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   mark lewis to Sean Dennis   
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   11 Jul 15 23:16:34   
   
   11 Jul 15 14:25, you wrote to me:   
      
    ml>> oh... as i haven't looked at MBSE yet, i was under the impression   
    ml>> that all text was in language files with nothing hard coded... that   
    ml>> would   
      
    SD> No, not all of it.  A majority of it, yes, but there's a lot of stuff   
    SD> that isn't...   
      
   ouch :(   
      
    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 ;)   
      
    SD> MBSE does not have a macro language.  It has a few control codes for   
    SD> use with display screens, but other than that, no.  The only dropfiles   
    SD> it creates are DOOR.SYS and DOOR32.SYS and that's hard-coded.   
      
   double ouch :(   
      
    ml>> yes, these macros do use the actual ^K and ^F characters so they are   
      
    SD> If you want to see what control codes MBSE does have:   
      
    SD> http://outpostbbs.ddns.net/mbseman/menus/control.html   
      
   thanks... i'll have a look but i'm starting to feel like i'm dropping back   
   further and further into the early '90s or late '80s :(   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
   ... Its not a stolen tagline, it's just "previously viewed"   
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