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Subject: Re: hamster
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:30:09 -0000 (UTC)
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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:
>>>
>>>> floffy@gallaxial.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> the problem with this hamter is NO HELP the Help is unsupport
>>>>> Try to Find a Help files (f1) working but unsuccess
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -thh
>>>
>>> I use the old Winhlp32 from a WinXP it's Working , But Documentation
>>> is simplest (english)
>> 
>>    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).
>
>
> 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
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