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|    Scott Street to Nick Boel    |
|    Re: FSED "Save as Draft" and REPLY kludg    |
|    06 Sep 25 11:08:53    |
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A49   
   MSGID: 1:266/625 bb4c189a   
   REPLY: 1:154/10 68ba3536   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   On 04 Sep 2025, Nick Boel said the following...   
      
    NB> I'd love to see a python clone of Mystic, though!   
      
   I thought I couldn't cut/paste to SyncTerm... I've just learned how to do this   
   - and boy do I feel silly for not knowing sooner.   
      
   As promised, a glimpse of my main menu configuration from the Python, Mystic   
   look alike, BBS.   
      
   -*- main.yaml -*-   
   settings:   
    description: "Main Menu"   
    inputchars: uppercase   
    nodestatus: "Browsing the Main Menu"   
    margins:   
    80L: 4   
    80R: 4   
    132L: 4   
    132R: 4   
    header: "|16|03|CL|DFmainhdr||CR"   
    prompt: "|DFmain_bluebar||$X04 |09Command |01(|07|TL|01 mins remain) |08->   
   |09"   
    marquee:   
    X: 35   
    Y: 4   
    size: 30   
    offset: 0   
    scroll: left/right   
    speed: 250   
    text: "|13This |14is |15a |05marquee"   
    globalmenu: false   
    timer: false   
    columns: 3 # 1-8   
      
   entries:   
    - text: " |17|15|$X29 General BBS Options|$X79 |16|CR"   
    key: ""   
    line: true   
    access: "!X132"   
      
    - text: " |17|15|$X57 General BBS Options|$X99 |$D32 |16|CR|CR"   
    key: ""   
    line: true   
    access: "X132"   
      
    - text: "|09(|10M|09) |03Message Menu"   
    key: "M"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: message   
      
    - text: "|09(|10A|09) |03Account Settings"   
    key: "A"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: account   
      
    - text: "|09(|10F|09) |03File Areas"   
    key: "F"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: file   
      
    - text: "|09(|10D|09) |03Door Games"   
    key: "D"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: doors   
      
    - text: "|09(|10S|09) |03System Bulletins"   
    key: "S"   
    actions:   
    - command: GX   
    data: "bulletin bulletin bullet"   
      
    - text: "|09(|10C|09) |03Comment to SysOp"   
    key: "C"   
    actions:   
    - command: MW   
    data: "/to:Scott_Street"   
      
    - text: "|09(|10L|09) |03Last 10 Callers"   
    key: "L"   
    actions:   
    - command: GL   
      
    - text: "|09(|10O|09) |03One Liners"   
    key: "O"   
    actions:   
    - command: GN   
      
    - text: "|09(|10V|09) |03Voting Booth"   
    key: "V"   
    access: s256   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: vote   
      
    - text: "|09(|10B|09) |03BBS Listings"   
    key: "B"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: bbslist   
      
    - text: "|09(|10T|09) |03Time Bank"   
    key: "T"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: timebank   
      
    - text: "|09(|10@|09) |03Usage Graph"   
    key: "@"   
    actions:   
    - command: GX   
    data: usage   
      
    - text: "|DFmain_chat"   
    line: true   
      
    - key: "!"   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: goodbye   
       
    - text: "|09(|10/N|09) |03System Chat"   
    key: "/N"   
    actions:   
    - command: NC   
      
    - text: "|09(|10/W|09) |03Who's Online"   
    key: "/W"   
    actions:   
    - command: NW   
       
    - text: "|09(|10/S|09) |03Send Node a Message"   
    key: "/S"   
    actions:   
    - command: NS   
      
    - text: "|09(|10/P|09) |03Private Chat w/User"   
    key: "/P"   
    actions:   
    - command: NP   
       
    - text: "|DFmain_sysop"   
    line: true   
    access: s255   
      
    - text: "|09(|12/*|09) |03SysOp Menu"   
    key: "/*"   
    access: s255   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: sysop   
      
    - text: "|09(|12U|09) |03User Listing"   
    key: "U"   
    access: s255   
    actions:   
    - command: GU   
    data: search   
      
    - text: "|09(|12$|09) |03Demos"   
    key: "$"   
    access: s255   
    actions:   
    - command: GS   
    data: demos   
      
    - text: "|CR|03|$X04 |03Host Name: |11|UX |03(|11|UY|03)|CR|$X06 Service:   
   |11|SI|03 Terminal Size: |11|US|03 Charset: |11|UT|CR   
    line: true   
    access: s255   
      
   -*- END main.yaml -*-   
      
   This is the same menu I used in the classic screen shots on my BBS's web site.   
      
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