Subj : cost on external program menu
To : Mlong
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Oct 16 2020 08:10 pm
Re: cost on external program menu
By: Mlong to All on Fri Oct 16 2020 02:52 pm
> I noticed the format for listing external programs on the menu is:
>
> "\1h\1c%3u \xb3 \1n\1c%-32.32s\1h " 383
> XtrnProgLstFmt
>
> And the code is doing this:
>
> printf(options.multicolumn_fmt, j+1
> ,prog_list[j].name
> ,prog_list[j].cost);
>
> So its passing cost in, but not displaying it. Is this intended?
Yes. It just so that a sysop could "opt-in" to use/display program costs if they wanted. It's a very old feature that nobody seems to use.
> Since I am rewriting this part, I just need to know if its something I
> should bother to support or not.
Not unless you plan to use it.
digital man
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