From: Oliver S. <oli...@si...> - 2012-04-01 18:43:43
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Chapter 1 "About This Book" says (last item in chapter): ... comp.lang.rexx Newsgroup The comp.lang.rexx (news:comp.lang.rexx) newsgroup is a good place to obtain help from many individuals within the Rexx community. ... The link news:comp.lang.rexx does not work. -- Oliver Sims |
From: CVBruce <cv...@gm...> - 2012-04-01 19:50:04
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I would think that you would need software that has registered to handle that kind of URI. Does the URI work if you type it in the address field of your browser. On my computer it opened Mozila Thunderbird, which then wanted me to configure its news group feeds. Just like the callto: you need to have something configured on your computer to handle that URI. Bruce Sent from an undisclosed location. On Apr 1, 2012, at 12:43 PM, "Oliver Sims" <oli...@si...> wrote: > Chapter 1 "About This Book" says (last item in chapter): > > ... comp.lang.rexx Newsgroup > > The comp.lang.rexx (news:comp.lang.rexx) newsgroup is a good place to obtain help from many > individuals within the Rexx community. ... > > > The link news:comp.lang.rexx does not work. > > -- > Oliver Sims > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |
From: Oliver S. <oli...@si...> - 2012-04-01 19:56:39
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I just bunged the link into my browser (Firefox) and hit enter. I expect to be able to do that with a link. If it doesn't work, I think, "Hm, a bad link, bad editing too" and go elsewhere. Maybe it needs a footnote or something, or just not be a link that (I suspect for many people) doesn't work. Just my opinion, though, I'd be happy to be wrong about it. Atb, Oliver _____ From: CVBruce [mailto:cv...@gm...] Sent: 01 April 2012 19:50 To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Bad link in Chapter 1 of ooDialog Ref andoodGuide I would think that you would need software that has registered to handle that kind of URI. Does the URI work if you type it in the address field of your browser. On my computer it opened Mozila Thunderbird, which then wanted me to configure its news group feeds. Just like the callto: you need to have something configured on your computer to handle that URI. Bruce Sent from an undisclosed location. On Apr 1, 2012, at 12:43 PM, "Oliver Sims" <oli...@si...> wrote: Chapter 1 "About This Book" says (last item in chapter): ... comp.lang.rexx Newsgroup The comp.lang.rexx (news:comp.lang.rexx) newsgroup is a good place to obtain help from many individuals within the Rexx community. ... The link news:comp.lang.rexx does not work. -- Oliver Sims ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oor...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |
From: Mark M. <mie...@gm...> - 2012-04-01 20:02:20
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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Oliver Sims <oli...@si...> wrote: > I just bunged the link into my browser (Firefox) and hit enter. I expect to > be able to do that with a link. If it doesn't work, I think, "Hm, a bad > link, bad editing too" and go elsewhere. Maybe it needs a footnote or > something, or just not be a link that (I suspect for many people) doesn't > work. I think Bruce is right about having something on your system that handles the URL= properly. Things have changed over time. Changing the current source code: <ulink url="news:comp.lang.rexx">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> to: <ulink url="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.rexx/topics?hl=en">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> would probably work. -- Mark Miesfeld |
From: CVBruce <cv...@gm...> - 2012-04-02 02:29:39
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I thought about using the link to google, but didn't want to suggest it because not everyone reads usenet news on google. I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. Bruce On Apr 1, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mark Miesfeld wrote: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Oliver Sims > <oli...@si...> wrote: >> I just bunged the link into my browser (Firefox) and hit enter. I expect to >> be able to do that with a link. If it doesn't work, I think, "Hm, a bad >> link, bad editing too" and go elsewhere. Maybe it needs a footnote or >> something, or just not be a link that (I suspect for many people) doesn't >> work. > > I think Bruce is right about having something on your system that > handles the URL= properly. Things have changed over time. > > Changing the current source code: > > <ulink url="news:comp.lang.rexx">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> > > to: > > <ulink url="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.rexx/topics?hl=en">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> > > would probably work. > > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |
From: Mark M. <mie...@gm...> - 2012-04-02 02:43:40
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On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:29 PM, CVBruce <cv...@gm...> wrote: > I thought about using the link to google, but didn't want to suggest it because not everyone reads usenet news on google. That's true, but at least the link in the doc should get everyone to comp.lang.rexx. For someone that is used to reading usenet groups, they could the easily navigate to the group on their own. You may not be aware of this, but if you are using Adobe to read the PDF, clicking on the reference takes you straight to comp.lang.rexx > I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. I think a lot of ISPs have. I doubt that most young kids even know what usenet is. -- Mark Miesfeld |
