Subj : don't cry for me I have vi To : Maurice Kinal From : Russell Tiedt Date : Thu Mar 31 2005 10:33 pm Hello Maurice. 30 Mar 05 17:13, you wrote to me: RT>> No problem, then they view all the kludges in all their glory RT>> tho they might not know what a fidonet address is to reply RT>> to. :-(( MK> I doesn't matter. All the real information is there as part of the MK> message. Besides, I am the only one currently doing this that I am MK> aware of. I know. Hmmm ... , you do, does the editor? :-) RT>> Come to think of it a set of "fido" macro's might be a feasable RT>> option fo VIM. MK> I thought of that awhile ago but thought I'd try this method first and MK> see if it's worth jumping through the proper hoops for. Sort of fun MK> this way but I don't see it lasting this way too much longer. I understand .... RT>> I'm just wondering if the "ideal" is really that practical, MK> I think it could be. Definetly worth a looksee. Worth a look see, yes ... definitely ... RT>> As above, I think it is a case of six of one and a half dozen of RT>> the other, either you change the utilities, or you change the RT>> database (msgbase), I think it is simpler to change the RT>> filters/utilities. MK> We'll see. I'll try the database (msgbases) first and see where that MK> goes. I plan to put up thttpd on the LAN here and see how that'll MK> work as a cgi scripted Fido BBS thingy. I am not a fan of web MK> thingies but I figure it is worth having a look at and see if I can MK> sucker ... errrrr ... convince a few of the locals to give it a try. Web thingies, ... , , ever play with a "wiki"? Had my first taste this evening, nice concept, but a weird animal ... :-) Another story why I will have to figure out how to use them ... RT>> Hmmm ... I have one, running a system here, and he is a RT>> paraplegic, just to make life "interesting". :-( Also no way I RT>> can tell him, "Sorry but I can no longer accomadate your system". RT>> It is what he has, can afford, and is familiar with. MK> What's wrong with Linux on there? It wouldn't cost him any more and MK> it will give him more then he already has. If he can do DOS and likes MK> it, then he's long past due for Linux on there. Tell him for me, "Get MK> with the program already!!!" Well, like I said, he is paraplegic, it has taken him a number of years, to get where he currently is with DOS (3) that I am aware of, and he is just shy of 500km's distant, a difficult task, even when he is next door, 500km,s away .... MK> I don't know about you people. :::shaking my head in utter MK> disbelief::: Hmmm .... Russell --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5 * Origin: Rusty's BBS - Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (5:7105/1) .