Re: getting the most out of TWM

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:05:44 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:

Putting an entire program and its .ini file in ONE subdirectory would
have been nice.

I imagine that’s what they did, and that’s what led to the mess. That
means that, when you reinstall (or likely even upgrade), you lose your
original config customizations.

The right answer is what the Linux community came up with: a package
manager that can keep track of where all the bits go (executables, shared
libraries, read-only data etc), can manage common dependencies, and can
special-case configuration files so customizations don’t get lost (at
least not automatically) on an upgrade.

Wordstar and your files all fit on a floppy.  We didn't appreciate what
we had!

I used an Apple Mac, back in the days when you didn’t even need
installers: just drag the apps off the distribution media onto your system
drive.

Those days are long gone. Modern problems need modern solutions.