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    From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to All on Thu Apr 2 19:26:20 2020
    Greetings All!

    I am wondering if you can adjust the message windows the text is not hard again
    t the left edge?

    Regards,

    Nitro



    Rick Smith (Nitro)
    Origin: -= Abacus BBS http://bbs.abon.us =

    ... @C:\GOLDED\ASCII\TAGLINES

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/29 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Abacus BBS (1:340/202)
  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Rick Smith on Fri Apr 3 07:40:24 2020
    Hi Rick!

    02 Apr 2020 19:26, from Rick Smith -> All:

    I am wondering if you can adjust the message windows the text is not
    hard again t the left edge?

    Golded and any other editor displays what is in the messagebase.

    If there are no leading spaces/tabs it starts off on the left side.
    What else should it do?

    ... @C:\GOLDED\ASCII\TAGLINES

    Is TAGLINES a textfile with taglines?

    CU, Ricsi

    ... Zen is like looking for the spectacles that are sitting on your nose.
    --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: It's like a party in my mouth and everybody's puking. (2:310/31)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Rick Smith on Thu Apr 2 22:35:42 2020
    Hello Rick,

    I am wondering if you can adjust the message windows the text is not
    hard against the left edge?

    Not that I know of.

    ... @C:\GOLDED\ASCII\TAGLINES

    You might need to add .txt to your tagline file. If I'm not mistaken I had to do that some time back. I have these three keywords in my golded.cfg for tagline support.

    TAGLINESUPPORT YES
    TAGLINECHAR .
    TAGLINE @/home/alan/taglines.txt

    Although I have them commented out now because my tagline file is all used up.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to Richard Menedetter on Thu Apr 2 23:36:20 2020
    If there are no leading spaces/tabs it starts off on the left side.
    What else should it do?

    I was meaning if the actual editor maybe could be spaced in off the edge a little it would look nicer, at least to me.


    ... @C:\GOLDED\ASCII\TAGLINES

    Is TAGLINES a textfile with taglines?

    Yes just a text file with a couple hundred taglines..

    Regards,

    Rick

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/29 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Abacus BBS (1:340/202)
  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to Alan Ianson on Thu Apr 2 23:38:51 2020
    You might need to add .txt to your tagline file. If I'm not mistaken I
    had to do that some time back. I have these three keywords in my golded.cfg for tagline s upport.

    Thanks Al Ill give that a go, also seeing your message reminded me, does
    Golded have a word wrap option that you know of?

    Regards,

    Rick

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/03/29 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: Abacus BBS (1:340/202)
  • From Rick Smith@1:340/202 to Rick Smith on Thu Apr 2 23:42:13 2020
    Greetings Nitro!

    Answering a msg of <Thursday April 02 2020>, from me to Alan Ianson:

    Looks repaired, I had to take out the c: it appeared to not like that

    Regards,

    Nitro




    ... No honey, I'm not BBSing again - I'm writing a letter to my mother.
    --- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: ----> Abacus BBS (bbs.abon.us:2323) <---- (1:340/202)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Rick Smith on Fri Apr 3 00:20:46 2020
    Hello Rick,

    Thanks Al Ill give that a go, also seeing your message reminded me,
    does Golded have a word wrap option that you know of?

    Golded wraps up text quite nicely as long as it has good input.

    We shouldn't be doing any wrapping ourselves because we don't know what the size of terminal is being used by other readers. It's hard for any reader to display text nicely and in a clean way when it's been pre formatted for a certain screen size and your not using that screen size.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20180707
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Oli@2:280/464.47 to Alan Ianson on Fri Apr 3 12:23:31 2020
    03 Apr 20 00:20, you wrote to Rick Smith:

    Thanks Al Ill give that a go, also seeing your message reminded
    me, does Golded have a word wrap option that you know of?

    Golded wraps up text quite nicely as long as it has good input.

    We shouldn't be doing any wrapping ourselves because we don't know
    what the size of terminal is being used by other readers. It's hard
    for any reader to display text nicely and in a clean way when it's
    been pre formatted for a certain screen size and your not using that screen size.

    I wonder what happens if yo put a unwrapped / long lines message in a Mystic JAM base.

    * Origin: kakistocracy (2:280/464.47)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Oli on Fri Apr 3 03:59:00 2020
    Hello Oli,

    I wonder what happens if yo put a unwrapped / long lines message in a Mystic JAM base.

    I'm not sure. Currently it might get truncated at 255 characters.

    It would be a good thing if it did that, then it could dynamically wrap message text based on the users screen width which could be something other than 80 characters on a phone or tablet or just about anywhere.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al

    --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Rick Smith on Fri Apr 3 17:36:04 2020
    Hi Rick!

    02 Apr 2020 23:36, from Rick Smith -> Richard Menedetter:

    If there are no leading spaces/tabs it starts off on the left
    side. What else should it do?
    I was meaning if the actual editor maybe could be spaced in off the
    edge a little it would look nicer, at least to me.

    Not that I know off.
    Still do not see why it would be nicer ;)))
    But then again ... I do not need to understand ;)

    ... @C:\GOLDED\ASCII\TAGLINES
    Is TAGLINES a textfile with taglines?
    Yes just a text file with a couple hundred taglines..

    I have seen that you have solved it.
    Great!

    CU, Ricsi

    ... It's easier to agree to do better tomorrow than to do your best today.
    --- GoldED+/LNX
    * Origin: Where am I and who are these strange people? (2:310/31)