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   Message 13,051 of 16,010   
   Doug Cooper to g00r00   
   Re: 132x36 mode questions   
   16 Nov 20 23:00:50   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
   MSGID: 1:227/702 9448b01e   
   REPLY: 1:129/215 e9be7424   
   TZUTC: -0500   
      
    g0> Mystic does auto detect terminal sizes, and the latest version does   
    g0> allow menus to be named the same as other display files and templates   
    g0> (for both randomly selected menus, and menus dynamically selected based   
    g0> on either columns, lines, or both)!   
      
   I am on the latest version I believe, 11.6.20 Pre Alpha.  I'm doing a separate   
   theme for it anyway as it's too much fun.  BUT didn't know the menu's could be   
   named doors.c132 ?  That would have been slick to know :)  I didn't see that   
   in the readme.txt but likely missed it.   
      
   Now .. with the latest version, I noticed the marque does not allow an Y   
   coordinate past 60, any chance that could be added to the next release?  Every   
   time it's inputted at a number higher, it resets to 60.  I have a split menu   
   on one of my menus where I'd   
   like the marque to begin at the far right of the screen and stop about half   
   way through ..  Even dual marque's would be a sweet feature.  And if it exists   
   and is in the whatsnew.txt, I'll kick myself, I promise :)   
      
    g0> Download the latest and you should be good to go!   
    g0> If you have a display file that is not saved at unlimited line length   
    g0> then you will have this issue, so that is my guess as to why you are   
    g0> seeing this.  Lines are counted by linefeeds saved in the actual file,   
    g0> so if you don't save the ANSI with unlimited line length (ie ANSImation,   
    g0> etc) then it will not accurately pause during display.   
      
   Well, other then making sure my 132 column x 36 line ansi doesn't word wrap, I   
   draw them at 131 (if not 130) x 35 (if not 34).   
   At the moment I put a pipe code PN at the end of the ones that do this.  I do   
   notice that after unpausing the screen, it jumps down a few more lines and   
   gives the y/n/c pause.  However, I think, the file is too big for tdraw to   
   deal with (which normally corrects those type of issues ..)  Anyone know how   
   to do this in Pablo draw or Moebius?   
      
   Thanks g00r00, these ANSi features are a great enhancement.   
      
   -Doug   
      
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