• Length of Node Status message for menus

    From Björn Wiberg@2:201/137 to g00r00 on Friday, July 30, 2021 10:04:33
    Hello g00r00!

    I noticed that the Node Status setting for a menu only allows for 30 characters:

    ▀ █░░█ Node Status │ Scanning for Unread Pers Msgs░ ██░ ▓

    ...whereas the actual maximum field length (according to records.112) appears to be 40 characters:

    Action : String[40]; { User's action on this node }

    ...which can happily be used for the NA (Set node action) function:

    █ Access St█ Command │ (NA) Set node action █ape 00 █ █ Display W█ Data │ Scanning for Unread Personal Messages █ 00 █

    Would it be possible to allow 40 characters also in the menu settings?

    Thanks in advance!

    Best regards
    Björn

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/28 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)
  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Björn Wiberg on Friday, July 30, 2021 10:06:53
    Would it be possible to allow 40 characters also in the menu settings?

    Will do! Good catch! This will be in the new build I am putting up today since it (should be) a very quick fix.

    ... THE fIRST sTEP iS tO tAKE oFF tHE cAPS lOCK

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  • From Björn Wiberg@2:201/137 to g00r00 on Friday, July 30, 2021 18:38:40
    Hello g00r00!

    On 30 Jul 2021, g00r00 said the following...
    Would it be possible to allow 40 characters also in the menu settings

    Will do! Good catch! This will be in the new build I am putting up
    today since it (should be) a very quick fix.

    Thanks a lot! It is much appreciated!

    Best regards
    Björn

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/28 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)
  • From Björn Wiberg@2:201/137 to g00r00 on Friday, July 30, 2021 19:22:43
    Hello g00r00!

    Thank you for your reply!

    On 30 Jul 2021, g00r00 said the following...
    Would it be possible to allow 40 characters also in the menu settings

    Will do! Good catch! This will be in the new build I am putting up
    today since it (should be) a very quick fix.

    Thanks a lot!

    Speaking of node status -- for some reason, the Node Status setting of the personalscan menu does not appear to appear in the Action column of the
    Who's Online listing (when checking from another node) -- it still displays that the user is in the message menu (which the user is *before* choosing (G)lobal Personal Scan, and *after* the scan, when the personalscan menu has returned the user to the message menu).
    ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
    │ ▒ Who's Online │
    └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
    Node Type Username Action
    ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    1 SSH Zip Browsing Messages Menu
    (cut)

    The menu setting for the personalscan menu looks like this (but the text doesn't seem to matter):

    Node Status: Scanning for Unread Pers Msgs

    I tried adding 2 seconds of DE delays to the end of the string displayed by the GT command (which displays "Scanning globally for unread personal messages..."), but to no avail.

    It seems to work for all other menus, but not that one.

    Does it work for you? =)

    Adding a NA (Node action) command to the menu works fine, though.

    The only thing I can think if is that "personalscan" is a long menu name compared to the others...

    Best regards
    Björn

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/07/30 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Star Collision BBS, Uppsala, Sweden (2:201/137)