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    From Deon George@3:633/509 to All on Sun Sep 16 11:08:32 2018
    Howdy,

    I know a few folks are using goldedplus - just wondering if anybody are using it when logged in with syncTerm?

    If I ssh into my MBSE and launch golded, it works a treat.

    I BBS in with syncTerm and launch golded, it doesnt render correctly. IE: The initial paint is as if its painting a big window on a small screen, and then as
    you move, the paiting of the highlighted line is completely messed up.

    Looking for some tips...

    (I like MBSE, but dont like the editor - so looking for an improved editor and goldedplus seems to be the only one I can find...)

    ...deon



    ... A Smith & Wesson *ALWAYS* beats 4 Aces.

    --- MBSE BBS v1.0.7.8 (GNU/Linux-ARM)
    * Origin: Chinwag | MBSE in Docker on Pi (3:633/509)
  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757 to Deon George on Sat Sep 15 19:41:06 2018
    Re: Goldedplus
    By: Deon George to All on Sun Sep 16 2018 11:08 am

    I BBS in with syncTerm and launch golded, it doesnt render correctly. IE: The initial paint is as if its painting a big window on a small screen, and then as
    you move, the paiting of the highlighted line is completely messed up.

    Golded is a good editor, but it was not designed to be used as an external editor like iceedit or editors like that from a BBS. It may be doable though if you try. I wonder if you can pass the number of lines and colums to golded?

    At one time I used joe with MBSE, it worked well but when a message was saved there was some extras lines. I don't know if the cause of that was ever found or if it was corrected.

    Ttyl :-),
    Al


    ... Help support helpless victims of computer error!
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Linux
    * Origin: The Rusty MailBox - Penticton, BC Canada (1:153/757)
  • From Vince Coen@2:250/1 to Deon George on Mon Sep 17 22:55:26 2018
    Hello Deon!

    Sunday September 16 2018 11:08, you wrote to All:

    Howdy,

    I know a few folks are using goldedplus - just wondering if anybody
    are using it when logged in with syncTerm?

    If I ssh into my MBSE and launch golded, it works a treat.

    I BBS in with syncTerm and launch golded, it doesnt render correctly.
    IE: The initial paint is as if its painting a big window on a small
    screen, and then as you move, the paiting of the highlighted line is completely messed up.

    Looking for some tips...

    (I like MBSE, but dont like the editor - so looking for an improved
    editor and goldedplus seems to be the only one I can find...)

    Only one I have used since shareware days - yep and have a registration!

    That is well over 20 years ago.

    Joe and the internal is good only for online users.

    Vince

    --- Mageia Linux v6/Mbse v1.0.7.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Deon George@3:633/509 to Vince Coen on Tue Sep 18 11:22:00 2018

    Hello Vince!

    17 Sep 18 22:55, you wrote to me:

    Joe and the internal is good only for online users.

    I just installed joe, and it rendered a blank screen - is there any specific setup for it?

    Deon


    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20180707
    * Origin: Chinwag | MBSE in Docker on Pi (3:633/509)
  • From Vince Coen@2:250/1 to Deon George on Tue Sep 18 15:42:32 2018
    Hello Deon!

    Tuesday September 18 2018 11:22, you wrote to me:


    Hello Vince!

    17 Sep 18 22:55, you wrote to me:

    Joe and the internal is good only for online users.

    I just installed joe, and it rendered a blank screen - is there any
    specific setup for it?

    I am using v4.6

    You need to set up mbse to use it and more inportantly where it is via
    mbsetup 1.4 - Ext. edit

    This should be set to editor.

    In ~/bin/editor make any changes you need but I do not recall making any.
    This is a bash script.

    As a Sysop I use Golded for all echo, usegroups etc and that is used outside the BBS.

    One point, it does set up the language used but will default to English.




    Vince

    --- Mageia Linux v6/Mbse v1.0.7.8/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Deon George@3:633/509 to Vince Coen on Sat Sep 22 23:23:22 2018

    Hello Vince!

    18 Sep 18 15:42, you wrote to me:

    In ~/bin/editor make any changes you need but I do not recall making
    any. This is a bash script.

    Ahh, that was probably part of my problem, I didnt have a ~/bin/editor - and because joe wasnt installed when I built mbse.

    I'll have another go at it now - thanks for the tip...

    ...deon

    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20180707
    * Origin: Chinwag | MBSE in Docker on Pi (3:633/509)
  • From Vince Coen@2:250/1 to Deon George on Sun Sep 23 21:57:44 2018
    Hello Deon!

    Saturday September 22 2018 23:23, you wrote to me:


    Hello Vince!

    18 Sep 18 15:42, you wrote to me:

    In ~/bin/editor make any changes you need but I do not recall
    making any. This is a bash script.

    Ahh, that was probably part of my problem, I didnt have a ~/bin/editor
    - and because joe wasnt installed when I built mbse.

    I'll have another go at it now - thanks for the tip...

    You should install joe and any other package that is mentioned in the docs - and that includes geoip - very handy looking at the logs.


    The only one i do not is the stuff for 'Full newsgate' as i get that another way e.g., via thunderbird.




    Vince

    --- Mageia Linux v6 X64/Mbse v1.0.7.9/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.501-b20150715
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)