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    From mark lewis@VERT to all on Tue Dec 3 11:22:55 2013
    i don't remember the maintainer of slyedit's name but can we not use CTRL-A codes in the slyedit fileid.diz file, please? there really should not be any color codes in the diz files anyway... but they are unreadable and look like flecks of trash when viewed on systems that don't understand CTRL-A codes... and then some systems use CTRL-A codes for other stuff... i know of at least one system where CTRL-A is used to wait until a key is pressed...

    thanks!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT to mark lewis on Tue Dec 3 13:27:30 2013
    Re: slyedit's fileid.diz
    By: mark lewis to all on Tue Dec 03 2013 11:22:55

    i don't remember the maintainer of slyedit's name but can we not use CTRL-A codes in the slyedit fileid.diz file, please? there really should not be any color codes in the diz files anyway... but they are
    unreadable and look like flecks of trash when viewed on systems that
    don't understand CTRL-A codes... and then some systems use CTRL-A codes for other stuff... i know of at least one system where CTRL-A is used to wait until a key is pressed...

    I suppose I can remove those codes for the next release.
    SlyEdit is a Synchronet-only mod though.. I didn't think it was likely that BBSes using other software would carry it in their filebase.

    Nightfox

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  • From IB JOE@VERT to Nightfox on Tue Dec 3 14:54:34 2013
    Re: slyedit's fileid.diz
    By: Nightfox to mark lewis on Tue Dec 03 2013 01:27 pm

    That's exactly what I thought. The gues who cannot read it cannot use it.

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  • From Access Denied@VERT to Nightfox on Tue Dec 3 17:11:44 2013
    Hello Nightfox,

    03 Dec 13 13:27, you wrote to mark lewis:

    i don't remember the maintainer of slyedit's name but can we not
    use CTRL-A codes in the slyedit fileid.diz file, please? there
    really should not be any color codes in the diz files anyway...
    but they are unreadable and look like flecks of trash when viewed
    on systems that don't understand CTRL-A codes... and then some
    systems use CTRL-A codes for other stuff... i know of at least
    one system where CTRL-A is used to wait until a key is pressed...

    I suppose I can remove those codes for the next release.
    SlyEdit is a Synchronet-only mod though.. I didn't think it was
    likely that BBSes using other software would carry it in their
    filebase.

    Except when SlyEdit gets hatched out over Agoranet. I'm guessing only half (or less) of the systems connected run Synchronet. I suppose I could have thought of that previously, but I guess I wouldn't have cared much to say anything even
    if I would have. I've seen a ton of mangled FILE_ID.DIZ's in the past.

    I suppose it could be kind of annoying, seeing as though damn near each and ever BBS software made up their own ways of displaying colors. If there was one
    general defined way of doing it, it would probably be a different story.

    I'm guessing it will look just as good with no color, as it does with. :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Nightfox@VERT to Access Denied on Tue Dec 3 21:23:03 2013
    Re: slyedit's fileid.diz
    By: Access Denied to Nightfox on Tue Dec 03 2013 17:11:44

    Except when SlyEdit gets hatched out over Agoranet. I'm guessing only
    half (or less) of the systems connected run Synchronet. I suppose I
    could have thought of that previously, but I guess I wouldn't have cared much to say anything even if I would have. I've seen a ton of mangled FILE_ID.DIZ's in the past.

    I suppose it could be kind of annoying, seeing as though damn near each and ever BBS software made up their own ways of displaying colors. If there was one general defined way of doing it, it would probably be a different story.

    Yeah, that's true.. I could remove the color codes from the .diz file in the next release - but I'm not sure when that will be. So I may just re-package the current version with an updated file_id.diz.

    Nightfox

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  • From Access Denied@VERT to Nightfox on Wed Dec 4 14:51:50 2013
    Hello Nightfox,

    03 Dec 13 21:23, you wrote to me:

    Yeah, that's true.. I could remove the color codes from the .diz file
    in the next release - but I'm not sure when that will be. So I may
    just re-package the current version with an updated file_id.diz.

    No need to do anything special for the current version. It's already out there in the wild. I don't see a reason to put it out there again, if only to change up the diz.

    I think the original request was for future releases anyways. So if you're going to take the color codes out, I'm sure it would be fine for the next release, if there is a need for one.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From mark lewis@VERT to Nightfox on Wed Dec 4 11:52:15 2013
    On Tue, 03 Dec 2013, Nightfox wrote to mark lewis:

    i don't remember the maintainer of slyedit's name but can we not use CTRL-A codes in the slyedit fileid.diz file, please? there really should not be any color codes in the diz files anyway... but they are
    unreadable and look like flecks of trash when viewed on systems that
    don't understand CTRL-A codes... and then some systems use CTRL-A codes for other stuff... i know of at least one system where CTRL-A is used to wait until a key is pressed...

    I suppose I can remove those codes for the next release.

    it will be appreciated :)

    SlyEdit is a Synchronet-only mod though.. I didn't think it was
    likely that BBSes using other software would carry it in their
    filebase.

    not even those that carry software for other packages? the way i noticed it was
    in my reader when reading the new file arrival announcements from other systems
    ;)

    thanks for your response! :)

    )\/(ark

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  • From Nightfox@VERT to mark lewis on Wed Dec 4 21:38:34 2013
    Re: slyedit's fileid.diz
    By: mark lewis to Nightfox on Wed Dec 04 2013 11:52:15

    SlyEdit is a Synchronet-only mod though.. I didn't think it was
    likely that BBSes using other software would carry it in their
    filebase.

    not even those that carry software for other packages? the way i noticed it was in my reader when reading the new file arrival announcements from other systems ;)

    Thta's a good point.. :) I also carry mods & software for other BBS packages on my BBS, so it's reasonable to expect Synchronet mods to be carried on BBSes using other packages. :)

    Nightfox

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