Subj : Re: MPL docs?
To   : PSI-JACK
From : GRYPHON
Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:20 pm

On 09/01/14, Psi-Jack said the following...
 
 Ps> On 08/31/14, g00r00 said the following...
 Ps>  g0> In the older MPL 1.x there is a MPL.doc and I think some have updated
 Ps>  g0> 
 Ps>  g0> The recently lost Wiki had some MPL documentation I was working on, b
 Ps>  g0> we lost that information sadly.
 Ps>  g0> 
 Ps>  g0> We just really need to get a good Wiki going...
 Ps>  g0> 
 Ps>  g0> There are lots of source codes to look at and a few MPL "gurus" here
 Ps>  g0> myself and Gryphon are both good resources if you have something you
 Ps>  g0> want to see if you can do... feel free to ask away and I can try to h
 Ps>  g0> time permitting.
 Ps> 
 Ps> Well, one thing I'd like to do to start simple is an MPL that allows
 Ps> directly posting to a Netmail message base, which /should/ always be
 Ps> base 1, and then return the user's active message base backt o what they
 Ps> had before the netmail, since currently you can't actually send netmail
 Ps> without activating that message base exclusively.
 Ps> 
 Ps> Something like that so simple. 
 Ps> 
 Ps> I'm also looking to do a slightly improved bulletin system with folder
 Ps> support. I believe gryphon made something like that already, but it's not
 Ps> without issues, and constantly repeats text on the screen, possible
 Ps> Mystic bug or mpl issues themselves. Most likely the latter. But if the
 Ps> bulletni text doesn't at least fill up a page worth, it repeats down.

I think that is a bug.  It doesn't clear the list of entries when you page
down, and the list ends before it hits the bottom of the screen.

 Ps> 
 Ps> I also want the bulletin board system to support folders, show what's
 Ps> new and unread, keeping track, so people can, at a glance, see new BRE,
 Ps> SRE, FE, etc scores without going into the game (like, someone may be
 Ps> currently in it, etc).

Well, gfiles does do exactly that.  I have several examples of subdirectories
in on my Textfiles area and my Daily News area.  Create subdirectory in your
base gfiles directory.  Then hit 'A' to add the new subdirectory to the
entries list, and the directory should show up on the list. Use 'M' to move the
entry to your desired position.  Use 'U' to update the text of the entry.

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