Re: [StrongED] News ModeWhen query

[Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>]

In message <571253e443list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 04 Jul in article <6b7d4f1257.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
>    Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In message <5711c67ee9list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >           Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > Can the News ModWhen be changed to be more explicit, so it only
> > > includes messages and not User Dictionary? The User Dictionary
> > > contains no identifying features.
> 
> > It can but that requires changes in Pluto. At the moment both
> > messages and the User Dictionary are offered to StrongED as text
> > files. They are also located in the same directory with an 8 digit
> > hex number as leafname.
> 
> The 8 digit number is a timestamp for uniqueness, and I am
> investigating how that could be changed in Pluto to make
> identification posible.

In this case it might be useful to embed some form of identification
into the hex number. For messages it could start with 'Me' (&4D64....)
and for User Dictionaries with 'UD' (&5544....). The ModeWhen rules for
News mode could have:

  fff, (Pluto)**.4D64*

Then messages would be claimed by News mode but not User Dictionaries.

> > eg <Wimp$ScrapDir>.Pluto.UserDict
> 
> I am also wondering what happens (in Zap & SE) if a file with the
> *same* name is passed to OLE twice, then changed and saved.

Sounds like an interesting experiment. If the session numbers used are
different then it could be handled correctly and you'd end up with the
content of the OLE file that was closed last.

Whether that's actually the case I don't know, but I'm interested in
hearing the results.

Cheers,
Fred.

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