Subj : Re: Error during new install
To   : Bob Roberts
From : NuSkooler
Date : Thu Nov 05 2020 17:41:06


On Thursday, November 5th Bob Roberts was heard saying...
 BR> So just a general update and first impressions from ENiGMA.  It's pretty 
 BR> slick.  It's fast as hell.  I'm really impressed by the amount, and 
 BR> clarity, of both the documentation on the web, and the comments in the 
 BR> config files and such.  Again, the documention on the web, with the 
 BR> layout and color scheme and markup is just damn sexy.

Thanks a bunch for the kind words!


Twas Thursday, November 5th when Bob Roberts said...
 BR> The lack of a config utility is somewhat of a bummer.  I don't mind 
 BR> manually editing config files -- but it's a higher barrier to setup.  I 
 BR> think if I was really into JS this would be a great board to take and use 
 BR> as the backbone of a super customized setup -- you could do pretty much 
 BR> anything with it.

One of the issues here is enig is so flexible that a configuration utility would be as big as a project as the entire BBS itself. 

One thing I have considered is someting very "light" kinda like a property editor type app. This would at least let users select fields to add/modify via a GUI, but it would still take some work in both development and learning curve for users. I also have a ticket item that I'd like to address at some point that is adding a very basic schema. This would be good groundwork for a) helping prevent weird errors with new users, and b) could help with the development of config utilities.

A couple people have actually said they were going to create one... started, then I imagine found what I said above and bailed out on it :D

Bob Roberts around Thursday, November 5th...
 BR> I'm just generally curious, are you done with the development?  Or are 
 BR> you considering adding things like a configuration utility?

Definitely not finished with development. I have a huge list of things I want to do + things that are opened up on GitHub. Now that Halloween is over, I'll have more time soon to crank on the WFC and get that in. Next is probably the re-write of the drawing/cursor tracking system. Currently it uses some ESC sequences that work with the modern terms but older DOS and the like not so much... and comes with some weird bugs at times. Also I want to finish up the re-write of the FSE so it can have better support for various color systems, Markdown, etc.



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