--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00023Date: 04/17/97 From: STEPHEN WALSH Time: 10:17am \/To: LARRY MONTE (Read 2 times) Subj: file display Hello Larry, Nice to see you back on the Max bbs setup field #-) On Apr 14 19:25, 1997, Larry Monte of 1:253/232 wrote: SW>> I'm using one of the starbar/list type of mex's for selecting the SW>> file area's using the cursor key's and it's got 10 pages to go [...] SW>> somthing that is better. LM> I have plans to upgrade StarArea to "unflatten" the area list and LM> provide a way to list divisions and pick from within them. LM> Something like the canned area list only with the ability to use LM> cursor keys, and of course, the area search functions...etc.... I look forward to seing what you come up with. The current way of selecting files/message area's is, for my liking the pits. LM> I'm quite busy at the moment, but I will get to it.... I know the fealling.. Regards, Stephen. Email: curl@lin.cbl.com.au --- Msged/2 4.00 * Origin: TCC Computers BBS +61-3-53420845 (3:635/729) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00024Date: 04/18/97 From: GREG MACLELLAN Time: 03:52pm \/To: JASON SKOMOROWSKI (Read 2 times) Subj: Changing default colours that aren't in 15:52:3404/18/97 JS> part of the message menu screen I can't seem to change follows: JS> There are 12 messages in this area. The highest is #12 JS> NO NEW messages have been posted. JS> [12 / 12] Msg.area 2 ... Public Messages JS> Press for the NEXT message. that's actually a mex program. you'll notice that there's a line: Menu MESSAGE > MenuHead :m\headmsg or something like that. That's the file it's displaying there. So you can edit that, or simply comment it out and make your own in mex/mecca.. ttyl, greg --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * Chaos BBS * 6i3.389.O8i6 * Kingston, ON! (1:249/174) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00025Date: 04/18/97 From: GREG MACLELLAN Time: 03:54pm \/To: JUAN ENRIQUE GOMEZ (Read 2 times) Subj: MEC editor GM> If you want to make up a screen and be able to understand it and not GM> worry about mecca codes, use an ansi editor like TheDraw or ACiDDraw GM> etc and then run ANS2MEC.EXE or ANS2BBS.EXE on the ansi file. JEG> Thanks, but i can't insert MECCA codes into the ansi, can i? yes, but you'll notice if you use ANS2BBS (or ANS2MEC, then MECCA) that when you view it with oracle it will say "[remain]" (or whatever the code is) on the screen. ANS2MEC (and ANS2BBS) put two square brackets when there's one in the ansi. (they have to be 'escaped'..) So what you do is run ANS2MEC, then edit the new mecca with a text editor, and remove one of the "["'s.. then compile with MECCA. ttyl, greg --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: * Chaos BBS * 6i3.389.O8i6 * Kingston, ON! (1:249/174) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00026Date: 04/18/97 From: JASON SKOMOROWSKI Time: 11:30pm \/To: GREG MACLELLAN (Read 2 times) Subj: Changing default colours that aren't in 23:30:0004/18/97 GM> that's actually a mex program. you'll notice that there's a line: GM> Menu MESSAGE > MenuHead :m\headmsg Well, I found that and a few other things. I thought that editing and recompiling arealist.mex would change the colours for an automatically generated area list. It didn't. What does, or can you? Fyndalf --- GEcho/2 1.20/Pro * Origin: The Green Zone (1:140/23) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00027Date: 04/16/97 From: KASEY JOHNS Time: 09:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Win32 Version of Max - Benefits? Hello All, hope you're having a (your adjective here) day! Are there any real BENEFITS to running the Win32 version of Max, rather than running the DOS version in a Win95 DOS box? Thanks, Kasey Johns <-> E-Mail at kjohns@infomail.com ... (A)bort (R)etry (I)nfluence with large hammer. --- WtrGate 0.92.p5-o gamma Unreg * Origin: The Origin - San Marcos, Texas (1:382/701.3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4N00028Date: 04/18/97 From: DAVID CHORD Time: 04:20pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 2 times) Subj: dowload protocols While writing to disk with an engraving tool, Roy went on about dowload protocols to all RJT> I've sat here and watched some users get totally lost when it RJT> comes to selecting a download protocol. Seen that myself a few times :-) RJT> What I'd like is to be able to implement some way to suggest to a RJT> user that, if