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   Message 13,046 of 16,010   
   Doug Cooper to All   
   132x36 mode questions   
   14 Nov 20 13:15:12   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 1:227/702 60e2111c   
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   This message may be for g00r00 unless others are playing with this feature and   
   have figured it out.  I have most of my login/logoff ANSI's made in 16:9 and   
   they look awesome!  Love the extra real-estate   
      
   Using the 132x36 now .. not sure the editor is working quite right yet, we'll   
   see after I save.   
      
   Couple of questions:   
      
   1.  I didn't see anything in the readme.txt regarding using this with menus.    
   I'd love if Mystic could auto detect which terminal size was being used, and   
   then display the appropriate menu (80x25 or 132x36).  I know it can do this   
   with ANSI files, but I want totally different light bar menus for each   
   terminal format.  This way I can use the available real-estate to spread out   
   the    
   clutered menus, and or add back in more expert functions I currently have   
   hidden, without the menu's being cluttered.     
   Probably a good example would be, having 1 game menu with ALL games on it,   
   when in 132x36, versus a few menus within doors    
   for those in 80x25.  Is this possible now?  I may have overlooked this   
   functionality within readme.txt.   
      
   2.  I'm noticing the pause prompt still defaults to line 25, even if the 132   
   ansi is 35 lines in length, therefore pausing   
   2/3rds down, but within the ANSI file, instead of below it.  I'm using   
   !g-pause at line 22 within the prompt editor, and    
   g00r00's most current g-pause2.zip .. I've also tried Black Panthers animated   
   pause mod just released, same issue.  Neither,   
   that I can tell, are coded to hard stop at 25 lines.   
      
   3.  While most of the time I turn sauce off within Pablo draw, sometimes i   
   forget, and save.  I'll edit it out within notepad++.   
   I can't seem to find out where to set the columns of notepad++ to 132   
   columns.  Therefore, the .ans file gets saved as word wrapped.  While this   
   doesn't affect how the file is displayed within mystic, its a pain to fix   
   within an ANSI editor later.   
      
   Thanks for any input, loving this new feature!  I can see making some pretty   
   kick butt ANSI's and menu's in 16:9!   
      
   -Doug   
      
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