Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pdn!palan!ckctpa!crash
From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Yes, C News works and is available!
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.024225.1130@ckctpa.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 91 02:42:25 GMT
References: <59553.665931121@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting
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In article <59553.665931121@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
>
>Question: Could you squish this roomer (Or confirm it) for me.
>
>  I have heard that this port of Cnews takes some of the Scripts that Cnews uses
>for setting 'policy' and encodes them into C. While some feel this is a good
>idea, I often hit a lot of cases where I would like to easily change things.
>Does this port use C?  Does it use scripts.   If it does use Scripts, what
>type (REXX would be interesting - Use a REXX macro, as REXX seems to be great
>at handling strings..)

Yes, this is true -- some of the scripts have been rewritten in C.  While
I also do not like the idea, it was necessary based on the functionality
provided on a stock Amiga, ie. what's in the C: directory.  Of course,
I do not claim to be a guru with the Amiga's Execute language (?) as my
forte' is Unix/ksh.

There are two control messages coded in C:  checkgroups, and newgroup.
I could not find any easy way out of it.  And I'm not proficient in
ARexx so it may be awhile before the scripts are converted to it.
Especially since it'd be extra work -- the folks without ARexx couldn't
use the scripts...

>  When it does get sent to ab20.larc.nasa.gov, please let us know, as that
>would be the easiest (And cheapest on the net) method to get it.

It's going to Fred Fish tomorrow (I have my fingers crossed as I say
this 'cuz I've got 4-5 hours of "real, money-making" work to do yet :-)

>  Opinions expressed in this message are my Own. I represent nobody else.
>  Russell McOrmond   rwm@Atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca   {tigris,alzabo,...}!atronx!rwm 
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Hmmm.  You represent nobody else.  I represent nobody at all.  That
means that nobody has two representatives so far.  Gee, it could be a state!
(Isn't politics fun!)
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