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Grex > Helpers > #3: Things that go wrong with the help system | |
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robh
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response 50 of 61:
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Feb 6 15:01 UTC 1995 |
Re 48 - When I run two screens at once, I turn the help
flag on for only one. It doesn't help with what I'm
doing, since I usually turn the flag on for the screen
I'm reading Usenet in, and nobody can run two Usenet
sessions at once. Mainly I only turn it on in one screen
so I don't get stuck trying to help two people at
exactly the same time.
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rcurl
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response 51 of 61:
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Feb 6 15:40 UTC 1995 |
Valerie, could the percent of time when no helper flags are on be
obtained? Anyway to log helpers ontimes? Your observation is what
I mostly observe (I run the w that shows helper flags when I log in).
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popcorn
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response 52 of 61:
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Feb 7 05:13 UTC 1995 |
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rcurl
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response 53 of 61:
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Feb 7 06:35 UTC 1995 |
At least we have a bonanza of helpers right now - 3. That means that each
will receive (on the average) 1/3 of the calls that one helper would.
Don't take that to imply you are not being useful! You are spreading the
work among more volunteers, which helps both the helpees and helpers.
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kentn
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response 54 of 61:
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Feb 7 17:14 UTC 1995 |
If I turn on my help flag, does that mean I have to receive "regular"
write requests, too? Or will I only see help reqests (as in 'mesg n h')?
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popcorn
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response 55 of 61:
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Feb 8 04:00 UTC 1995 |
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popcorn
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response 56 of 61:
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Feb 16 16:04 UTC 1995 |
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head
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response 57 of 61:
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Mar 2 20:04 UTC 1995 |
I'm in party all the time (with flag on...now) and wonder if you would like me
to drop hints to users there about becoming helper?
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robh
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response 58 of 61:
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Mar 2 21:45 UTC 1995 |
You might suggest it, by and large I think the folks in party
are either experienced enough to know about being a helper,
or use Menu or Lynx and know about "writing help" anyway.
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jhudson
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response 59 of 61:
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Aug 30 03:32 UTC 2001 |
$ who -T
who: cannot open utmp
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gelinas
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response 60 of 61:
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Aug 30 03:47 UTC 2001 |
It seems to be working now, but I'm not going to reproduce the results of
!who -T
How are we doing for helpers these days?
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jhudson
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response 61 of 61:
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Sep 4 20:47 UTC 2001 |
Someone wanted to know how to specify character mode.
If someone does write help, I reply with jot.
That will use character mode unless they have some kind of preference
set. My helper flag is always on but I never get messages.
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