From: wusel@hactar.hanse.de (Kai 'wusel' Siering)
Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.uucp
Subject: Re: ARn problems
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:19:47 +0100
Reply-To: Kai 'wusel' Siering <wusel@hactar.hanse.de>
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In article <-B2cs*N10@lemsys.UUCP>, Craig Lemon VE3XCL writes:
% In article <pb4cs*BN0@prolix.apana.org.au>, Andrew Clayton writes:
% > In article <sdMbs*f10@lemsys.UUCP>, Craig Lemon VE3XCL writes:

% > >         I also decided to install Arn v1.00.  I had the seemingly popular
% > > problem with the obsolete group syndrom.  I read the docs and got the
% > > impression that the .grouplist had to be sorted alphabetically, not the
% > > ACTIVE file.  Since arnmaster maintains the ACTIVE-file in my news
% >
% > I sorted the active file and the grouplist. This works, except
% > the grouplist determines the order of newsgroups appearing in the
% > screen, and it is no longer in the order that I like.
%
%        Well, after tinkering, I've got a sorted ACTIVE file but I still
% have the .grouplist sorted the way I like it.  It's working so far (but I'm
% hanging onto beta rel2.

Err ... You posted with `Arn 1.00', no `beta' -- what's happening?

% > > software setup, WHY COULDN'T _IT_ ensure that it was sorted?  Arn crashed
% > > everytime it tried to deal with the unsorted ACTIVE-file causing a reboot
% > > to be required.  Also, upon inspection, I found a newsgroup in the ACTIVE
% > > file twice (can.uucp if it matters).  Can't arnmaster check for duplicates?
% >
% > I suspect the dup newsgroup caused ARN to crash.
%
%         I removed this and I believe it still did.  It doesn't anymore.
% Also, beta rel2 didn't crash (it looks like the dup had been there quite
% sometime).  I guess the crash on dup is a new feature of the release
% version (?).  Something like that should probably have been anticipated as

     Please note that Arn 1.00 has been compiled with SAS/C 6 -- and some
`features' of this Arn are there just because of this fact (namely the bug
with Arn not recognizing the `SCREENDATA'-entry) =:-< Roland tried but
lacked the time to include the source with this distribution (he's
currently on vaccation). Please collect all bugs and send them to Roland
in Janurary 1993 ...

% part of the idiot-proofing of the program, and arnmaster should have never
% allowed it in the first place.  It's unknown if the new arnmaster fixes
% this as I manually removed the problem.

     Well, at least in wCNews, without human interaction, there simply
CAN'T be a duplicate entry in the active file -- so why bother to check
against this? Any user tinkering with sensitive data like the active file
really SHOULD be aware of what he's doing. (Nevertheless, no program
should ever crash due to simply human malfunction ...)

% > >      Thirdly, it seems that I can no longer access many CTRL-key functions
% > > (like post and Quick Quit (no .grouplist update).  It merely flickers the
% >
% > Roland specifically mentioned that he culled a lot of the
% > CTRL-key functions. You should read the doco that came with
% > ARN100, and you should also check out the online help {H} because
% > it's pretty informative. Especially if you don't like hunting
% > through doco! :-)
%
%         I recall that Roland removed many CTRL function.  My source of
% information _IS_ from the online help.  I still can't quick quit or post.
% You talk about 'E'.  I'll look into that again.

     Well, Roland just told me (in de.comp.sys.amiga.uucp) to print out
the Arn.dvi and read this carefully ... Maybe this would work for you, too
=:-> Please bear in mind that this release was dictated by time -- Roland
had to leave for Chirstmas in time and he decided to release this version
BEFORE he left ... He'll be back in mid-January, so please be patient,
			kai

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