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   |03Quoting message from |11Richard Falken |03to |11Nick Andre   
   |03on |1110 May 22  05:17:09|03.   
      
   RF>   Re: Re: Synchronet vs. Mystic   
   RF>   By: Nick Andre to Jas Hud on Mon May 09 2022 02:10 pm   
   RF>    
    > Synchronet also apparently has very advanced scripting capabilities and can   
   RF> be   
    > tailored to every conceivable fantasy one dreams up. I challenge you to giv   
    > me a scenario where you absolutely MUST have that source code to run a   
   RF> board?   
    >    
    > Nick   
   RF>    
   RF> From the top of my head: you want the source code if you want to run the   
   RF> software on a   
   RF> POSIX compliant Operating System for which the original developer does not   
   RF> care to   
   RF> release a binary package.   
   RF>    
      
      
   if you're runing *nix you need to compile it.   
      
   i think these guys here were talking about actually modifying the source.   
   they're saying that synchronet is so configurable that it's not necessary.   
   people still edit the source and have their own little versions.   
      
   probably the one thing people weren't happy about was the file areas and how    
   they handled LFN and listings.  there were a few guys playing around with that   
   and maybe some of their ideas or modifications made into the latest release.   
      
   there are some things that are hard coded that i can see people wanting to    
   change. for example some of the color settings are in attr.cfg.  that's just a   
   little text file that handles SOME of the colors:   
      
   WH                      Mnemonic Prompts High   
   G                       Mnemonic Prompts Low   
   WH                      Mnemonic Commands   
   WH4E                         String Input Inverse Text   
   RH                      Error/Warning Message   
   WH                      Node Number in Node Status   
   GH                      User Name in Node Status   
   G                       Node Status   
   BH                      File Name in Listings   
   M                       File Points in Listings   
   W                       File Descriptions in Listings   
   YH                      File Listings Header Box   
   B                       File Listings Title Underline   
   GH                      Chat Text Input Locally   
   G                       Chat Text Input Remotely   
   W                       Mult-node Chat Text Input   
   WH                      External Programs (default attribute)   
   WH5                     Votes Full   
   WH                      Votes Empty   
   WH5                     Progress Complete   
   WH                      Progress Incomplete   
      
      
   i think it's obvious to most people that these values belong in the text.dat   
   if i was enthusiastic enough about bbsing and we had some users, i'd probably    
   make this change for my own system.   BUT..... if there was another release    
   i'd just be screwed and have to work around their next changes.   
   it would be better to get them to accept the changes and then submit it.   
      
   ... If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test   
      
   --- Renegade v1.30/DOS   
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