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Subject: Re: Patch to talkd 
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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 10:38:38 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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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