TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A47   
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    PH> But on the new Linux box (running the version in my tear line below) the   
    PH> only thing I have changed is the display file to lowercase (as per wiki   
    PH> notes) so it's now called  flag1a.ans but the file no longer displays   
    PH> when the user logs on. Did I miss something?   
      
   This is a little confusing because Mystic actually looks for "flag1X" where X   
   is the uppercased flag (since all flags are displayed as upper cased in   
   Mystic).  So it would actually be "flag1A.ans" in Unix-based versions.   
      
   This isn't consistant with other things though, so I think in the next A47   
   build I am going to change it so that its "flag1a.ans" all lower-cased unless   
   you and/or other think that I shouldn't.   
      
    PH> Using the Window terminal in the A46 win32 version I could call Alt-S to   
    PH> engage a split screen chat and a lower case ansichat.ANS would display.   
    PH>    
    PH> Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's no equivalent option in Linux.. and   
    PH> I need to use Nodespy - sound right? :)    
      
   Things are certainly different as you noted.   
      
   Mystic in Windows is meant to mimic DOS BBS software (if you have the node   
   windows enabled) which seems to be what you are used to. If you are coming   
   from DOS this is a very familiar thing as you get a Window for each node and   
   you can watch them and interact with their session directly.   
      
   Linux is very different in how it works compared to DOS/Windows and so Mystic   
   in Linux takes a more Unix-like approach where it can run as a daemon and   
   spawn user sessions.  These sessions are not really something you can directly   
   interact with as you would in Windows.  Mystic doesn't even assume you have   
   access to a command shell on the server that runs Mystic.   
      
   As you probably know Mystic provides access to just about everything from   
   within the BBS itself with Mystic-DOS and menu commands for all configuration,   
   text/ANSI editors, stuff to snoop and chat with users, etc.  These work in   
   Windows but in Linux they are mostly how you would maintain and interact with   
   users on your BBS.   
      
   To do something like ALT+S Linux you would use the NP menu command. If you   
   have SysOp ACS it will allow you to force a user into a split screen private   
   chat. If you are not a SysOp you can page a user and they can decide if they   
   want to chat with you. The template for this is userchat.   
      
   There is no ALT+E you simply cannot pop open a user editor with the currently   
   logged in user.  This is one area that should be improved upon though.  It   
   won't be exactly the same but I might be able to get it close with a SysOp   
   menu command where you can select which online user that you'd like to edit,   
   and then it will try to establish an editing session while the user waits.   
      
   As you mentioned there is also NodeSpy if you want to run something that is   
   entirely outside of the BBS.  This really needs a lot more work but its not as   
   big of a priority for me right now as adding the online user editor would   
   be...    
   Its never going to work exactly like the Windows version but we can get it a   
   little closer than it is today!   
      
   ... My software never has bugs. It just develops random features...   
      
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