On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Bernie wrote:
> That may be, but why call it via DGI instead of the current way?
Are you asking "why not integrate it in the core.exe code?"?
Current wwwman implementation is called as an external utility, but I
suppose you know that after digging in the source code. =)
> Then can you please explain to me why you can't call them *both* wwwman.exe
> and use the one that fits your needs. By doing so any changes to the normal
> one would also show up in the LFN version. Splitting the LFN version from
> the "development tree" sounds rather weird IMO. Having a programcode look
> in two ways (for the compiler) isn't all that hard all we need is to use
> #define.
You could do it your way or my way - both leads to the same goal. It's
just that I feel better if there are two leafs on the current branch
instead of one leaf with a lot of #defines. For example, what happens if
you notice that the source code would be better off in two files, because
the code does different things under DJGPP and Borland (actaully, I don't
think that would happen but anyway =P)? How would you package the stuff,
with both versions in the smae archive? (Yes, I think one should be able
to choose, based on whether one wants 386 code with LFNs or 8086 code
without or whicherver is fastest.) That's what I think makes it better to
be put in a separate file, and accessed by, say, file386:// or something.
> BTW: Petri why don't you like fast internet connections? (your X-Sender
> tells me so: "X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]" - I do not think I'll
> translate the meaning here of the swedish word "luder", "bredband" is
> "broadband" anyway)
*major laugh* actually, it's a joke. I did not have a DNS entry for my PC
(I am behind a cable modem connection), so I desperately needed a domain
name. I got one. Guess why I don't use it too often....anyway. people have
easier to remember odd names than to remember odd numbers (for me, it's
the reverse) so people who can't remember 195.163.95.100 get to remember
sa*ans.bredbandsluder.nu....(no, I did not choose it - I got it from a
friend). But anyway, if you have any domain name suggestions for me,
you're MORE than welcome =) All of you! Then I'll get reverse DNS and you
will be able to access me in seconds instead of seconds+five minutes...
/petri
