I'm looking for a good way to show users which message base they're in while they're composing a message with the full screen editor.

My first attempt at this was to use the MCI code | M B in my msg_editor.ans - This is effective when the user is using any message base other than E-mail.

That's where the problem occurs; if they're sending someone e-mail, the MCI code won't say "E-mail," but instead it will revert to the first message base other than E-mail, in my case that's "General Messages."

I tried to solve that problem by automatically changing the user to message area #1 with a FIRSTCMD command, but even with that in place, the MCI code still tells them they're in "General Mesages."

It would be cool if I could use an alternative msg_editor.ans file for E-mail (like e_editor.ans) because then I could omit the MCI code and just type "E-Mail" in the ansi, but Mystic doesn't have that option by default.

So now I'm searching for more alternative ways to go about it - any suggestions?

Thanks!

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It would be cool if I could use an alternative msg_editor.ans file for E-mail(like e_editor.ans) because then I could omit the MCI code and
just type"E-Mail" in the ansi, but Mystic doesn't have that option by default.

The message base isn't always a reality when using the message editor. You could be sending an auto-addressed Area/Filefix or Netmailing a SysOp from the Configuration UI for example, or editing a file description, or editing a signature and so on.

You can use the MB like you mentioned but when you're not posting under a specific circumstance then it won't always be accurate.

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You could be sending an auto-addressed Area/Filefix or Netmailing a
SysOp from the Configuration UI for example, or editing a file description, or editing a signature and so on.

It's all good. I will just stick the mci code in that screen where you're putting the To: & Subj:. If they don't know what base they're in at that
point, then I did what I could for them :)

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