Subj : Re: @CODES
To : mark lewis
From : Bill McGarrity
Date : Tue Nov 07 2017 06:26 am
-=> On 08-23-14 13:14, mark lewis wrote to Bill McGarrity <=-
Hiya Mark...
ml> On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, Bill McGarrity wrote to Nightfox:
ml> [TRIM]
BM> I agree, but from what DM said Synch will convert IF your user # is
BM> 1, which I take it you are. My issue that I am having right now is
BM> using SMBUTIL to post a message using those codes and even when I
BM> use the fix that DM said to use, the -e1 option, still not working
BM> correctly.
ml> i think what is being missed is that the conversion of the @-codes is
ml> not done at posting time but at reading time when the message is
ml> displayed to each user... what you are looking for is that the @-codes
ml> are interpreted at posting time and the results of the interpretation
ml> are posted instead of the actual @-codes... opposite sides of the same
ml> fence...
At the time of the posting using SMBUTIL, the message should have been
converted when I read it in the specific echo after it was uploaded when I
telnet into the board.
ml> maybe you might have to write a conversion tool to convert the codes
ml> before posting as you are desiring?? basically a template interpreter
ml> that generates the finalized text file that smbutil will post...
According to Rob, the -e1 switch will do the conversion being it stipulates
that I am the sysop. No other user has that option.
