On 2017 Jan 20 10:45:58, you wrote to me:   
      
    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   
    ml>> they can make it available for their links... i hunted and hunted for   
    ml>> it... 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...   
      
    NB> I think he was referring to the fact that you use wildcards in your   
    NB> *fix requests for the Husky tools (ie: [+]*/-* to subscribe to all   
    NB> echos available, rather than D'Bridge and SBBSecho using [+]ALL/-ALL).   
    NB> Both ways probably match other software, but since Mark was used to DB   
    NB> and possibly SBBSecho, it was a different scenario for him   
    NB> specifically.   
      
   he might have been... i was just pointing out that by default, at least on   
   linux systems when building from the sources, the areafix help is hard to   
   find...   
      
    NB> If it took you two or three days to search for and find the "misc"   
    NB> directory under HPT's (and HTICK's for that matter) root directory,   
      
   why would i look in there? it isn't a misc file... a document or config file,   
   sure but not misc...   
      
    NB> then I suspect PEBCAK rather than the program itself. Where would you   
    NB> expect it to be otherwise?   
      
   after running make install i would expect to find it installed along with the   
   binaries and sample configs... but that's not what happened for either of the   
   help files or the sample configs... i had to find a way to generate a config   
   file to even get started... in that case i found and used fidoInst by Zano and   
   butchered that config into my working copy...   
      
    NB> And now to try to bring us back to the original topic in the DBRIDGE   
    NB> echo, It was requested that DB have a help screen for users trying to   
    NB> access Areafix, and now it does as of the latest update. I'd call that   
    NB> a success!   
      
   it is a success... no one is disputing that :)   
      
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