Subj : Golded and Synchronet 3.20
To   : Richard Vonzel
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Feb 26 2025 12:20 am

 Re: Golded and Synchronet 3.20
 By: Richard Vonzel to Rob Swindell on Tue Feb 25 2025 04:09 pm

>   Re: Golded and Synchronet 3.20
>   By: Rob Swindell to Richard Vonzel on Tue Feb 25 2025 12:02 pm
>
>  RS> Unfortunately, you really couldn't be done reliably. One of the reasons
>  RS> for going from .cnf to .ini format was to be able to expand
>  RS> configuration fields and now that we've done that (e.g. 32-char
>  RS> internal codes), those won't "fit" in a msgs.cnf file. If a sysop
>  RS> upgraded from an earlier version of Synchronet, they should still have
>  RS> their msgs.cnf file in place that GoldEd+ could read/use until such
>  RS> time as someone updates the program to read msgs.ini files. --
>  RS> digital man (rob)
>
> So, how about an areas.bbs that GoldEd can read? Mystic creates one that
> Golded can read as areafile? Maybe on option to create one areas.bbs for all
> the message areas, and the ability to run it as an event to account for new
> areas?

Sure, go for it. I thought GoldEd+ used more than just the sub-board "internal code" from the msgs.cnf, but if it doesn't then perhaps an area file is all it would need.
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                                           digital man (rob)

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