Hello paulie420!

On 06 Jul 2021, paulie420 said the following...

I don't wanna change anything, just ALLOW a couple users to SELECT the ascii as a theme option. I'll prolly just do this in the User Account menu, and again - I don't want the to REALLY be an option - just there
for those who NEED it.

Sounds great!

Actually the ability to support ASCII is one of the things I like with Mystic.

And being able to use pipe (MCI) codes in .ASC files and having Mystic translate it to ANSI or ASCII as needed, on-the-fly, is a very nice feature!

I remember my first attempts at a BBS back in 1993 I think it was -- I started with some kind of remote access functionality in a software called ComIt (from Tradewind Software). It came with my SupraFAXmodem 24/96i and gave
MNP4 and MNP5 (software) support, if I remember correctly. I believe that one presented an ASCII interface to users.

Later on I switched to something similar in Telemate and customized it quite a bit -- including the messaging functions -- then finally went for RemoteAccess.

And now, 25 years later, switched to Mystic. =)

Best regards
Zip

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Sounds great!

Actually the ability to support ASCII is one of the things I like with Mystic.

You know what - my latest 'issue' is that Mystic wasn't showing me both my themes when I ran a (GI)14, but you just gave me a thought and... I have ascii set to NOT allow ANSI; I bet that means that it won't display it to ANSI users, hence.... ..... :P I bet when I set that to true it displays that theme to all users.

Actually the ability to support ASCII is one of the things I like with Mystic.

And being able to use pipe (MCI) codes in .ASC files and having Mystic translate it to ANSI or ASCII as needed, on-the-fly, is a very nice feature!

Agreed; when creating 2o I went so crazy over the top ANSI that I just thought I'd only ever support THAT - however, I'm now thinking about creating a new, third, theme with ANSI but that is a bit nicer to users... in the end allowing me to support more users.

I think I just ironed out my last issue, and you weren't even trying to answer that part. :P

... ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI.



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Hello paulie420!

On 07 Jul 2021, paulie420 said the following...

my themes when I ran a (GI)14, but you just gave me a thought and... I have ascii set to NOT allow ANSI; I bet that means that it won't display it to ANSI users, hence.... ..... :P I bet when I set that to true it

Ah, yes, that sounds like it could be it!

I think I just ironed out my last issue, and you weren't even trying to answer that part. :P

Glad to be able to help! :-D

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

my themes when I ran a (GI)14, but you just gave me a thought and... have ascii set to NOT allow ANSI; I bet that means that it won't disp it to ANSI users, hence.... ..... :P I bet when I set that to true it

Ah, yes, that sounds like it could be it!

Weird; it wasn't the issue. I've since had another sysOp come and look at my work. They suggested adding a /scripts folder in the /ascii theme - to no avail. And it LOOKS like there might be some theme issues in the newest a47 build; some info in the WHATSNEW.TXT... so I'm really thinking its not me.

I'm gonna erase that ascii theme, and create a carbon-copy of my default.. named something else. See if Mystic sniffs that one OK. Really weird; I can force a switch to 'ascii', use it... force a switch back - but it won't list it in a normal theme switch menu command.

Anyway, I feel that I learned a LOT about themes... and I still thank you for that. :P

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Hello paulie420!

On 08 Jul 2021, paulie420 said the following...

- to no avail. And it LOOKS like there might be some theme issues in the newest a47 build; some info in the WHATSNEW.TXT... so I'm really
thinking its not me.

I had some trouble with the theme editor not saving the fallback choices correctly, but it was corrected as of the 07/06/21 A46 prealpha (for x86_64 in my case).

default.. named something else. See if Mystic sniffs that one OK. Really weird; I can force a switch to 'ascii', use it... force a switch back - but it won't list it in a normal theme switch menu command.

Yeah, really strange... No error messages in the node*.log logfiles?

Anyway, I feel that I learned a LOT about themes... and I still thank
you for that. :P

You're very welcome! :)

Mystic has so many options. Both a blessing and a curse sometimes. :)

Best regards
Zip

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)

I had some trouble with the theme editor not saving the fallback choices correctly, but it was corrected as of the 07/06/21 A46 prealpha (for x86_64 in my case).

Yeah, really strange... No error messages in the node*.log logfiles?

So... I think this must be some issue with the current a47 build. BECAUSE, another sysOp duplicated the same exact issue...

Couple things I can't figure out, tho; other sysOps who use multiple themes haven't chimed in or mentioned issues....

And another thought I just now had; maybe I should temporarily/debug turn on 'ask user themes at login' to ON and see if both are listed there. If they ARE, that might explain that its JUST an issue when using the (GE) 14 menu command to display themes.

Anyway, I'll continue to dig and test... theres a new build I can install, too - but I believe the other sysOp who tested WAS on the newest build... hmph.

:P

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Hello paulie420!

On 09 Jul 2021, paulie420 said the following...

turn on 'ask user themes at login' to ON and see if both are listed
there. If they ARE, that might explain that its JUST an issue when using the (GE) 14 menu command to display themes.

That's a good idea -- perhaps there is simply something wrong with the GE command...

Fingers crossed! =)

Best regards
Zip

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* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (21:1/202)