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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
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- 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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