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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:38:38 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc:        paul@netcraft.co.uk, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, loodvrij@gridpoint.com
Subject:   Re: Patch to talkd 
Message-ID:  <23407.827692718@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Mar 1996 08:31:01 PST." <199603241631.IAA12904@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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> That's why you do a 'w' first and explicitly give the tty.  I certainly
> hope the patch still allows that...

It does - this just changes the selection of a default when such a tty
_isn't_ given.  Honestly, I don't understand all the contraversy over
this patch - it's a far better algorithm than simply grabbing the
first tty, regardless of how useful a place to reach the person it
actually is.

					Jordan



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