Subj : Re: Acorn BBC Mode 7 (viewdata) conrtol codes
To   : All
From : nelgin
Date : Tue Feb 13 2024 10:28:59

On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:28:29 -0800
"vela025" (VERT) <VERT!vela025@endofthelinebbs.com> wrote:

> > Hope that helps.  
> 
> YES! Thanks so much, I've made quite a bit of progress thanks to your
> help.  In doing so has raised two more questions.
> 1. Do you know how to customise the prompt, the bit I've circled here:
> http://beebs.ddns.net/images/sync/Prompt.jpg (not sure if it's
> actually called prompt, as it uses characters that Mode 7 does not
> support. I just want to swap out the divide symbol for something else
> (I'm at peace with the arrows). 2. When using strings (some that are
> buffered with "..." like the strings used for message sender, date
> etc. are fine, but others will insert a chacter rather than overwrite
> a charater like the toggles here
> (http://beebs.ddns.net/images/sync/strings.png), did you find a way
> around this? Thanks again, you've been a great help
> 
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1. The prompts are controlled by the menu files, probably default.src
or default.js depending on which stage of development you picked up
your sbbs.

You can use some logic like checking if the term is ANSI compatible to
give one prompt and then give something different if not.


2. You can use something like @CODE|L3@ and it'll pad to 3 characters,
if I'm understanding your question correctly. You can find more
information on padding, centering and the like on the wiki if you
search for "message variables".

Looks good so far.
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