Can't seem to get the 'last post' data to budge from 01 Jan 1980 across all bases - a bug?
- some way to mass tag all bases in a single message group to speed up subbing/unsubbing
- some way to mass tag all bases across all viewable groups to speed up mass subbing/unsubbing
- a colour added to bases where messages addressed to the reader 'yours' are present, makes for a more visual cue to see something is waiting for someone. User can set this in the ini?
- a way to set the display order of message groups in the reader
- a way to toggle from view message bases in each group that do not have new messages in them since last login. This would save a lot of up/down scrolling over bases with no new messages. Perhaps CTRL-T could do this
I also think the CTRL-P to post a new message to the base needs to come over :)
- some way to mass tag all bases in a single message group to speed u subbing/unsubbing
- some way to mass tag all bases across all viewable groups to speed mass subbing/unsubbing
One thing I have been thinking of doing is adding a / menu like the FS editor has which will bring up a list of commands that basically mimic
the CTRL+ keys so that we have an alternative approach to kicking off functions of the reader.
Any suggestions for how to do that? I have very limited hotkeys available.
- a colour added to bases where messages addressed to the reader 'you are present, makes for a more visual cue to see something is waiting someone. User can set this in the ini?
This would have to be in the form of 2 new prompts I would think. I'll look into this.
They should show up in the order they are listed in the editor so I
think you can move them around in the group editor, no? If not, maybe
- a way to toggle from view message bases in each group that do not h new messages in them since last login. This would save a lot of up/do scrolling over bases with no new messages. Perhaps CTRL-T could do th
The snap new function moves bases with new messages to the top, and you can also use CTRL+N to jump to the next base with new messages -- so it already kind of does this.
I'll think about a function to only show bases with new messages - maybe
I can build that into the "View" options.
Thanks for the feedback this is great stuff!
Yep that part isn't done yet.
Its going to take a MAJOR rewrite of some things to get it to work, because my plan is to allow the ability to tag a bunch of bases and post
a message to all of them at once...
The current API for message posting does not allow something like that. This is also the reason the Echomail sending from the CFG editor hasn't been completed either - I am waiting to rewrite this message saving
stuff first.
Maybe what I can do is make CTRL+P post in the selected base for now
like the current reader allows until I get around to finishing the tagging.
Avon wrote to g00r00 <=-
I've been testing this for the last 24 hours and enjoying it.
Been playing with subbed bases etc.
Not sure, I recall having to do a big juggle to set the order I
wanted to see displayed being dependent on the group ID... so I was copying and pasting names all over the place then having to assign messages bases new ACS g codes en mass in order to align things. An
easier option would be a setting in the ini to allow group display by id order explicitly stated
I'll think about a function to only show bases with new messages - maybe
I can build that into the "View" options.
Thanks for the feedback this is great stuff!
Hummm... not sure what keys you have available? could something like
CTRL-1 to select/deselect all bases in current group
CTRL-2 to select/deselect all bases in all groups
Other options might be CTRL-TAB and ALT-TAB ?? for the above but perhaps CTRL-1,2,3, etc. so there's standard scope for future UI enhancements?
This would have to be in the form of 2 new prompts I would think. I' look into this.
Thanks, I do like the idea of being able to see clearly what is waiting for me using color as part of that cue.
The though also occurs to me, what if there is a message for me in a
base I am not subbed to and my default view is subbed? Will the editor have some smarts to show me those bases regardless of subbed or not? Or
Not sure, I recall having to do a big juggle to set the order I
wanted to see displayed being dependent on the group ID... so I was copying and pasting names all over the place then having to assign messages bases new ACS g codes en mass in order to align things. An
Yep agree, I just dislike scrolling over a bunch of bases that still clutters the screen, to remove them from view via a hide/reveal toggle option would be nice :)
Maybe what I can do is make CTRL+P post in the selected base for now like the current reader allows until I get around to finishing the tagging.
Yep, I think it needs it, seems a bit nutty not to have that as an
option and at least it's consistent with current UI behavior.
Just a heads up a demo script fails with the mplc -all compile
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ERRORS:
Error in apply_sample.mps (Line 85, Col 15): Unknown identifier: userpassword
I'll have to double check that I can even get away with using those. I
am pretty sure using anything with TAB would probably interfere with the UI of most operating systems.
I guess I would need to add 4 new prompts. Gonna be a lot of prompts to change just to change the looks of the bars!
base I am not subbed to and my default view is subbed? Will the edito have some smarts to show me those bases regardless of subbed or not?
No, thats sort of the point of the sub and unsub. If you are unsubbed it will not be shown.
ACS but I can see how you might have come to that conclusion. As it
turns out there is not a Move command just a copy and paste, so there is no way to move a group before another without just creating an entirely new group (which of course would mean you'd have to update ACS).
I am going to fix that by adding a Move function in, so you select Copy and then Move to move them around.
You have to also take into consideration how usable it'd be. If for example it filtering the entire list in real time for every letter
during a search, it'd have to constantly redraw the entire thing every time you pressed a letter. It'd probably end up feeling clunky. It
I'll look into the CTRL+P for a single post for now. I want to release A40 in the next week or two so I don't want to make any major changes
like the save message code until after that.
Error in apply_sample.mps (Line 85, Col 15): Unknown identifier: userpassword
Yep that is intentional, you can no longer access a user's password anymore as even Mystic doesn't store a user's password ever.
OK then as much as I like subbed stuff I worry I will miss things so
then I set my default view to show all I think. That's all good, we all look at this user experience differently.
I am going to fix that by adding a Move function in, so you select Co and then Move to move them around.
Yes thanks, that's exactly the issue I faced at the time hence the
juggle I had to go through.
Yep fair comment... hadn't considered that.
Yep that is intentional, you can no longer access a user's password anymore as even Mystic doesn't store a user's password ever.
Should the script be updated or removed from the stock install? Just a thought.
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