-03-16 04:24 +0000
      Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 00:55 -0700
    Re: Newsreaders Lloyd  E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2014-03-16 08:14 -0500
      Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-16 07:33 -0700
        Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 10:47 -0400
          Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 17:01 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 13:34 -0400
              Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 19:17 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-16 20:18 +0000
            Re: Newsreaders Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-16 16:47 -0400
              Re: Newsreaders Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-16 20:59 +0000
                Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 17:49 -0400
                Re: Newsreaders Matti Haveri <nospam@here.invalid> - 2014-03-18 20:23 +0000
          Re: Newsreaders dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-17 07:53 +1100
            Re: Newsreaders Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-16 17:58 -0400
              Re: Newsreaders Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-16 22:26 +0000
              Re: Newsreaders Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-16 16:09 -0700
        Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 11:48 -0700
        Re: Newsreaders Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2014-03-28 15:14 -0600
    Re: Newsreaders Juan I. Cahis <jiclbchSINBASURA@attglobal.net> - 2014-03-16 12:21 -0500
      Re: Newsreaders Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-16 11:42 -0700

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