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- From: kjhoule@iowegia.uucp (Kevin Houle)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Problems with nwreader and helldiver
- Message-ID: <DuLRwB4w165w@iowegia.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 13:40:36 CST
- References: <12ERrAALBh107h@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US>
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- larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US (Lawrence T. Hardiman) writes:
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- > DEFAULT /dir=w:\news
- >
- > This statement had worked fine in plain vanilla Waffle 1.65. Using HellDiver
- > I could not see any news. So, when all else fails, RTFM (Waffle's, that is).
- > Although Tom Dell does not seem to explicitly state that the operand of the
- > /dir statement *must* be enclosed in double-quotes, the example provided
- > shows the operand in double quotes. After changing the statement to:
- >
- > DEFAULT /dir="w:\news"
- >
- > Note the enclosing double-quotes; HellDiver found the newsgroups OK.
- > Maybe you have the same problem I encountered.
-
- I write code that will recognize the parameter either with or without
- quotes. Waffle seems to do the same as I use both forms and have no
- problems. Maybe Helldiver is specifically coded to use a quoted string?
-
- > We all understand BNF. Right? :-)
-
- Um, no :)
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- Kevin Houle kjhoule@iowegia.uucp
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