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   Sean Dennis to mark lewis   
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   11 Jul 15 14:25:06   
   
   Hello mark,   
      
   11 Jul 15 11:07, you wrote to me:   
      
      
    ml> oh... as i haven't looked at MBSE yet, i was under the impression that   
    ml> all text was in language files with nothing hard coded... that would   
      
   No, not all of it.  A majority of it, yes, but there's a lot of stuff that    
   isn't...   
      
    ml> mean that one should be able to edit them to include macros for   
    ml> various values... macros like the following list from my RA setup...   
    ml> these are available anywhere within RA so i set up a drop file (eg:   
    ml> door.sys, dorinfo1.bbs) template we can use for custom drop files and   
    ml> let it fill in all the values of the macros ;)   
      
   MBSE does not have a macro language.  It has a few control codes for use with    
   display screens, but other than that, no.  The only dropfiles it creates are    
   DOOR.SYS and DOOR32.SYS and that's hard-coded.   
      
    ml> yes, these macros do use the actual ^K and ^F characters so they are   
      
   If you want to see what control codes MBSE does have:   
      
   http://outpostbbs.ddns.net/mbseman/menus/control.html   
      
   --Sean   
      
   ... TV Truth:  People sit on only one side of the dinner table.   
   --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20130910   
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN, USA (1:18/200)   

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