I found a change in a47 that might help some sysOp out there;

FILENAME.ANS, FILENAME.AN1, .AN2, .AN3, AN... is no longer the way Mystic recognizes alternate ANSi screens.

Now, for a basic 1-width system, Mystic recognizes: FILENAME.ANS FILENAME.1.ANS FILENAME.2.ANS FILENAME.3.ANS..... etc...

Is it also how the new 160 character max system works... if your user is on a 132 or 160 width terminal, Mystic uses filenames like:
msg_editor.c132x36.ans

If the user has 132x36 capability, it will display this file... theres more detail in the whatsnew.txt for a47 which I'll post after the break below. CHEERS, sysOps!

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- The old random display file system is gone so if you have the .ana, .anb
type files you will need to update them to use the "new" system that is
being brought over from the Mystic 2 build.

+ New display file random system. If for example the base filename of the
display file is "test" then you can make any additional files with a .#
after the base filename and one of them will be selected randomly. The
old system had a limit of 36 random ANSIs per display file but this
system has no limits. For example:

test.ans
test.1.ans
test.2.ans
test.10.ans

Mystic will randomly select and display one of the above files.

+ New display file system for custom terminal sizes that allow specific
files to be displayed based on the user's terminal size. For example if
the base display filename is "test" then you can add either the columns
or both the columns and lines:

test.ans < Displays to users with less than 120 columns
test.c120.ans < Displays to users with 120-159 columns
test.c160.ans < Displays to users with 160+ columns

You can also include the number of lines as well:

test.c132x37.ans < Displays to users who have 132x37 or larger
terminal size.

+ New display file system can combine the random ANSIs along with the
terminal sizes. When combined the random number comes first followed
by the terminal size. So if you have three 160 column scrollers you want
to randomly display and three 80 column, you could name them like this:

scroller.1.ans
scroller.2.ans
scroller.3.ans
scroller.1.c160.ans
scroller.2.c160.ans
scroller.3.c160.ans

Now if you executed a GD menu command with the data of "scroller" Mystic
will randomly display scroller.#.ans if the user's terminal size is less
than 160 columns. If the terminal size is 160 columns or higher Mystic
will randomly display scroller.#.c160.ans.

All of Mystic's automated display files like logonX and so on all use this
system as well, and so does the dispfile MPL and showfile MPY functions. The
c#x# format is case sensitive.

It is important to note when doing 40 column themes that the column-defined
files always take priority over the base file. This means test.c40.ans will
always be selected over test.ans. If you are creating a theme that supports
both 80 and 40 columns then you'll want to create c80 files along with your
c40 files.

+ Template files now allow both random and terminal sized-based file naming
similar to display files. For example:

msg_editor.ini
msg_editor.c132x36.ini
msg_editor.c160x50.ini

+ Mystic's Text Editor will now use the full size of the terminal up to
160x60.

+ The [X## MCI code to move to an X position on the screen has been updated
to allow a third character for X coordinates between 100-160. The way
this works may have to change in the future.
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I found a change in a47 that might help some sysOp out there;

Thanks for the info, always good to be prepared. How do you guys get the a47 release? Didn't see it anywhere yet.

oP!

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Thanks for the info, always good to be prepared. How do you guys get the a47release? Didn't see it anywhere yet.

oP!

It is an alpha, oP...
I'll write you on your board, right now...



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On 02 Nov 2020, opicron said the following...

Thanks for the info, always good to be prepared. How do you guys get the a47release? Didn't see it anywhere yet.

http://mysticbbs.com/downloads/prealpha/


Jay

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Thanks Warpslide and Paulie420 :D

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