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  • Advanced Ctrl-A Code for Embed File

    From Codefenix@1:103/705 to All on Thu Jun 18 09:51:58 2020
    I customized my "last few callers" screen by adding a long last_few_callers_msg string to the logonlist section of my modopts.ini file. It's working nicely.

    However, I think I prefer the idea of using the advanced Ctrl-A code to embed a file from the text directory instead (per the wiki page under "Advanced"). Whenever I try it though, it just displays the name of the file, rather than the contents of the file.

    I have "lastcall.txt" in my sbbs/text directory. To try to display it, I've tried using the following in last_few_callers_msg:
    \1"lastcall.txt
    \x01"lastcall.txt
    [SOH]"lastcall.txt (the actual Ctrl-A character)

    I'm certain I must have the syntax wrong. Does anyone have it working?

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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Codefenix on Sun Jun 21 14:16:29 2020
    Re: Advanced Ctrl-A Code for Embed File
    By: Codefenix to All on Thu Jun 18 2020 09:51 am

    I customized my "last few callers" screen by adding a long last_few_callers_msg string to the logonlist section of my modopts.ini
    file.
    It's working nicely.

    However, I think I prefer the idea of using the advanced Ctrl-A code to embed a file from the text directory instead (per the wiki page under "Advanced"). Whenever I try it though, it just displays the name of the file, rather than the contents of the file.

    I have "lastcall.txt" in my sbbs/text directory. To try to display it,
    I've
    tried using the following in last_few_callers_msg:
    \1"lastcall.txt
    \x01"lastcall.txt
    [SOH]"lastcall.txt (the actual Ctrl-A character)

    I'm certain I must have the syntax wrong. Does anyone have it working?

    That Ctrl-A code doesn't work with all output methods. I just committed a change to exec/logonlist.js which uses an output method that *does* support that Ctrl-A code. Give it a try.

    digital man

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