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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 22:39:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:02 -0400, DFS wrote:

> On 10/15/2024 9:01 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>
>> Le 2024-10-15 à 01 h 30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro a écrit :
>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 09:44:27 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/13/2024 2:56 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 19:51:52 -0400, DFS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> You've been able to read the Registry since the beginning with VB/A
>>>>>> or C# or C++.
>>>>>
>>>>> With special APIs. Normal file-manipulation commands cannot be used
>>>>> with the Registry.
>>>>
>>>> No duh.  It's not a normal file.
>>>
>>> Funny, weren’t you trying to claim earlier that the Registry could
>>> indeed be manipulated as easily as Linux config files?
>> 
>> That claim would be erroneous.
> 
> I never made that claim, or anything like it.

Here is the claim I made:

    On Linux, they are all text files. Not only can you understand their
    contents, you can use diff between different versions to see what has
    changed, and copy/paste accordingly.

You tried to refute that claim. Yes or no?