On Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:32:25 +0100,
In article <JEsKzIlUquaW091yn@image.dk>,
gartmann@image.dk (Daniel K. Gartmann) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm currently running Souper for Windows 3.1, but under Win95 and it works
>fine. However, I just downloaded Souper95 and therefore considering an
>upgrade. I would therefore like to ask all of you on this list:
>
>What are the advantages of using Souper95 in stead of Souper for win 3.1?
>Are there any draw-backs?
>
>It should be stressed here that this is not ment as critisisme towards
>Souper95. It is good that there is a choice among several freeware programs.
>But I don't have the time and knowledge to make fundamental changes to my
>current software configuration. But, on the other hand, if I'm missing out
>on something in the upgrade it might be worth the effert.
The main difference between the two programs is in the interface.
Souper-95 works much better when called from a batch file. Souper for
Windows 3.1 is a bit more interactive.
Souper95:
1. 32-bit program.
2. Command line interface.
3. Designed to be called from a batch file.
4. Setup using environment variables and command line parameters.
Ids and passwords for mail access on command line, ids and
passwords for news access saved in a file in home directory.
5. Status and/or error messages could be redirected to a file.
6. An error message will be written to the console, then Souper will
exit with an error status.
Souper for Windows 3.1
1. 16-bit program. (A 32-bit, Windows-95 version will be released
soon.)
2. Graphical user interface.
3. Designed to be called by clicking on an icon. Although under
Windows-95, it could also be started from the command line. If you
call it from a batch file, it will be necessary use the Windows-95
"start/wait" command.
4. Setup using dialog boxes. All ids, passwords, and server names are
saved in an .ini file. Alternately, Souper could be setup to
prompt for ids and passwords.
5. Status and error messages cannot be redirected. At least not yet.
6. An error message will cause a message box to pop up. This must be
responded to before Souper could continue. Then depending on the
error, Souper will either exit or continue.
I think the question is what kind of interface do you like? If you
like a gui interface, Souper for windows is the way to go. If you
want to call it from a batch file and have it do it's thing without
user intervention, Souper95 is it.
The actual code that does the work is the same between the two
programs. Same code to make SOUP packets, process score files, ....
The only changes I made to the code was to add a command to update the
newsrc file with all newsgroups and another command to get a list of
newsgroups (soon).
Oh yes, I just looked at the randomly assigned tag line that Yes
added. All that extra code needed for the gui interface does need
some extra memory and disk space. Although the extra memory needed is
probably small in comparison to the space needed for everything else.
At least I *think* the tag is randomly assigned. Per, you don't have
code in Yes to pick tag lines based on the message content, do you?
Let me know if you have any questions,
bob
-- Bob Rush | eschew obfuscation bobr@mcs.com | <http://www.mcs.com/~bobr/> |Any program will expand to fill all available memory.