they don't have a default protocol set, that they RJT> might want to do so and get it over with. Actually, it'd be VERY simple. In your WELCOME.MEC or somewhere else that's suitable, you can simply add [IFNEW] [LINK]MISC\DLPROTOC (or is that [FILENEW]?) And in MISC\DLPROTOC.MEC : [CLS] It is reccomended that if you haven't set a default download protocol, you do so now. When you go to download files from the BBS, this protocol will be used automatically instead of asking you for one each time. I personally reccomend ZMODEM, if your system supports it (blah blah blah) [MNU_CMD CHG_PROTOCOL] (or whatever it is to call the Protocol_Default option) {end of file} This way, a user will only see the file once, on their first call after you install it (regardless of how many times they've called before), then they can set the option and forget about it. I reccomend you actually use a different directory if you're like me, and often change lots of .MEC files then run MECCA MISC\*.MEC (which of course compiles all MEC files, and all those called with the [IFNEW] option get shown to everyone again, which if there's a few of them gets kinda annoying :-) Hope this is of help to ya.. Dave FidoNet : 3:771/1560 | SigNet : 28:1500/0 | TFNet : 170:64/0 --- timEd 1.10 * Origin: Un Named BBS +64-4-232-8056 (3:771/1560.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4Q00000Date: 04/19/97 From: JOHN ALDRICH Time: 08:20am \/To: JUAN ENRIQUE GOMEZ (Read 3 times) Subj: MEC editor Hello Juan! Thursday April 17 1997 20:53, Juan Enrique Gomez wrote to Greg MacLellan: GM>> If you want to make up a screen and be able to understand it and not GM>> worry about mecca codes, use an ansi editor like TheDraw or ACiDDraw GM>> etc and then run ANS2MEC.EXE or ANS2BBS.EXE on the ansi file. JEG> Thanks, but i can't insert MECCA codes into the ansi, can i? Nope...but once you run ANS2MEC, it's no longer an ANSI file...it's a MECCA file. :) John ... Good advice is an insult that should be forgiven. --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 91LM1 * Origin: The Dungeon BBS 33.6/V.34 24-hours 423/875-4137 (1:362/669) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4Q00001Date: 04/19/97 From: IRV KOCH Time: 10:23pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 3 times) Subj: MEC editor RJT> You create a *.ANS file, run ANS2MEC, and then edit RJT> the resulting *.MEC file, inserting whatever MECCA RJT> codes you like. This is the way I've done it here, RJT> and I *always* end up altering the file before I even RJT> start adding to it, which is why I don't ever use RJT> ANS2BBS -- you don't get to look at the intermediate RJT> version of things. While you're at it, I have a question too. Remember I'm one of the "no files or ansi here" people ... only I just made an exception. When I tried ans2bbs, first I got a "no such ansi character" message for one line out of a hundred or two. But, worse, the resulting bbs file, when DISPLAYED by Oracle, was chockablock full of command codes shown as normal characters (not functioning). If I go the two step route, will it fix the problem, or am I going to have to redo the mec files heavily before the 2nd step? (If it's any major effort, this minor project goes back down the tube.) --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 423-267-3789 (1:362/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4Q00002Date: 04/18/97 From: ROMANE W. LAND Time: 11:10am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: QUESTION Hello All! I have a question to ask of you. What is the best procedure for getting locally entered messages out when using Max, Squish and Fd?. Squish will not write the ArcMail message when activated from local with Squish out Squash. I use Timed as my Editor for replying to messages. I know someone out there has worked this out. thanks! ROMANE --- FMail 1.0g * Origin: ----> Default GoldED Origin <---- (1:344/1082) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 174 MUFFIN (MAXIMUS) Ref: E4Q00003Date: 04/19/97 From: PHIL MCCLOUD Time: 11:46pm \/To: GUUS GOOS (Read 3 times) Subj: Moving files Guus Goos whispered to Phil McCloud: Hello Guus, PM> Can't say that I'm familiar with RAFT. If it was so good, why PM> aren't you still using it? Or, is it one of those things where the PM> author quit supporting it? GG> It only works with the RA filebase. :-( Then, what system are you running now? Phil --- * Origin: Contact! BBS, Portland, OR (503) 777-3754 (1:105/63)