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Re: shar produces bad shar file !!!
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: shar produces bad shar file !!! |
Date: |
Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:33:48 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Bruce Korb wrote:
> It already has such an option.
Yes, I know. I showed an example using it. (You started the trend by
saying you should report the problem to the maintainer! :-)
> I didn't know I would need it.
Having it do this automatically would be nice.
> Most programs aren't chatty enough. :) User entertainment
> is important. It convinces your users that the program has
> not gotten lost. That means that there ought to be output
> every few seconds. Some programs produce more than that.
> I don't care for that, but it's easier to discard output
> than seeing stuff that isn't there. :)
Each to their own!
TTFN,
Bob