----------------------------------- 1. The nominating period will run through 31-Jan-1998. 2. The voting period will run from 1-Feb-1998 through 28-Feb-1998. 3. The new moderator will be announced in C_PlusPlus on 1-Mar-1998 and will assume office on 8-Mar-1998 or earlier where feasible. 4. To be eligible for the post of moderator, a candidate must meet the following criteria: a. Candidates must be either a sysop or a point. If a point, the candidate must have the consent and approval of his/her BossNode sysop. b. Candidates must have posted messages in C_PlusPlus within the month of December, 1997. c. Candidates must have an Internet address as well as a FidoNet address, allowing them to be able to reliably send and receive Internet email as well as FidoNet NetMail. 5. Candidates may either be nominated or volunteer. If nominated, no seconding nomination is required. If volunteered, a seconding nomination will be required. 6. All candidates must explicitly accept their nomination. 7. Nominations and volunteers should be posted publicly in C_PlusPlus. Acceptance of nominations must be via email to rbs@snippets.org. 8. Anyone who posted a message to C_PlusPlus within the month of December, 1997, is eligible to vote. 9. Votes should be sent directly to me via NetMail to 1:106/2000.6 or email to rbs@snippets.org. All voters should expect a confirming message. Please be aware that sometimes I have problems with NetMail. So use Internet email where possible. 10. If anyone has, or seems to have, any real problems getting their vote to me, they may, as a last resort, post their votes in C_PlusPlus. This obviously violates the concept of a secret ballot, and is therefore discouraged unless all other means of voting have been exhausted unsuccessfully. Bob Stout Temporary acting moderator, C_PlusPlus --- QM v1.00 * Origin: MicroFirm : Down to the C in chips (1:106/2000.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1M00010 Date: 01/18/98 From: BOB STOUT Time: 02:39am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: C_Echo/C_PlusPlus unification election r02:39:4401/18/98 C_Echo/C_PlusPlus Unification Election Rules -------------------------------------------- 1. The voting period will run through 31-Jan-1998. 2. Anyone who posted a message to C_PlusPlus within the month of December, 1997, is eligible to vote. 3. Votes may be sent directly to me via NetMail to 1:106/2000.6, or email to rbs@snippets.org, or simply posted in C_PlusPlus. Bob Stout Temporary acting moderator, C_PlusPlus --- QM v1.00 * Origin: MicroFirm : Down to the C in chips (1:106/2000.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1M00011 Date: 01/18/98 From: BOB STOUT Time: 02:40am \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: C_PlusPlus elections results to date (All listings are alphabetical) Candidates: Darin McBride Roger Scudder Tom Torfs Declined: Kurt Kuzba Pending: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard C/C++ Echo reunification vote: For: 2 Against: 5 --- QM v1.00 * Origin: MicroFirm : Down to the C in chips (1:106/2000.6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1M00012 Date: 01/17/98 From: HERBERT BUSHONG Time: 11:57am \/To: TIM HUTZLER (Read 1 times) Subj: DOS border/window li ::> HB>There's a regular posting in the C echo about it's location. The ::> HB>current file I believe is SNIP9707.ZIP. It's well worth having... ::> My local BBS has SNIP9519. Would that be too out of date? Don't know if VidMgr is in that one (the name looks wrong too). I believe he the web site is www.snippets.org (Bob Stout may chime in and correct me if I'm wrong; he maintains snippets and can be found here and in the C echo...) # Herbert Bushong harchon@centuryinter.net [TEAM OS/2] - Blackbeard's BBS Intelec: 239:600/0 + Fido: 1:19/19 http://www.intelec.com/software/ --- RM 1.31 2508 Pound Farr: Overweight Vulcan Sex. * Origin: Blackbeard's BBS - Ville Platte, LA - 318-468-3385 (1:19/19) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1M00013 Date: 01/16/98 From: JAN BIJSTERBOSCH Time: 07:55pm \/To: BOB STOUT (Read 1 times) Subj: Echo reunification Hello Bob, 14 Jan 98, Bob Stout of 1:106/2000.6 wrote to All [ snip ] BS> Since we now have moderator candidates in both echos, the