Subj : Create message bases
To   : ANDREW CLARKE
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Feb 28 2021 04:58 pm

MJ> Can GoldEd create message areas ? or do I need to create them using a
MJ> BBS first before I can edit them with GoldEd ?

AC> Other people have answered this already, but something to note is
AC> GoldED won't create subdirectories for you.
AC> Suppose you have this in GOLDED.CFG:
AC> AreaDef JAMAREA "My JAM echo" 0 echo JAM c:\msg\jam\jamarea
AC> If either c:\msg or c:\msg\jam don't exist, GoldED won't create them,
AC> and will possibly crash with a terse error. Worse, it does this after
AC> you save the message you just wrote.
AC> Or at least that's been my experience.

This is good to know.

AC> Concievably there's now a config setting to enable automatic
AC> subdirectory creation. Or it would be nice if there was.
MJ> (I am using GoldED/386 3.00.Beta3).

AC> If my history is correct that's circa 1997.

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18/03/1998  05:43a             938,413 GED386.EXE
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AC> Beware of any Y2K bugs with the old versions. :)

Yes, I will bear this in mind.

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