jopsy@naucse.UUCP (JO.hn P.hillip C.rane) (08/06/89)
For some reason, when I unshared the 'spew' program found in alt.sources
the vertical bar characters were removed. This was a slight problem on
two lines in spew.c.
#define VBAR ''
should be
#define VBAR '|'
and later on a file/decompression check a || needs to be inserted in a
rather obvious spot. (for those that know anything about C)
The other problem, lies in the 'headline' data file. It seems the vertical
bars are missing from there as well, causing all sorts of ugliness when
the program tries to produce output. (I.E. bad pluralizations and suffixes,
if any).
If someone received this program, with proper vertbarization, could they
please mail me the correct 'headline' file?
Thanx in advance!
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Dragon lover, Classical Pianist, Tetriholic, and Right Brained Programmer charlie@blake.acs.washington.edu (Charlie Geyer) (08/07/89)
In article <1632@naucse.UUCP> jopsy@naucse.UUCP (JO.hn P.hillip C.rane) writes: > For some reason, when I unshared the 'spew' program found in alt.sources > the vertical bar characters were removed. This was a slight problem on > two lines in spew.c. [two corrections deleted] > The other problem, lies in the 'headline' data file. It seems the vertical > bars are missing from there as well, causing all sorts of ugliness when > the program tries to produce output. (I.E. bad pluralizations and suffixes, > if any). > > If someone received this program, with proper vertbarization, could they > please mail me the correct 'headline' file? It arrived here without vertical bars too. I sent e-mail about it to the original poster, but maybe it didn't get there. I too would like a correct copy of the headline data file. The head lines are funny.
root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) (08/07/89)
Please post/e-mail the diffs/patch if you have successfully compiled spew under Xenix. Thanks, Larry Dighera -- USPS: The Consultants' Exchange, PO Box 12100, Santa Ana, CA 92712 TELE: (714) 842-6348: BBS (N81); (714) 842-5851: Xenix guest account (E71) UUCP: conexch Any ACU 2400 17148425851 ogin:-""-ogin:-""-ogin: nuucp UUCP: ...!uunet!spsd!conexch!root || ...!trwrb!ucla-an!conexch!root
dmcallis@bambam.UUCP (David McAllister) (08/07/89)
From article <1632@naucse.UUCP>, by jopsy@naucse.UUCP (JO.hn P.hillip C.rane): > > If someone received this program, with proper vertbarization, could they > please mail me the correct 'headline' file? I got the same annoying things. Perhaps it ought to be reposted when it is fixed. That could save the author having to mail a lot of stuff. -- David McAllister, SLC, Utah | "Slow neutrons at play" Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. | bambam!esunix!dmcallis@cs.utah.edu |
bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) (08/11/89)
In article <111@bambam.UUCP> dmcallis@bambam.UUCP (David McAllister) writes: |From article <1632@naucse.UUCP>, by jopsy@naucse.UUCP (JO.hn P.hillip C.rane): |> |> If someone received this program, with proper vertbarization, could they |> please mail me the correct 'headline' file? | |I got the same annoying things. Perhaps it ought to be reposted when it is |fixed. That could save the author having to mail a lot of stuff. Apparently one of the backbone sites had a temporary shortage of "|" characters, so it had to borrow them from some News files. Unfortunately the files were propogated before the "|" characters were returned, so we now have this problem. I understand that a file containing the proper number of "|" characters is being sent out. When you receive it, just restore each "|" to its proper place in the affected files, and all will be well again. Cheers, -- __ Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \cc/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/r/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _< \_ Does a bovine bricklayer == a mu meson? - E. Farmi