From: Rony G. F. <Ron...@wu...> - 2012-04-02 07:18:14
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>> I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. > I think a lot of ISPs have. I doubt that most young kids even know > what usenet is. There are a few free newsgroup servers that do not force one to create an account for posting (which is the case in Google et.al.). One that I have started to use with Thunderbird is <aioe.org>. Maybe using an URL like <news:com...@ai...> would work in general? ---rony |
From: Oliver S. <oli...@si...> - 2012-04-02 10:39:38
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I tried clicking on your link and got a message saying Microsoft Express was not installed (which it isn't). -- Oliver Sims -----Original Message----- From: Rony G. Flatscher [mailto:Ron...@wu...] Sent: 02 April 2012 07:19 To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Bad link in Chapter 1 of ooDialog Ref andoodGuide >> I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. > I think a lot of ISPs have. I doubt that most young kids even know > what usenet is. There are a few free newsgroup servers that do not force one to create an account for posting (which is the case in Google et.al.). One that I have started to use with Thunderbird is <aioe.org>. Maybe using an URL like <news:com...@ai...> would work in general? ---rony ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oor...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |
From: Oliver S. <oli...@si...> - 2012-04-02 10:39:39
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I should have said - I did at first click on the link in the pdf, but got a message saying that MS Express wanted to open. I said no to that automatically on principle. But I just tried it again, allowed MS Express to open (even though it's not installed!!), and got a dialog asking for my "Display Name". Normally at this point I would have given up thinking life's too short, but I persevered. So then it asked for my email address. And then it asked for the Internet News Server Name. At which point I did give up. -- Oliver Sims -----Original Message----- From: Mark Miesfeld [mailto:mie...@gm...] Sent: 02 April 2012 02:44 To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Oorexx-devel] Bad link in Chapter 1 of ooDialog Ref andoodGuide On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:29 PM, CVBruce <cv...@gm...> wrote: > I thought about using the link to google, but didn't want to suggest it because not everyone reads usenet news on google. That's true, but at least the link in the doc should get everyone to comp.lang.rexx. For someone that is used to reading usenet groups, they could the easily navigate to the group on their own. You may not be aware of this, but if you are using Adobe to read the PDF, clicking on the reference takes you straight to comp.lang.rexx > I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. I think a lot of ISPs have. I doubt that most young kids even know what usenet is. -- Mark Miesfeld ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oor...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel |
From: Bill T. W. <wb...@ar...> - 2012-04-02 02:49:14
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Possibly the doc should say that the "newsgroup "comp.lang.rexx" contains good information and if your Internet Service Provider does not support the newsgroups you can read it on Google at.... /s/ Bill Turner, wb4alm On 04/01/2012 10:29 PM, CVBruce wrote: > I thought about using the link to google, but didn't want to suggest it because not everyone reads usenet news on google. I have to admit though, my ISP has dropped support for usenet news groups. > > Bruce > On Apr 1, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Mark Miesfeld wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Oliver Sims >> <oli...@si...> wrote: >>> I just bunged the link into my browser (Firefox) and hit enter. I expect to >>> be able to do that with a link. If it doesn't work, I think, "Hm, a bad >>> link, bad editing too" and go elsewhere. Maybe it needs a footnote or >>> something, or just not be a link that (I suspect for many people) doesn't >>> work. >> I think Bruce is right about having something on your system that >> handles the URL= properly. Things have changed over time. >> >> Changing the current source code: >> >> <ulink url="news:comp.lang.rexx">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> >> >> to: >> >> <ulink url="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.rexx/topics?hl=en">comp.lang.rexx</ulink> >> >> would probably work. >> >> -- >> Mark Miesfeld >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> This SF email is sponsosred by: >> Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure >> _______________________________________________ >> Oorexx-devel mailing list >> Oor...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF email is sponsosred by: > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oor...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel > |