Hello All,

I just wanted to annouce a new MPY script that I have developed. It is a recreation of the Synchronet BBS List xtrn module. With the advent of the ability to read messages in the new Mystic 1.12 A37, a whole new world of
IBBS utilities are not envisioned.

This new script is a work in process so I have not packaged it up for general use. It can be had by going to the Cyberia BBS website and downloading it
from the free section:

cyberia.darktech.org >> Free Files >> Mystic MPL Scripts >> sbbl.mpy

As a requirement, the SYNCDATA Dovenet conference must be available. If you don't have the Dovenet SYNCDATA conference, you will not be able to use this app right now. If you are not a part of dovenet, you might be able to pull
the SYNCDATA echo from fidonet.

This app will not yet allow for the creation or update of a new BBS to the database. That functionality is not yet available but I hope that it will be available in the next Mystic alpha release. At the moment, it is only good
for viewing BBS list information and to illustrate the possibilities of IBBS games and apps.

In the future, when the app is able to send posts to the message base, it can then be used for any networked message base. For instance the FSX_BOT echo
can be used.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/07 (Linux/64)
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This app will not yet allow for the creation or update of a new BBS to
the database. That functionality is not yet available but I hope that
it will be available in the next Mystic alpha release. At the moment,
it is only good for viewing BBS list information and to illustrate the possibilities of IBBS games and apps.

Let me know what you need and I'll try to get it in there for you. It sounds like you just need to post a message, which you could probably do now by writing the message to a file in the temp directory and then using the menucmd function to post it - all from within Python.

I realize that isn't a clean way but if you want to do something TODAY that might work. I'll work on a msg_post function next time I am working
with Python.

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* Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)

On 12/12/17, g00r00 said the following...

This app will not yet allow for the creation or update of a new BBS t the database. That functionality is not yet available but I hope tha it will be available in the next Mystic alpha release. At the moment it is only good for viewing BBS list information and to illustrate th possibilities of IBBS games and apps.

Let me know what you need and I'll try to get it in there for you. It sounds like you just need to post a message, which you could probably do now by writing the message to a file in the temp directory and then
using the menucmd function to post it - all from within Python.

as it happens, that is exactly the way I was intending to do it. That is the same way I did it with MPL. Write a text file and use the MX menu command to post the file to the message base. However I was under the impression that the menucmd() function was not yet implemented in MPY. Am I wrong? If I am, then I'm doing something wrong in the implementation. Perhaps the function format is different than the format in MPL? I could find no reference to it in any of the whatsnew or python.txt. Except that the python.txt said that it was yet to be impelemented.

I realize that isn't a clean way but if you want to do something TODAY that might work. I'll work on a msg_post function next time I am working with Python.

Using the menucmd("MX",blah) function works for me for my purposes. Unless
you want to implement a direct function to do it.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/07 (Linux/64)
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as it happens, that is exactly the way I was intending to do it. That
is the same way I did it with MPL. Write a text file and use the MX
menu command to post the file to the message base. However I was under the impression that the menucmd() function was not yet implemented in
MPY. Am I wrong? If I am, then I'm doing something wrong in the implementation. Perhaps the function format is different than the
format in MPL? I could find no reference to it in any of the whatsnew
or python.txt.

Yes, its there and I believe its the same. Python.txt is my original notes about Python from the first release a year or more ago, so its not a document on Python. But even so it was listed as functional there too which is why
its not in the Whatsnew.

menucmd("GT", "This is a test!|PA");

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/10 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Sector 7 [Mystic BBS WHQ] (21:1/108)

On 12/12/17, g00r00 said the following...

as it happens, that is exactly the way I was intending to do it. Tha is the same way I did it with MPL. Write a text file and use the MX menu command to post the file to the message base. However I was und the impression that the menucmd() function was not yet implemented in MPY. Am I wrong? If I am, then I'm doing something wrong in the implementation. Perhaps the function format is different than the format in MPL? I could find no reference to it in any of the whatsne or python.txt.

Yes, its there and I believe its the same. Python.txt is my original notes about Python from the first release a year or more ago, so its not
a document on Python. But even so it was listed as functional there too which is why its not in the Whatsnew.

Yes, the problem was in my end. I messed up the formatting and that's what caused the error.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/07 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberia.darktech.org | San Jose, CA (21:1/120)

I just wanted to annouce a new MPY script that I have developed. It is a recreation of the Synchronet BBS List xtrn module. With the advent of
the ability to read messages in the new Mystic 1.12 A37, a whole new
world of IBBS utilities are not envisioned.

it will be available in the next Mystic alpha release. At the moment,
it is only good for viewing BBS list information and to illustrate the

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

It worked but the short list gave me an error when I got to the end of the list. Below is the error:

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)



File "sbbl.mpy", line 560, in <module>

File "sbbl.mpy", line 543, in main_men
u

File "sbbl.mpy", line 212, in short_list

IndexError: list index out of
range


Press a key

Ruben Figueroa aka Zazz
Mystic Prison Board Sysop
telnet://pb.darktech.org:24
Web: www.rdfig.net

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/09 (Windows/32)
* Origin: Mystic Prison Board BBS*Mesquite Tx (21:1/134)

On 12/13/17, Zazz said the following...

I just wanted to annouce a new MPY script that I have developed. It recreation of the Synchronet BBS List xtrn module. With the advent o the ability to read messages in the new Mystic 1.12 A37, a whole new world of IBBS utilities are not envisioned.

it will be available in the next Mystic alpha release. At the moment it is only good for viewing BBS list information and to illustrate th

Please check it out and let me know what you think.

It worked but the short list gave me an error when I got to the end of
the list. Below is the error:

PYTHON ERROR (sbbl.mpy)



File "sbbl.mpy", line 560, in <module>

File "sbbl.mpy", line 543, in main_men
u

File "sbbl.mpy", line 212, in short_list

Come get a new updated copy at cyberia.darktech.org/free/mpl/sbbl.mpy

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A37 2017/12/13 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberia.darktech.org | San Jose, CA (21:1/120)

Come get a new updated copy at cyberia.darktech.org/free/mpl/sbbl.mpy

Will do.

Ruben Figueroa aka Zazz
Mystic Prison Board Sysop
telnet://pb.darktech.org:24
Web: www.rdfig.net

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