Subj : Re: Busy
To   : g00r00
From : Christian Sacks
Date : Fri Aug 06 2021 07:48 am

On 05 Aug 2021, g00r00 said the following...

g0>  CS> I have just figured out how to fix the messages with 6 blank lines in
g0>  CS> the text. It's more a work around, but it works seemingly 100%
g0>
g0>  CS> The issue is caused by the word wrapping in Mystic leaving a line wit
g0>  CS> 79 chars plus 1 white space, so the 81st char is the new line. To sto
g0>  CS> this happening
g0>
g0> Can you give instructions on how to recreate this 6 blank lines thing? I
g0> use the same editor and I am not seeing this or any other messages that
g0> seem to have those types of issues.
g0>
g0> Are you using the latest version when you test this?  It looks like
g0> you're using something approaching a year old and a very early alpha in
g0> terms of the new editor.  You might be making things worse by changing
g0> stuff around like you're saying.
g0>
g0> Its important to be testing and reporting bugs based on the newest
g0> version.
g0>

I hear what you're saying, but it's not just me that is seeing the issue, other people with the latest version also see it, in fact, the version I am on doesn't actually create the issue, it is a later A47 prealpha that does. I am reluctant to move up to a newer one as all the newer ones have issues of some kind, the one I am on seems to be issue free.

The one that was tested was dated the end of july if that helps, I can't give you the specific date as I don't run it, it was tested by another sysop.

Anyway, I cannot reproduce it, I just notice the messages when they appear. I have sent you screen shots to your gmail and discord so feel free to look at those to know what I am talking about.

I hope that you are able to see them, and figure out why it's doing it. I can see that it's message line length when the wrapping makes a wrapped line 79 chars long, that's when it causes the issue. 79 chars long, plus the white space at 80, means the new line char is at 81 and that's when it causes the 6 blank lines, when the editor is used on a 132x37 system, it creates 2 full pages of blank lines. You can see this if you visit the underground bbs.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2020/12/04 (Linux/64)
* Origin: thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE, rAmsgAtE, uK. bbs.erb.pw (2:250/5)