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  • PX/WINS Idea

    From ROBERT WOLFE@10:102/4 to ALL on Sunday, February 03, 2019 12:34:22
    So, passed the following idea along to Santronics this afternoon re:pipe color codes:

    "I was wondering if you would consider pipe color codes to @-code translation on
    import in PXECHO/PXMAIL? There are lots of Mystic boards on the networks these days and a lot of their users post using their software native pipe codes for color. I was wondering if, when importing messages, PXMAIL/ECHO could check for
    "Mystic BBS" in the @TID line in the message header and translate the color pipe
    codes properly before putting them into the message database?"

    ... Robert Wolfe <robert.wolfe@winserver.org>, Sysop, Omicron Theta BBS
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: Omicron Theta (10:102/4)
  • From Halcy0n@10:101/28 to Robert Wolfe on Sunday, February 03, 2019 16:36:00

    color. I was wondering if, when importing messages, PXMAIL/ECHO
    could check for
    "Mystic BBS" in the @TID line in the message header and translate the
    color pipe
    codes properly before putting them into the message database?"

    I was curious and asked NuSkooler about the same thing on Xibalba a few
    days ago just out of curiosity. This idea sounds a lot better than just
    making each sysop code in the translators themselves. Well, I still
    don't know the development specifics/realities of this regardless, but
    if it's possible, it seems like everyone pooling their dev time on 1
    chokepoint (echomail) that does all the work, it'd be better than trying
    to fix or change every individual board.

    --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/100
    * Origin: BLACK FLAG on PCBoard * pcboard.blackflagbbs.com 2627 (10:101/28)
  • From ROBERT WOLFE@10:102/4 to Halcy0n on Sunday, February 03, 2019 19:59:44

    On Feb 03, 2019 04:36pm, Halcy0n wrote to Robert Wolfe:

    color. I was wondering if, when importing messages, PXMAIL/ECHO
    could check for
    "Mystic BBS" in the @TID line in the message header and translate the
    color pipe
    codes properly before putting them into the message database?"

    I was curious and asked NuSkooler about the same thing on Xibalba a few days ago just out of curiosity. This idea sounds a lot better than just making each sysop code in the translators themselves. Well, I still
    don't know the development specifics/realities of this regardless, but
    if it's possible, it seems like everyone pooling their dev time on 1 chokepoint (echomail) that does all the work, it'd be better than trying
    to fix or change every individual board.

    I know. I only mentioned this since Platinum Xpress converts PCBoard @-codes to
    WINServer @-codes on import.

    ... Robert Wolfe <robert.wolfe@winserver.org>, Sysop, Omicron Theta BBS
    --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v7.0
    * Origin: Omicron Theta (10:102/4)
  • From g00r00@10:101/11 to ROBERT WOLFE on Saturday, February 09, 2019 01:19:38
    import in PXECHO/PXMAIL? There are lots of Mystic boards on the
    networks these days and a lot of their users post using their software native pipe codes for color. I was wondering if, when importing

    Sometimes pipe color codes are used, but Mystic supports ANSI messages, so usually when you see art being posted, its actually ANSI.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A41 2018/12/27 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Cyberia BBS | cyberiabbs.zapto.org | San Jose, CA (10:101/11)