Pfagh!

I only accomplished 1 thing from that list on my program so far, but, it was worth it for MANY other "little things" in it that needed cleaning up that I was NOT aware of (not so much bugs, but better try-except errtrapping & also try-finally "batch commits" of various ops, too):

ALL THAT REMAINS LIST:

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• 1.) Allow the option (in the "file format scrub" portion, topmost button) to generate HOSTS files that use either 127.0.0.1 (slowest/largest option, BUT most compatible), 0.0.0.0 (next largest/slowest option, less compatible across diff. OS', but, is faster loadtime & smaller RAM occupancy in the local DNS cache your OS + tcp/ip stack keeps than 127.0.0.1) & lastly a NEW more efficient format I am using ( 0<singlespace>URLtoBLOCK<cr+lf> ) that actually WORKS for bad adbanners/sites, as it quite literally shaved my HOSTS file down from 14mb size, to 11mb, already, yet yields FULL blocking function!

• 2.) The ability to PING a list of sites in a .txt file, for folks that like to use the HOSTS file to speedup access to their fav. websites (which I for one, do, since it takes less time to get an IP resolution from your local DNS cache OR the HOSTS file, than it does taking time to call out to a DNS Server, many orders of magnitude faster in fact (I have this code already having written MANY apps like it) into another tab - &, to "merge it" with the blocking section format scrub output file from #1 above also!)

• 3.) Storing my PREBUILT 11mb HOSTS file in another tab & memo field for save to disk overwriting ones folks have stored, as an option, for save to disk (either I will do it THIS way, OR, store it as a programmatic resource to extract, which I do in my APK Doctor Who ScreenSaver (w/ its .avi file it plays)), as a "CUSTOM HOSTS FILE" folks can use as a GREAT starter one for themselves, if need be (it's VERY complete/comprehensive).

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* Well, "looking @ the 'bright-side'" of this? @ least I got 1 thing accomplished... & out of the yardwork?? LOL, only the watering of the garden (but, the laundry's 'under way' now as I write this)...

APK

P.S.=> It's TRUE what they say about multitasking... nothing really ever gets done? Untrue... you will get things you planned getting done, some partially done (some not @ all), & maybe 1-3 of the total # of things done you want to, TOTALLY... so much for "to-do" lists eh? You never actually get them ALL completely done though - not enough hours in a day! apk

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