Subj : Re: Text.dat
To   : Hemo
From : The Millionaire
Date : Fri May 28 2021 09:22:20


>   Re: Re: Text.dat
>   By: The Millionaire to Tracker1 on Thu May 27 2021 04:12 pm

> blaming the data file for the error placed there by a human?

> Isn't a .js file typically JavaScript? Wouldn't that just place MORE syntax
> restictions/requirements to the file?

> The text.dat file has a specific format that is quite simple, and if you pull
> all the color codes out of it, it's actually quite legible.  

> So.. which might you consider to be more prone to screw ups: Editing text.dat
> or trying to create new menus and screens using Ctrl-A color codes and @
> variables? I tend to do heavy editing in the menu, if there is an error it's
> less likely to take the system down like a corrupt text.dat might do.

> But I get it... text.dat colors, if they don't match the color theme you
> desire, will require some editing.

> ... Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away.

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But it’s not the editing that is screwing up, It’s when it executes the
bbs. My text.dat is a very basic coding process similar to the dos bbs days.
Color where needed in the file, but that’s about it actually.

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