Subj : bbs.msg_number and related are read-only
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Sep 24 2024 01:34 pm

Hi DM,

For quite a while, when replying to a message, SlyEdit has had the ability to
get the author's initials from the message the user is replying to, in order to
quote the message with that message's author's initials.  Normally, SlyEdit
gets the current sub-board code & message number from bbs.smb_sub_code and
bbs.msg_number (if > 0) or bbs.smb_curmsg.  However, when using my message
reader (DDMsgReader), it seems bbs.msg_number, bbs.smb_curmsg, and related are read-only, so DDMsgReader can't set them to pass along that information to a message editor (such as SlyEdit) that might want to use those.  The solution I added a long time ago was for DDMsgReader to write a sort of 'drop file' with that information, and SlyEdit reads it (if it exists) when SlyEdit runs, so that SlyEdit can get author initials from the correct message.

I feel like this drop file solution might not be the best solution for the issue, though I'm not sure of a different solution.  I imagine those bbs.* propeties probably shouldn't be made settable..   Is bbs.mods intended for this sort of thing?  I'm wondering if DDMsgReader could set some properties in bbs.mods for the current sub-board & message #, which SlyEdit could read (and then DDMsgReader would have to clear the bbs.mods values upon exit).

Nightfox

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