Subj : Theme fallback to default doesn't work?
To   : All
From : Lars Kellogg-Stedman
Date : Wed Nov 01 2023 11:00 pm

Howdy,

I'm trying to create a custom theme for Mystic. Looking at
"theme.ini" in the default them, I see:

  [Fallback]

    ; Fall back to the "default" theme if there is a missing
    ; prompt, text, menu or script (true or false).  Each theme
    ; can also fallback to specific themes using the options
    ; below.

    Def_Prompt = true
    Def_Text = true
    Def_Menu = true
    Def_Script = true

I thought this meant I could create a theme with only a few
files, and anything missing would be served from the content
in the default theme, so I have:

  .
  |-- menus
  |-- scripts
  |-- text
  |   |-- newuser1.asc
  |   `-- newuser.asc
  `-- theme.ini

This is in the /mystic/themes/mytheme directory, next to
/mystic/themes/default. When I configure mystic with theme
"mytheme", it seems to work at first when I log in as a new
user, but then fails with:

  Error loading prelogin.mnu

....even though that exists in the default theme.

Is this a bug, or am I misunderstanding how fallback is
supposed to work?

Thanks!
 
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