Subj : Re: v0.6 ideas?
To   : apam
From : Alpha
Date : Tue Nov 24 2020 16:55:51

 ap> It wasn't too hard with magicka, I used libmicrohttpd which is a library
 ap> to implement a webserver, all I had to do was write the page generation -
 ap> this was a bit harder using C as opposed to some more friendly web
 ap> language like php.
 ap> 
 ap> The good thing about a web interface though is it doesn't only need to be
 ap> working on a mobile phone, you can use it on a computer to check messages
 ap> without logging in to the bbs - which can be useful if it's not your
 ap> computer (most computers have a web browser, not so many a bbs telnet/ssh
 ap> client) 

That's a really good point. I'd definitely use that web feature.

 ap> The downside to using a bbs on a phone, and also a web interface on a
 ap> phone is the width doesn't play nice with things like ansi messages that
 ap> are formatted for 80 columns. On a web interface at least you can scroll
 ap> around to see the message, on a small terminal it would look all wrong.
 
Totally. I think a phone/web experience focused around messaging as the primary use case makes sense.

 ap> Still, if you don't mind skipping ansi messages, it could work. It would
 ap> be lots of fun rewapping messages (sarcasm lol I hate rewrapping
 ap> messages) due to many systems formatting messages at around 80 columns.
 ap> (including this one, which I really should fix... just not sure how.)

Oh, right. So essentially every message would need to be stripped of ANSI color codes/characters, newlines, etc. -- then re-wrapped at the target col width? But then you'd have to deal with the 'intentional' line breaks by the post's author as well. Phew.

 ap> Yep, writing a BBS package isn't super hard, once you have a basic
 ap> structure to manage users and the connection, the rest kind of falls into
 ap> place.
 ap> 
 ap> Good luck with your project!
 
Thank you, although more of a tutorial for me--going to leave the BBS software to the pros :)

Speaking of which, I'm off to install Talisman v0.5!


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