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Re: BC Weather up again

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From: Brian J. Murrell"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 16:47
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sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:

>I've got bc.weather up and running again. Comments welcome.

>One reader has already asked if it could be translated to lower case. The
>answer is yes it could. I tried it that way, I didn't think it looked all
>that much better. But I can post it either way. Let me know what you think if
>you have strong opinions either way. Does anyone have a filter that would do
>intelligent case switching - i.e. lower case everything except first char of
>titles and/or first word sentences.
now that would be nice!!

>It's also be possible to split up the current posting into a series of
>smaller posts, one for each section of the forecast. You would then see N
>different threads, one for each area, Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Whistler etc.
>Easier to find the one you want to look at (put the rest in your kill file).
Yes please.  The extra spool overhead is worth lots less than the time to go 
through the file looking for the area you want.
>But a bit more overhead (N files in your spool area).

brian

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Brian J. Murrell                                      brian@ilinx.wimsey.bc.ca
InterLinx Support Services, Inc.                      uunet!van-bc!ilinx!brian
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