Subj : Follow-up on "Some A48 issues (summed up)" (as per 07/09/2022)
To : g00r00
From : Bj�rn Wiberg
Date : Sat Jul 09 2022 01:57 pm
Hello g00r00!
I hope all is well with you!
On 03 Jul 2022, Bj�rn Wiberg said the following...
BW> The following are the things that I'm currently experiencing
BW> with the 2022/04/03 A48 prerelease, and some minor things I'd wish for
Thanks a lot for fixing so many of these in the 07/07/2022 prerelease!
I know that you're probably still working on things, but I still thought I
would give an update regarding the new prerelease. The things that I'm still
having problems with (and some new) would be the following:
BW> * FTP uploads appear to corrupt the file base. If I scroll down the
This is still a problem; as soon as I FTP upload a file to a file base that
already has a file, it appears to corrupt the file base. This time I got parts
of the login screen showing up when listing the base from within the BBS. But
when editing the file, the Description is empty (although with a corrupted
file base that might not be indicative of anything particular).
BW> * There appears to be a "leftover" in the SysOp menu; the "(V) Voting
BW> Booth Editor" option which attempts to call command "(*V) Unknown
BW> Command", which doesn't exist any longer. Probably the (V) option
BW> should be removed from the SysOp menu?
(That one is still there.)
BW> * For a normal account (not a QWK account), when selecting the message
BW> bases to scan from the message menu, i.e. (MZ) Toggle new scan bases
BW> with an empty Data field, Mystic appears to be selecting the wrong
BW> message base when I enter a number:
That one is still there. Now it appears to be selecting a message base in some
other message group? Not sure, because I can't see any changes in the scanned
list after entering some number. I do not get any error message of any kind.
Also, related to this (and new, I think):
* For a normal account (not a QWK account), when selecting the message bases
to scan from the offline mail menu, i.e. (OS) Set QWK scanned bases with
Data: /allgroups, the number one enters does not correspond to the base being
toggled there either. For example:
�����������������������������������������������������������������������������Ŀ
� � QWK Message Area Scan Settings Local �
�������������������������������������������������������������������������������
Area Scan Name
�����������������������������������������������������������������������������
1 Yes Private Messages (PMs)
2 Yes Private Messages (PMs) (SysOp Access)
3 No Duplicate Messages
4 Yes fsxNet Netmail
5 No fsxNet Netmail (SysOp Access)
6 No FSX_ADS: BBS and NETwork Ads
7 No FSX_ARTS: Arts + Artistic Chat
8 Yes FSX_BBS: BBS Support/Dev
9 No FSX_BOT: Automated Robot Posts
10 No FSX_CRY: Cryptographics
(cut cut)
�����������������������������������������������������������������������������
Toggle: [#,#-#], [A]dd/[R]emove All, [?/List, Enter/Quit]: 10
2010: DOVE-Net Sysops Only will be scanned in QWK packets.
...so it appears to select the wrong message base.
When checking the DOVE-Net message group, I find that #10 corresponds to the
base that Mystic selected. But I wasn't even "standing" in the DOVE-Net
message group (and it should be irrelevant)....
(I'm using list compression, as earlier.)
BW> * In the multinode teleconference, if one uses ASCII, the cursor is
BW> positioned at the end of the line so that the text one writes always
BW> gets wrapped.
BW> I believe this is because the cursor gets positioned at the end of the
BW> input field (whose background is not actually written when using
BW> ASCII). Would it be possible for Mystic to position the cursor at the
BW> beginning of the "invisible" input field if using ASCII? (Using
BW> backspaces?)
(That one is still there.)
BW> * The str8 variable in archive_view.ini would need an extra space to
BW> clear out the "Enter/View" text when searching.
(I think that one is still there?)
BW> * Read ACS checking for the POP3 server -- i.e. that it would return
BW> Access denied if a user does not fulfil the Read ACS -- would be much
BW> appreciated. It would make things consistent between the BBS interface
BW> and the POP3 access method.
(I think that one is still there?)
Also, a few more things (I do not know if all have been present earlier)
and suggestions:
* 5mooth-mist25.ans is present in the text directory of the default theme.
Should it be there? Perhaps for some gallery function or similar?
* When editing user flags in the user editor, ANSI escape codes
(e.g. arrow up yields a "P") toggle the corresponding flags. Would it be
possible for Mystic to "filter out" anything with an escape before it?
* When selecting a function/command in the menu editor, -R is listed after -S.
* After uploading a file via FTP, the FTP command processor will
become unresponsive until upload testing has finished (if one has enabled
upload testing). Could Mystic send e.g. a "452 Requested action not taken.
Still testing uploaded file. Please wait a little and try again." response to most commands during testing? Perhaps that would prevent batch uploads (mput), but maybe some commands (ls, cd etc.) where the user is waiting for a response would benefit from a 452 feedback response?
* I still cannot get file download over the web to work. When clicking on the download link for a file, I get the "File not in queue" error message. The MIS log shows:
It looks OK I think. Could it possibly be some kind of mismatch between the directory separators (/ on Linux instead of \ on Windows) or some path length limitation that causes this?
I'll let you know if I would stumble across anything additional, but I think the new version is a big step forward. Thanks, and, as always, many thanks in advance!
Best regards
Bj�rn
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/07 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)
