Hi Stephen,

Stephen Walsh wrote to Michiel Broek:
SW> Hello Michiel.
SW> 
SW> 08 Jun 07 20:22, you wrote to me:
SW> 
SW>  SW>  MB>> Works ok, but you miss the groups selection that would be
SW>  SW>  MB>> nice. The idea is there, but the programming not.
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>> get your code monkeys out of a slumber then {at}-)
SW> 
SW>  MB> I don't have the right peanuts to feed them, and without they don't
SW>  MB> code.
SW> 
SW> If I could code in 'C', then I would send you something.

Don't bother, get the next tarball and see.

SW> 
SW>  SW>  SW>>> the DOS 8.3 way of thinking? A lot of my
files are longer
SW>  SW>  SW>>> than 8.3 (ie: Linux/Amiga files).
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>  MB>> It should just be a display thing, the files can
be imported
SW>  SW>  MB>> with their long names. But currently the bbs shows the 8.3
SW>  SW>  MB>> names.
SW>  SW>>
SW>  SW>> Having an option to display the long file name would be a real
SW>  SW>> advantage.
SW> 
SW>  MB> It is, but I have't done it yet.
SW> 
SW>  SW>> thisisa~.txt   <- Ugly, isn't it.
SW>  SW>> thisisalongfilename.txt
SW> 
SW>  MB> The layout must be changed for to insert an extra row on the screen.
SW>  MB> Any suggestions how it should look like?
SW> 
SW> Short file name version.
SW> 
SW> 01 BOIN~EDT.LHA   5254174 02-06-2007  [   0] Uploaded By: Stephen Walsh
SW>    This is the Amiga OS 3.9 boingbag update
SW>    number one. Install this before doing
SW>    any other update.
SW> 
SW> 
SW> Long file name version
SW> 
SW> 01 BoingBag39-1.lha   5254174 02-06-2007  [   0]
SW>    This is the Amiga OS 3.9 boingbag update
SW>    number one. Install this before doing
SW>    any other update.

Its now:

01 [   0] BoingBag39-1.lha
   02-06-2007  5254174 bytes
   This is the Amiga OS 3.9 boingbag update
   number one. Install this before doing
   any other update.

I dropped the uploader part, that was maybe something good 10 years ago.


SW> If you drop the listing of the uploader (is it really needed for normal
SW> bbs users anyway?) You will gain the extra screen space that can be used
SW> for long file names. Put a limit of 32.3 for filenames and that should 
SW> give
SW> us a bit more flexability.

The filename is now restricted to 80 characters total. It could wrap to the
next line if it's really long, but I doubt if we would see such long names,
you would need a filename of 71 characters before it wraps.


SW> 
SW> I haven't found any third party mbse utils etc (yet), so implementing this 

SW> change
SW> would not likely effect anyone else.

It doesn't and in de database there is still the 8.3 name. This is needed
for mailer transfers for some protocols. File downloads were already done
with long filenames. The display was just the only missing part.




    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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