Re: Regex Help

300 is just the default. As I download just the headers (and the content
only when I am interested - i.e. actually when I read a note), it doesn't
bother me that much to get everything. Despite the fact that I didn't loose
anything because I always used the 'get next xxx', it annoyed me for a long
time until I discovered the settings as you did...

I created a view that hide all ignored notes and ignore unimportant news
asap, so they do not even appear on the list next time I download a bunch of
headers.

/LM

"Dave Sexton" <dave@jwa[remove.this]online.com> wrote in message
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Hi Luc,

My concern is not whether there is more to download, but if there is more
to download for any particular thread. What is the point of knowing that
there is more to download without knowing if the remaining posts are part
of threads that you are reading. In other words, you have to download
everything just to be safe anyway.

Do you use that setting or do you know of anyone who uses it purposefully?
If so, how do they know when they are viewing partial threads?

IMO that setting should be off by default and I obviously question its
value regardless.

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Dave Sexton

"Luc E. Mistiaen" <luc.mistiaen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Actually I think you have visual cues at the bottom of the panel that
state how much is left on the board like '725 messages, 100 read, 425
pending' (not sure about the exact wording, but that should hint you that
there is more to download).

/LM

"Dave Sexton" <dave@jwa[remove.this]online.com> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I stumbled upon why I couldn't see Jon's OP, on accident. It's a
ridiculous setting in OE that I had no idea existed, so it turns out
that I didn't delete his post :)

Tools --> Options, Read, News: Get n headers at a time (checked, 300 by
default)

I found out that there were several messages that I hadn't ever seen
after unchecking that option, including Jon's, spanning multiple threads
and groups. Some of the posts appeared before mine and I wasted my time
answering posts to which I thought nobody else had responded.

I assume it's time-based, but the posts that are excluded appear to be
arbitrary from my perspective. Why would anybody want to use a setting
that could, and probably will, prevent them from downloading arbitrary
posts without providing any indication that they are not viewing a
thread in its entirety?

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Dave Sexton

"Luc E. Mistiaen" <luc.mistiaen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am afraid the 'reset' button is a last chance strong medecine and will
loose any watch/ignore/etc... I only use it when the whole thing is
screwed beyond hope ; it is close to unsubscribing and re-subscribing.

If you deleted the header from your list, the only recovery possible is
to unsubscribe/re-subscribe, but then you loose evertything.

/LM

"Dave Sexton" <dave@jwa[remove.this]online.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

Great idea. However, your post is just floating alone.

I did some searching and found out that you can delete posts and
cancel posts. Deleting removes them from OE and canceling, when
supported, removes the post from the news server. I have done both in
the past but I wasn't exactly sure what either did, until now.

Now, if I deleted his post (what a strange circumstance, given that I
don't go around deleting other peoples posts in OE), how could I get
it back? Apparently it has not been cancelled from the news server
since you may only cancel messages from your own email address.

If I go to Tools --> Options, Maintenance tab, and click the "Clean up
now..." button, I'm presented with multiple options. The "Reset"
button in particular looks like it might get his post back but I'm
concerned that I might lose all of my "watched" messages.
Unfortunately, it is unclear to me whether the "Reset" button will
behave nicely. I searched news groups and the OE docs but I couldn't
find any information that gave a definitive answer.

Windows XP SP2
Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180

Can you confirm whether I can use the "Reset" button to see if it
fixes this problem without losing those message that I am "watching"?

If not then I'm just going to assume that I accidentally deleted Jon's
post. Although I find that really hard to believe, I don't see any
other possibility. Especially since it seems that I'm the only one
who doesn't see it.

Thanks for the help.

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Dave Sexton

"Luc E. Mistiaen" <luc.mistiaen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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For Dave Sexton: the best I can think of is to reply to the
incriminated 'reply'. If you (Dave Sexton) see this reply, it should
appear as a reply to the note you can't see...

After this, I run out of ideas.

/LM


"Jon Shemitz" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jules wrote:

how do I describe a string consisting of any number of characters,
with
an optional (but unique when occuring) end-of-line expression '/'?
With
groups if possible, as in "(?<sentence>.*(?<eos>[^\\][\\]{1}$)?)"

Say I have the phrase 'My Taylor is /' as input; I'd like
'sentence'
and 'eos' to match.

Now if I have 'My Taylor is //' or 'My Taylor is / ', 'sentence'
should
match, but not 'eos'. In other words, 'eos' should match only when
it
occurs once, and last, in the string.

(?<sentence> .* [^/] ) (?<eos> / ) $

RegexOptions.IgnorePattermWhitespace

The sentence group may not end with a "/", and the eos group must be
the last character.

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