Re: hamster

On 3/28/2024 4:30 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 08:54 this Thursday (GMT):

On 3/27/2024 2:20 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:

floffy@gallaxial.com <floffy@gallaxial.com> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:25:55 +0100, Thomas Hochstein <thh@thh.name> wrote:
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floffy@gallaxial.com wrote:
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the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess

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Hamster's help files are in HLP format and designed for the old
WinHlp32.exe; this format has not been supported since Windows Vista, and
WinHlp32 versions don't run after Windows 8. See
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607> for more information.
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There are current help files in German as part of the Hamster Classic Beta
releases, see <https://hamster-classic.de/download:download> (you can use
Gogle Translate or Deepl). I don't have a source for current help files in
other languages.
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-thh

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I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
is simplest (english)

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    Just give yourself some time to learn. Trust me, it's worth it. I've
been using Hamster for two decades now (before that, INN on a Real UNIX
TM system).

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How is it actually used, I had a brief look at it but it seemed somewhat
complicated. Is it like leafnode on unixoid systems?

  I think it works like this:
Hamster downloads new articles on your account on a regular interval
You read those downloaded articles from Hamster (even offline)
"Posting a reply" puts the message into a message queue
Next time it fetches articles, it also posts the queue

here's an intersting question I haven't found out yet: how long is the interval and how do you change it? I don't seem to be able to find a setting for that in Hamster (I just installed it) and have not found anything in the manual yet.
 From what I can see it should be defined by script within Hamster?