Subj : Help using gettext.js
To   : vela025
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Oct 21 2024 12:26:16

  Re: Help using gettext.js
  By: vela025 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 21 2024 12:27 am

 > Hi Rob, sorry for not being more specific/explaining seemingly odd choices
 > :D >"next login" as the same user or a different user?
 > Same user

Okay, did you try a different user and see what happens?

 > >using a language file to control terminal type
 > I'm using the language file to use different control codes for the user
 > prompts, but the script above to change the users terminal type settings is
 > in logon.js.
 >
 > >Which "settings" are you referring to?
 > Changing manually from one terminal type to another. i.e. changing from an
 > ansi supported terminal to soley cp437 used to require the user to log out
 > and back in again (same user account) for all the settings to take effect
 > (this was before adding the terminal prompt at logon and before using the
 > language files to customize prompts). After changing to terminal settings to
 > just cp437 the Mode 7 menus did not display correctly, however when the same
 > user logged out and back in the menus displayed as they should.

So I think you're referring to the 'lang' user property (not something I think of as a "terminal type setting"). But anyway, after making a change to the current user's 'lang' property, call bbs.load_user_text() to re-load the ctrl/text.<lang>.ini file.

 > The odd terminal choices are because it's primarily designed for a BBC Micro
 > to use, so if you're using ASCII you're most likely in Mode 7 (which leaves
 > the most amount of free memory and displays best on a TV, which is 40
 > columns), if you're using an ANSI client (of which I think there are only 2
 > and only one of those supports a *massive* 4 colours) then that is 80
 > columns and does not support UTF-8

I still can't can't think of a reason why "ansi" and "ascii" would require different language files.
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