howard schwartz wrote:
>
> Clarence Verge wrote:
> > I don't see why no one is trying my GETnLOAD.zip. :
>
> > I can't tell if there are any user interface problems if no one complains. <G>
> > 'Course, I won't enjoy them any more than Michael does. ;-)
>
> I can speculate, from your description, a major problem with GETnLoad:
> Your utility appears to operate at the file level, overwriting one file
> with another, if certain conditions are met. New and old setup files tend
> to differ from each other, internally, line by line. A newer file most
> often contains additional lines, the older file did not or - less frequently-
> contains older lines that have been altered by renaming a variable, etc.
>
> An adequate upgrade facility, at minimum, scans a new and old setup file
> line by line. It adds new lines from the new file, and presents changed
> lines to a user, who decides to use the new or old version of a line, or
> manually edit a changed line.
Ahhh. I had no intention of doing THAT sort of thing. I agree this would be
a nice addition, but my intent was to spare the upgradee the drudgery of
making a list of changed files and then copying them to the new install.
I'm not concerned myself about a few lines in a .CFG file. My problem, and
that of some others, it to preserve the hard work that went into customizing
our Arachnes.
In my case there are, I believe, about 35 files that have been modified and
Christof seems to have even more. The ability to have appearance "tweaks"
flagged automatically by DOS is a godsend to someone as lazy as me. <g>
There is a new version of GETnLOAD.zip with instructions now available and I
shall download that file compare program to see if it can be integrated with
my overgrader. If it is possible, I will let you know.
Thanks, Howard.
- Clarence Verge
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