Subj : Re: Text.dat
To   : The Millionaire
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue May 04 2021 12:37:57

  Re: Re: Text.dat
  By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Tue May 04 2021 06:34 am

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 > >   Re: Re: Text.dat
 > >   By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Mon May 03 2021 09:02 pm
 >
 > > That's a single line string, so no continuation-backslash needed.

 > But are colours ok close to words like "\1cto"?

Yes.

 > Does the bbs get confused?

The only confusion is when the Ctrl-A code is a number (for background colors), in which case you must use \x01 instead of \1.

 > In some places, the text.dat file has things like "\1y%s\1c to" instead.
 > Which is correct?

Either is correct.
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