Subj : Re: Import/Export
To : mark lewis
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Aug 19 2017 10:48 pm
Hi mark,
On 2017-08-19 13:54:50, you wrote to me:
WV>> Indeed "most of the time", because Pauls areas.bbs first line was a
WV>> regular line with an area definition...
(I mixed up the two, it was the one from Nicolas)
ml> yeah, that's why i said that AREAS.BBS processors should skip comment
ml> lines and not assume things :wink: :wink:
After I'd seen the source, I realised there is some room for improvenment! ;)
WV>> FConfig also skips lines starting with a semicolon...
ml> that's a GoodThing<tm> but it should not just blindly skip the first
ml> line... that's a BadThing<tm>... FConfig is breaking even at this point ;)
Indeed. It is a bit of luck that it reads the one from Paul, which starts with
the following lines:
; Generated by CrashExport 1.0
; Sun Nov 13 11:39:21 2016
Default origin ! Paul Quinn
The ones created by FMail start with:
2:280/464 ! Wilfred van Velzen
; Created by FConfig-W32-2.0.1.2 - Fri Aug 11 13:43:14 2017
That's why it skips the first line...
Bye, Wilfred.
--- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
* Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
