Subj : RE: Window Sizes :/
To   : apam
From : Al
Date : Wed Jan 29 2020 21:15:48

 ap> I've started work on making variable terminal widths supported. I
 ap> wasn't sure about doing this as I understand most people use a BBS
 ap> terminal (syncterm, netrunner, magiterm etc) to connect to BBSes
 ap> which work at 80x25.
 
Yep, I see a certain amount of a nightmare scenario in all this, largely
why we still have this 80x25 screen size thing going on in the BBS world.

I wish there was something I could do about that but it's there and it
won't go away.

 ap> This is a huge amount of work, as there are lots of places with
 ap> hard coded sizes. So far, I've enabled getting the window size via
 ap> telnet, and am working on message display.

 ap> Once all the displaying is done, I plan to stop word wrapping
 ap> messages entered, which is probably also going to be a pain in the
 ap> butt to do.

This is my fear when I make a suggestion. I am not a programmer and I
don't know what is involved when I make a suggestion. Feel free to not do
this for all of these reasons.

 ap> I plan to commit this into a new branch for 0.14alpha

I have made a start at installing Magicka on my own computer here at
home. I'll see if I can get that done and upgrade to 0.14alpha. I've
actually just signed up with a new internet provider that should be up
and running in a weeks time. I hope that they support IPv6 and don't
block ports. If that's the case I might be able to run the BBS from home
which would give me more resources to work with.. :)

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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