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From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc>
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Subject: Re: tin: Posing not allowed
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:33:51 -0000 (UTC)
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Urs Janssen <urs@buil.tin.org> wrote:
> Anton Shepelev wrote:
>> man pages.  Also, it was by sheer luck that I even saw the message
>> 
>>    Can't get a (fully qualified) domain-name!
>> 
>> because it does not appear if I start tin the usual way, e.g.:
>> 
>>    >rtin -g <server>
> 
> It's printed before starting curses, so at leat it shall still be
> visible after ending tin. 

I use Tin from the "hardware" TTYs (Ctrl+Alt+F2-F8) with no back
scrolling.  Upon exit from Tin, all I see is a blank screen with
the prompt at the bottom.  This is why I kept missing this warning.

> Anyway I fixed the sleep(4) which got lost
> and added a no posting hint to that message. 

Thank you.  I think that forcing the user to read the warning and
press Enter to continue would also be a good option for the those
with slow reactions, e.g.:

    # Have user confirm warnings instead of auto-hiding them after
    # a delay:
    confirm_warnings=YES

> With the next version (2.6.4) there will be a connection info screen
> ('J') which will also hold that info.

That sounds useful, and I hope it will look so, too.