Subj : Re: message area changing
To   : Alexander Grotewohl
From : g00r00
Date : Wed Apr 07 2021 11:59 am

 AG> i suppose i could also automate the creation of msg_editor.c80x24.ini
 AG> through ms g_editor.c80x100.ini or whatever but :)

If you wanted to do dynamic per-user instead of creating supported screen sizes what I would do is have a script that creates them if they don't already exist (when the user calls in).  I realize that may not be ideal so I have a few other ideas that I was experimenting with:

- Run MPL script on load and every redraw so you can define coordinates and paint whatever you want using scripting.
- Some simple inline scripting when defining coordinates that looks something like: {2+(WinSizeX/2)}

Mystic will select the largest it can use for each user and BBS terminals usually have a specific screensize like 80x24 or 132x36 though, so for most situations just supporting the common resolutions within your templates will work pretty good for end users.  To do it dynamic will of course require some sort of minor scripting though if I am going to continue to put all of the visual power in the SysOp's hands.

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