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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"       ---        * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)    |
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