Subj : areas.bbs question
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Fri Apr 05 2019 02:05 am
Hello Michiel!
04 Apr 19 23:09, you wrote to all:
MV> There is a new UTF-8 capable FTN editor around and I run into a
MV> mismatch between the areas.bbs file produced by Fmail and this new
MV> goAtEd thing.
MV> Fmail creates an areas.bbs that that starts like this:
MV> 2:280/5555 ! Michiel van der Vlist
MV> ; Created by FConfig-W32-2.0.1.2 - Thu Apr 04 22:44:12 2019
MV> !\FIDO\JAM\ALLFIX ALLFIX_HELP 2:203/0 280/464 55
MV> !\FIDO\JAM\BBACHCONINFO BBACH.CON.INFO 2:280/5003 5555.1
MV> !\FIDO\JAM\BINKD BINKD 2:203/0 221/6 280/
MV> Note the first line. Goated interpretes it as an area definition and
MV> creates an area with a tag of "!". Obviously not what was meant. If I
MV> put a ';' in front of that first line, all is well.
MV> So who's got it right? Should Goated ignore that first line, or should
MV> Fmail put a ';' in front of it?
My personal inclination is that Fmail should put a ';' in front of it, as that
line is not a valid area definition.
