Subj : %HELP ?
To : Nicholas Boel
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Jan 20 2017 04:21 pm
On 2017 Jan 20 10:45:58, you wrote to me:
MH>>> I had never been connected to an hpt system until recently, and
MH>>> didn't know the syntax to subscribe to all echos.
ml>> the worst part is for hpt operators to even find the help text so
ml>> they can make it available for their links... i hunted and hunted for
ml>> it... finally found it after two or three days... it really is a
ml>> GoodThing<tm> when areafix help texts are simple text files that can
ml>> be referenced when needed instead of being hardcoded into the
ml>> programs...
NB> I think he was referring to the fact that you use wildcards in your
NB> *fix requests for the Husky tools (ie: [+]*/-* to subscribe to all
NB> echos available, rather than D'Bridge and SBBSecho using [+]ALL/-ALL).
NB> Both ways probably match other software, but since Mark was used to DB
NB> and possibly SBBSecho, it was a different scenario for him
NB> specifically.
he might have been... i was just pointing out that by default, at least on
linux systems when building from the sources, the areafix help is hard to
find...
NB> If it took you two or three days to search for and find the "misc"
NB> directory under HPT's (and HTICK's for that matter) root directory,
why would i look in there? it isn't a misc file... a document or config file,
sure but not misc...
NB> then I suspect PEBCAK rather than the program itself. Where would you
NB> expect it to be otherwise?
after running make install i would expect to find it installed along with the
binaries and sample configs... but that's not what happened for either of the
help files or the sample configs... i had to find a way to generate a config
file to even get started... in that case i found and used fidoInst by Zano and
butchered that config into my working copy...
NB> And now to try to bring us back to the original topic in the DBRIDGE
NB> echo, It was requested that DB have a help screen for users trying to
NB> access Areafix, and now it does as of the latest update. I'd call that
NB> a success!
it is a success... no one is disputing that :)
)\/(ark
Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
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wrong...
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