Board:   [fsxNet] Mystic BBS discussion/support
Subject: A49: external message editor with native posting?
From:    Accession (21:1/200)
Date:    Tue Oct 27, 2026 16:38

Hey codex!

On Tue, Oct 27 2026 19:29:02 +0100, you wrote:

 c> Is there a supported way to use a custom editor inside Mystic's normal
 c> post/reply flow, returning the edited text to Mystic so that Mystic itself
 c> handles saving, permissions, reply threading, user/daily statistics and
 c> echomail/netmail processing?

To be honest, I don't think anyone has tried this before, so unfortunately you are probably going to find bugs in the process.

The only "external" readers/editors I've seen that work with Mystic (Golded+, MsgEd, and now Amberedit), would bypass anything of Mystic and interact with the JAM message bases directly. But these editors are not meant to be used in Mystic, or on the BBS itself. They are all their own separate entities.

While this isn't what you're trying to accomplish by what I read in the rest of your post, maybe this is another possibility to eliminate any issues you may encounter with Mystic itself?

For example, keep the message editor/reader inside Mystic as you seem to be trying to do, but bypass using Mystic's MPL and/or menu commands and read/write directly to/from the JAM areas.

Regards,
Accession

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