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  • Improvements to linux dosemu support

    From Michael Long@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 06:46:45 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1144

    mortifis and nelgin approved
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 18:23:26 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1149

    What's the difference between SBBSCTRL and CTRLDIR here? Same question for all the other appear dupes (SBBSDATA, DATADIR, etc.). I'm not clear why we need both sets.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 18:23:26 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1150

    What's the significance of the '3' here? It's saying you want a string a least 3 characters in width. I would think single-digit node numbers should just be a single character.Also, the more correct way to do this would be to put the node number in a named_int_t list and pass that (instead of NULL) to the replace_named_values() function.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 18:23:27 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1151

    It looks like you're using `str[0]` as temporary state variable indicating if the file exists or not. This could be reduced to just:```if (!fexist(str)) {SAFEPRINTF(str,"%sdosemulaunch.ini",cfg.exec_dir);```You don't need these extra assignments and checking of `str[0]`.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 18:23:27 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1152

    change `escape_seq` to a `const char*` and you won't need that typecat (`(char*)`) in xtrn.cpp.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 18:23:28 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1153

    Should this string be configurable too?
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  • From Michael Long@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 19:01:38 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1154

    They were pre-existing, I assumed they were env variables used by some native synchronet doors or something
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 19:09:11 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1155

    Right, but "CTRLDIR" is new (introduced in this merge request). How is it different from SBBSCTRL?Maybe if you included an example of a generated external.bat file, we could see more clearly what's going on here.
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  • From Michael Long@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 19:11:51 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1156

    Yes, here:SET DSZLOG=D:\PROTOCOL.LOGSET SBBSNODE=D:SET SBBSNNUM=1SET SBBSCTRL=F:SET SBBSDATA=G:SET SBBSEXEC=H:SET PCBNODE=1SET PCBDRIVE=D:SET PCBDIR=\SET XTRNDIR=\sbbs\xtrnSET CTRLDIR=\sbbs\ctrlSET DATADIR=\sbbs\dataSET EXECDIR=\sbbs\execSET NODEDIR=\sbbs\node1SET STARTDIR=bre
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 19:15:27 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1157

    Okay, so none of these env variables are actually used in this batch file. Are they used in another batch file (i.e. maybe one that calls `lredir`)?
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  • From Michael Long@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Dec 10 19:18:09 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1158

    they are used`@ECHO OFFSET DSZLOG=D:\PROTOCOL.LOGSET SBBSNODE=D:SET SBBSNNUM=1SET SBBSCTRL=F:SET SBBSDATA=G:SET SBBSEXEC=H:SET PCBNODE=1SET PCBDRIVE=D:SET PCBDIR=\SET XTRNDIR=\sbbs\xtrnSET CTRLDIR=\sbbs\ctrlSET DATADIR=\sbbs\dataSET EXECDIR=\sbbs\execSET NODEDIR=\sbbs\node1SET STARTDIR=bre@unix -s NODEDIR@lredir D: linux\fs%NODEDIR% >NUL@lredir E: linux\fs%XTRNDIR% >NUL@lredir F: linux\fs%CTRLDIR% >NUL@lredir G: linux\fs%DATADIR% >NUL@lredir H: linux\fs%EXECDIR% >NULE:IF NOT "" == "%STARTDIR%" CD %STARTDIR%REM Optionally call emusetup.bat or put that stuff here for global (in NOEMU)REM Looks in startup dir, then ctrl dirIF EXIST EMUSETUP.BAT GOTO EMULOCALIF EXIST F:\EMUSETUP.BAT GOTO EMUGLOBALIF EXIST E:\DOSUTILS\NUL GOTO NOEMUECHO ERROR: No emusetup.bat in E:\%STARTDIR% or F, or E:\DOSUTILS\ is missingGOTO EXEC:EMULOCALCALL EMUSETUP.BATGOTO EXEC:EMUGLOBALCALL F:\EMUSETUP.BATGOTO EXEC:NOEMU@set PATH=%PATH%;E:\dosutilsunix -s RUNTYPEREM fossil driver, such as x00, bnu, or dosemu fossil.comrem IF "%RUNTYPE%" == "FOSSIL" @fossil.com >NULrem IF "%RUNTYPE%" == "FOSSIL" bnu.com /P1 /L0=11520 >NULIF "%RUNTYPE%" == "FOSSIL" x00.exe eliminate >NULREM share.exe for multinode file locking@share >NULGOTO EXEC:EXECbre scoreIF NOT "%1" == "TEST" exitemuREM For debugging: /usr/bin/env TERM=linux RUNTYPE=STDIO HOME=/sbbs/ctrl/ QUIET=1 DOSDRIVE_D=/sbbs/node1/ NODEDIR=/sbbs/node1/ /usr/bin/dosemu.bin -I"video { none }" -I'keystroke "\n"'
    -f/etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf -ED:external.bat -o/sbbs/node1/dosemu_boot.log >> /sbbs/data/dosevent_bre.log`
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  • From Gamgee@1:103/705 to Rob Swindell on Thu Dec 10 21:39:00 2020
    Rob Swindell wrote to GitLab note in main/sbbs <=-

