Subj : File date
To   : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Sat Jul 11 2015 11:16 pm


11 Jul 15 14:25, you wrote to me:

ml>> oh... as i haven't looked at MBSE yet, i was under the impression
ml>> that all text was in language files with nothing hard coded... that
ml>> would

SD> No, not all of it.  A majority of it, yes, but there's a lot of stuff
SD> that isn't...

ouch :(

ml>> mean that one should be able to edit them to include macros for
ml>> various values... macros like the following list from my RA setup...
ml>> these are available anywhere within RA so i set up a drop file (eg:
ml>> door.sys, dorinfo1.bbs) template we can use for custom drop files and
ml>> let it fill in all the values of the macros ;)

SD> MBSE does not have a macro language.  It has a few control codes for
SD> use with display screens, but other than that, no.  The only dropfiles
SD> it creates are DOOR.SYS and DOOR32.SYS and that's hard-coded.

double ouch :(

ml>> yes, these macros do use the actual ^K and ^F characters so they are

SD> If you want to see what control codes MBSE does have:

SD> http://outpostbbs.ddns.net/mbseman/menus/control.html

thanks... i'll have a look but i'm starting to feel like i'm dropping back
further and further into the early '90s or late '80s :(

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