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   Nicholas Boel to mark lewis   
   %HELP ?   
   20 Jan 17 10:45:58   
   
   Hello mark,   
      
   On Fri Jan 20 2017 09:12:38, mark lewis wrote to Mark Hofmann:   
      
    MH>> I had never been connected to an hpt system until recently, and   
    MH>> didn't know the syntax to subscribe to all echos.   
      
    ml> the worst part is for hpt operators to even find the help text so they   
    ml> can make it available for their links... i hunted and hunted for it...   
    ml> finally found it after two or three days... it really is a   
    ml> GoodThing when areafix help texts are simple text files that can   
    ml> be referenced when needed instead of being hardcoded into the   
    ml> programs...   
      
   I think he was referring to the fact that you use wildcards in your *fix   
   requests for the Husky tools (ie: [+]*/-* to subscribe to all echos available,   
   rather than D'Bridge and SBBSecho using [+]ALL/-ALL). Both ways probably match   
   other software, but since Mark was used to DB and possibly SBBSecho, it was a   
   different scenario for him specifically.   
      
   If it took you two or three days to search for and find the "misc" directory   
   under HPT's (and HTICK's for that matter) root directory, then I suspect   
   PEBCAK rather than the program itself. Where would you expect it to be   
   otherwise?   
      
   And now to try to bring us back to the original topic in the DBRIDGE echo, It   
   was requested that DB have a help screen for users trying to access Areafix,   
   and now it does as of the latest update. I'd call that a success!   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20161221   
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