Re: [9fans] News doesn't get saved in acme Dump

["Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>]

> > Don't fake it -- fix News.  You have the source.
>
> Right.  So… when I try to implement the write-to-ctl in News, what is
> the meaning of the numbers sent?  Reading through
> /acme/mail/src/mail.c and /acme/mail/src/win.c is somewhat less than
> edifying.

/acme/mail/src/mail.c:
	winsetdump(wbox, "/acme/mail", cmd);

/acme/mail/src/win.c:
void
winsetdump(Window *w, char *dir, char *cmd)
{
	if(dir != nil)
		ctlprint(w->ctl, "dumpdir %s\n", dir);
	if(cmd != nil)
		ctlprint(w->ctl, "dump %s\n", cmd);
}

So if you open the ctl file and then do

  fprint(ctl, "dumpdir /news/window/title\n");
  fprint(ctl, "dump News whatever args you use\n");

then you're done.  There are no numbers to send.

Russ