On 2017 Aug 19 12:19:08, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV>>> Yours and Pauls are slightly different in format. Yours is different   
    WV>>> enough to not be correctly processed by the import function of   
    WV>>> FConfig. FConfig expects lines defining a Jam area to start with a   
    WV>>> '!' character followed directly by the filename. If there's no '!'   
    WV>>> character as the first character on the line, it reads it as a   
    WV>>> hudson message base area, where the first field is the board number.   
    WV>>> So you should be able to edit your file to get it imported by   
    WV>>> FConfig. One other quirk to consider: it ignores the first line of   
    WV>>> the file.   
      
    ml>> ignoring that first line isn't really a quirk... the first line(s)   
    ml>> are generally comment lines... most of the time the contain   
    ml>> information about who/what built the file...   
      
    WV> Indeed "most of the time", because Pauls areas.bbs first line was a   
    WV> regular line with an area definition...   
      
   yeah, that's why i said that AREAS.BBS processors should skip comment lines   
   and not assume things :wink: :wink:   
      
    ml>> those comment lines start with a semicolon and there can be   
    ml>> additional comment lines further inside the document but most   
    ml>> processors will not keep them if they rewrite the file...   
      
    ml>> what i'm trying to say is that the only lines that should be being   
    ml>> skipped are those starting with a semicolon...   
      
    WV> FConfig also skips lines starting with a semicolon...   
      
   that's a GoodThing but it should not just blindly skip the first line...   
   that's a BadThing... FConfig is breaking even at this point ;)   
      
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