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1151

    It looks like you're using `str[0]` as temporary state variable
    indicating if the file exists or not. This could be reduced to
    just: ```
    if (!fexist(str)) {
    SAFEPRINTF(str,"%sdosemulaunch.ini",cfg.exec_dir);
    ```
    You don't need these extra assignments and checking of `str[0]`.

    Has this sub-board become JS_LESSONS?

    I don't recall this kind of stuff in here until just recently, is all.



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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Gamgee on Thu Dec 10 21:34:57 2020
    Re: Re: Improvements to linux dosemu support
    By: Gamgee to Rob Swindell on Thu Dec 10 2020 09:39 pm

    Rob Swindell wrote to GitLab note in main/sbbs <=-

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1151

    It looks like you're using `str[0]` as temporary state variable indicating if the file exists or not. This could be reduced to
    just: ```
    if (!fexist(str)) {
    SAFEPRINTF(str,"%sdosemulaunch.ini",cfg.exec_dir);
    ```
    You don't need these extra assignments and checking of `str[0]`.

    Has this sub-board become JS_LESSONS?

    I don't recall this kind of stuff in here until just recently, is all.

    It's new - gitlab integration with some dove-net subs. This is C++ code (part of a commit/merge request).
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  • From Bob Roberts@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Fri Dec 11 08:25:00 2020
    Re: Re: Improvements to linux dosemu support
    By: Digital Man to Gamgee on Thu Dec 10 2020 09:34 pm

    It's new - gitlab integration with some dove-net subs. This is C++ code (part of a commit/merge request). --

    I like seeing the gitlab activity. It lets me know what new features/fixes are in development and when the time is ripe to pull down the new code and compile.

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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 00:52:10 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1194

    Okay, this is good. We'll set this value to false in the sbbs.ini in Git and that way new sysops should just need to set this one option to true after installing DOSemu. Easy.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:31 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1195

    I agree with Nelgin on this, just name the file dosemu.conf since that's the common name.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:31 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1196

    Can we just call this file dosemu.ini?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:32 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1197

    Huh? What's that mean? If I insert the line "blah=true", it's going to be used? I don't think so.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:33 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1198

    Did you mean say .ini here (not .bat)?And let's call them "doors" or "external programs" since not all external programs are "games".
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:33 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1199

    How about "path to Synchronet ctrl directory"? Just repeating the variable name with a space doesn't add any value.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:33 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1200

    By "standard" I think you mean COM/UART/FOSSIL I/O external programs. They're really no more standard than "standard I/O" doors, just more common.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:34 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1201

    Let's not call them "games".
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:35 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1202

    This needs to be conditional on DOSemu being enabled. If Linux and not DOSemu enabled, then no DOS support.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:35 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1203

    Ideally, you wouldn't be repeating string constants like "external.bat" - you'd define a char* constant instead and use it (look-up the the DRY principle). It's not a big deal however, just a nit.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:36 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1204

    another "external.bat" repeated here. See what I mean?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 01:07:37 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1205

    Just a head's up: this is a long unused program. I'll likely just remove it from the repo after this merges.
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to All on Tue Dec 15 01:16:31 2020
    Re: Improvements to linux dosemu support
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tue Dec 15 2020 01:07 am

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/56#note_1205

    GitLab Comments/Reviews on merge requests should be posted in the Sync (C/C++) Programming sub from here on.
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