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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 14:21:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Flashman <rflashma@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Subject: Re: Gribnif Software
To: sjg
In-Reply-To: <9406101646.AA19193@phlem.ph.kcl.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9406101332.B23042-0100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Ack. Isn't there a text file someone can email me?
On Fri, 10 Jun 1994 sjg@phlem.ph.kcl.ac.uk wrote:
> > Since I just got on the list, I haven't seen anything before this. Please
> > keep that in mind.
>
> The consensus seems to be to go for a system-wide configuration file which
> apps can read and the user can change (it's an ascii file). If it means
> anything to you, it is modelled after the .Xdefaults file under unix/Xwindows.
So, a 5K application may be forced to read a 15K ascii file before
operating? Floppy owners will love that...
>
> If you want to get a digest of the list, it gets archived every night at:
>
> phlem.ph.kcl.ac.uk:/~ftp/pub/MiNT/lists/*
>
> There are .tar.gz archives and .txt.gz archives. You'll need GNU zip to
> decompress them, and also tar for the .tar.gz archives. The .tar.gz contain all
> the mailing list posts, the .txt.gz file is a chronological (as it gets to me)
> listing of the subject titles.
>
> Glad to have you along - if Geneva etc. take note (and if we can get MultiTOS
> to use 'em as well, things are looking good :-)
>
> ATB,
> Simon.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> \ Simon Gornall - Kings College London. Email: sjg@phlem.ph.kcl.ac.uk /
> / - finger sjg@137.73.4.24 for info on the MiNT distrib kit - \
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