Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> GNU 'hello' is supposed to be a canonical example of this sort of
> thing, but it hasn't been released in some time. I'll CC: this
> message to its maintainer to see what's up.
Here is the latest pre-release:
http://www.gnu.franken.de/ke/hello/hello-2.0.50.tar.bz2
but the mentioned *utils packages are more up-to-date concerning the GNU
framework.
> While we're on the subject, GNU hello should have a new option:
>
> @item -u
> Has no effect and does not start Word.
>
> This is for compatibility with Microsoft Word, which has the identical
> option.
Yes, that's an important issue since we all are concerned about
compatibility! Elvis already approved this feature and it was me who
added it to the to-do file. I fear it's too late to add a new feature
now since the pre-release cycle already started.
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