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   Message 15,976 of 16,010   
   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.   
      
   --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64)   
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