BS> threat of the C++ echo simply evaporating has itself BS> evaporated for the time being. Therefore, my personal BS> preference is to continue as separate echos for the BS> immediate future (or at least until new standards are BS> adopted and we can all see how much common ground is left). I fully second this motion. Greetings from overcast Amsterdam, Jan email:bijster@worldonline.nl http://home.worldonline.nl/~bijster --- MBM v3.41e * Origin: Snuffelaar bij DosBoss West (2:500/121.5122) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1M00014 Date: 01/16/98 From: JAN BIJSTERBOSCH Time: 07:56pm \/To: VICTOR KEMP (Read 1 times) Subj: char to string Hello Victor, 15 Jan 98, Victor Kemp of 3:771/340 wrote to All VK> Hi, maybe that last char to char * question I asked in this VK> echo was so simple that no-body bothered to reply. Patience, patience... VK> Anyway I need to append a char onto the end of a string, VK> something like this VK> char stringvar[90]; VK> char charvar; VK> strcat(stringvar, charvar); VK> But that doesn't work, someone please tell me how it's done. Hmm, as often there are more ways than one to do this. A quick and dirty way would be using a temp char array like: char temp[1]=" "; // to get the trailing '\0' in place. temp[0] = charvar; strcat( stringvar, temp ); If you're more adventurous, you could write a function for this like: int charadd( char *dest, const char ch, int length ); { int len = strlen(dest); if( len < lenght-1 ) { dest[len] = ch; dest[len+1] = '\0'; } else return 0; // buffer full return 1; // char added } Hope this gave you some idea... Greetings from overcast Amsterdam, Jan email:bijster@worldonline.nl http://home.worldonline.nl/~bijster --- MBM v3.41e * Origin: Snuffelaar bij DosBoss West (2:500/121.5122) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1N00000 Date: 01/17/98 From: ANTHONY TIBBS Time: 06:58pm \/To: THIERRY MOURE (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: DOS border/window librar That UGUI package would be great, except I'm not looking for a GUI package. What would you think if Frontdoor was graphical? Older XT users may have a problem there. :-) --- PointEd 2.0 * Origin: The Tibbs' Point - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1:163/215.38) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1N00001 Date: 01/18/98 From: RANDAL KOHUTEK Time: 09:31am \/To: TIM HUTZLER (Read 1 times) Subj: Newbie =) TH>Indeed. And that is one of the simplest uses for macros. Edit macros TH>(not compile macros) are short programs that automate some of the TH>work for you. Yea, I see. Some of the things in the IDE are take several steps to do ... macros =) TH>An inexpensive text ($20) that I have read one chapter comes highly TH>reccomended by collegues of mine. "C++ From The Ground Up." I can't TH>remember the author. It is clear, concise, really well written. I TH>don't know if it will address your above issues, but you can learn a TH>lot from it. I borrowed it to read up on 'overloading operators.' I was thinking about picking up "C++ for Dummies," but I looked through it, and already know everything that this basic book covers. I guess I'll have to look into "c++ from the ground up" - Thanks! Randal Kohutek - slip42@juno.com --- GEcho 1.20/Pro/PBBS * Origin: Redbeard's Cove BBS, Security, CO. (719) 392-2705 (1:128/202) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 203 C++ Ref: F1N00002 Date: 01/17/98 From: JARI LAAKSONEN Time: 09:07pm \/To: BOB STOUT (Read 1 times) Subj: Echo reunification BS> IMHO, the arguments for and against reunification of the C and C++ BS> echos boild down to: BS> FOR: Dwindling FidoNet activity suggest consolidation. BS> Many programmers use both C and C++. BS> Many tyros don't know the difference. BS> AGAINST: The language standards are growing apart. BS> Topic clutter. BS> Confusion. The bottom line of the whole issue IMHO is that how can we keep the message flow high enough that both echos are interesting for both novices and professionals. If the message flow is low then the echos must be merged to keep at least one C/C++ discussion group alive in Fidonet. // Albert email: jla@to.icl.fi --- GoldED/2 2.50+ * Origin: Albert's Point/2 in Finland, Europe (2:221/360.20)