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|    Black Panther to g00r00    |
|    Re: Possible Addition to Mystic    |
|    22 Nov 21 13:06:16    |
   
   MSGID: 1:317/3 44c29ed5   
   REPLY: 1:129/215 c6f5c24d   
   TZUTC: -0700   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   On 22 Nov 2021, 01:30p, g00r00 said the following...   
       
    g0> One thing I experimented with was some inline scripting that I called   
    g0> "QuickScript" where you can get access to some basic values/math   
    g0> functions right inside an MCI code in places where an X/Y value would be   
    g0> involved.   
      
   That sounds like a great idea. Would that be something that could also be used   
   in Mystic prompts? That is another area that I'm messing around with. :)   
      
    g0> {(80+(wx/2))-2}   
    g0>    
    g0> And that would allow you to calculate numbers right in an MCI code. In   
    g0> that example "WY" and "WX" are the user's terminal size X/Y. I was   
    g0> expanding it to support other variables and stuff but I stopped at some   
    g0> point.   
      
   Looks easy enough to work with. Like I said, there is no rush on this one.   
   Just throwing ideas out there.   
      
    g0> Like you mentioned the same could be accomplished today using MPL or   
    g0> also an external display file like "mybox.c132.ans" that shows the box   
    g0> where you want it only for 132+ displays and so on.   
      
   I actually wrote a 1-line MPL that will cover any terminal size. ;)   
      
    g0> Another idea specifically for the box drawing code would be to have the   
    g0> option for it to automatically center on the screen if you supply a "0"   
    g0> value for the start or end X positions. This might be a good thing to   
    g0> add too.   
      
   This might be handy for the text boxes. I do also like the scripting mentioned   
   above, as it would open a lot more doors for mods.   
      
   Thank you for considering the idea. :)   
      
      
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