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|    Message 13,279 of 16,010    |
|    Alexander Grotewohl to g00r00    |
|    Re: message area changing    |
|    03 Apr 21 06:32:45    |
      TZUTC: -0700       MSGID: 6462.mystic@1:103/705 24cdbdbb       REPLY: 1:129/215 94af526c       PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Linux new_file_base/ef7569b8d Apr 2 2021 GCC 8.3.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Linux new_file_base/56ba5f44d Apr 3 2021 GCC 8.3.0       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: SlyEdit 1.73 (2020-03-31) (DCT style)        Re: Re: message area changing        By: g00r00 to Alexander Grotewohl on Fri Apr 02 2021 11:58 pm               g0> You're not stuck with 80x25, Mystic can have themes/templates up to        g0> 160x60.               i duno, i took great care to ensure none of the art on my board relies on the       wrapping on column 80 (or 132, etc) in the hopes that any arbitrarily-sized       xterm could just telnet in and have it display correctly. i don't know if       relying on a theme for each size (or rather line count) is what i want to do.       especially when syncterm for example supports 6 line count options for 80       column and a whopping 9 options for 132 column.              would just assume have 3 themes for example.. then do if width > 39 - use 40       column set. if width > 79 use 80 column.. if width > 131 use 132 column if       avail.. and even then those would just be used for artwork.. the height for       everything else with a header and footer just doing the right thing regardless       of height. i suppose arbitrary widths could be done for those too if a repeat       character/color or a repeat section of the ansi was provided.              i understand if that's not in the cards but that's what i'd like to strive for       :)       --- SBBSecho 3.14-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 90/1 103/705 105/81 120/340 123/131 124/5016 129/305       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 218/700 220/50 221/0 226/30 227/114 702 229/100       SEEN-BY: 229/101 424 426 452 550 664 700 981 1016 1017 240/5832 249/110       SEEN-BY: 249/206 307 317 400 280/464 5003 282/1038 292/854 8125 317/3       SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 396/45 633/280 2452/250       PATH: 103/705 280/464 229/101 426           |
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