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John Washington (john@wash.demon.co.uk) wrote:

> PC> SNEWS   One I have not yet got to the bottom of but is really irritating,
> PC>         is *SOMETIMES* when sending an email reply to a post, you edit the
> PC>         message then go to send (F7) and get a Share Violation. No direct

> Huh?  F7 doesn't have any action in Snews, does it?

No, I guess this is a bug in the editor being used. It shows how
difficult it is to provide support for software like Snews ! Of couse
the bug *could* be in the code in snews when it picks up the file, but
this one will be impossible to trace without knowing the editor in
use.

> PC> Finger/Viewer
> PC>         Expand TAB characters so when doing finger status@gate.d.c.u it is
> PC>         all readable!
> PC> 
> PC>         I know that they should not be there, but sometimes some people put
> PC>         entries in quickly so forget about not using tab character.

> This should IMHO be fixed at the host end.  Sounds like
> a little cron job.  Or else just make using an editor
> that inserts tabs a sacking offence!  (I had to get out
> of software management, the Personnel Dept couldn't cope
> with the work I generated!)

Everyone who edits the motd/status messages should be using the same
editor. Of course they may be idly hitting the tab key to insert space
without being aware of doing it, or the consequences for some
readers.

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