Subj : Magicka v0.14
To   : All
From : apam
Date : Sat May 02 2020 15:47:39

Hi there,

Sitting here, drinking beer, and trying to contemplate what to do.

I think I bit off a bit more than I can chew with v0.14, and am thinking
of reverting to v0.13.

v0.14 was meant to address the 80x24 character limits. Given that
99.9999 % of people using Magicka BBSes are probably using Syncterm,
Netrunner or fTelnet or some other 80 wide terminal, I'm not sure it's
worth it.

Now, people reading messages generated by magicka on the other hand, are
more likely to not be using 80x25 readers than people using the BBS. Be
they QWK readers, GoldED, or something else, for these people it would
be nice to accommodate them.

So I'm thinking, make magiedit use Soft CRs for wrapping, Hard CRs for
pressing enter, and have magicka replace softcrs with Spaces.

That would result in paragraphs being one long line, magicka would wrap
them for BBS users, as it does with messages from synchronet and other
non-80 wrapped message senders, but they would be nicely formated for
those reading the messages on the other end.

If you're using v0.14, I think vorlon might be the only one left... I
think it would just be a matter of checking out v0.13, cleaning and
copying the old strings file over the v0.14 one. When I decide what to
do, we'll call it v0.15 and v0.14 can be that release no one speaks
about. Shh.

What do you all think? I'd like to get back at this, but v0.14 is a bit
much for me.

Andrew

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