Subj : Re: RJAM Wide Screen Support
To   : MeaTLoTioN
From : tassiebob
Date : Fri Oct 25 2024 17:58:32

 Me>  ta> I took a look at this but success has been limited so far.  Where I
 Me>  ta> tripped up was the Mystic display codes require a two digit number, 
so
 Me>  ta> saying "Fill until column 131" doesn't work.  I can probably re-work
 Me>  ta> things to not rely on those display codes - haven't had a chance to 
tr
 Me>  ta> that yet (I was hoping the simple approach would work, lol).
 Me>  ta> 
 Me>  ta> I was trying to tweak the indexed message reader - is that what you 
di
 Me> 
 Me> Upgrade to the latest Mystic, it'll let you use 3 char position codes so
 Me> widescreen will work better for you there.

In my limited spare time I've made some progress on this - it's mostly good, 
except I haven't worked out how to adjust the width of the message list (ie, 
space out Subject, To, From).  I suspect it has to do with the legacy screen 
codes.  I tweaked them to make the screen longer, but can't work out how to 
make it wider :-(  Making the surrounding screen elements was obviously as easy 
















































as adjusting the .ans file - it's just the dynamic contents I'm stuck on.

I started looking at the old Mystic source from way back, but sleep time caught 
















































up with me before I found any answers (if indeed there are answers to be had in 
















































code that old).

A quick Google didn't shed any light on it either.

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