PH> On 05/14/18, Phil Kimble pondered and said...

 PK>> Lets redefine what I am doing for clarity - creating a second theme. 
 PK>> I have the default theme & creating a second theme with customized 
 PK>> menus & display files (ansis).
 PK>> My directory structure is 
 PK>> /opt/mystic/themes/default
 PK>> /opt/mystic/themes/newtheme
 PK>> both have thier own text,script, & menus subdirectories.   

 PH> OK thanks :)

 PK>>  PK>> I have 2 ansi text files, main.ans and mail.ans
with exact same
 PK>>  PK>> permissions. mail.ans is a copy (cp main.ans mail.ans). 
 PK>> These are located in the newtheme/text/ directory

 PH> OK

 PK>> What I doscovered is that mystic is looking for the mail.ans file in 
 PK>> the /default/text directory MOT the /newtheme/text.

 PH> Yep and if you want to see your new menus / ansis etc. you need to 
 PH> change the
 PH> theme you are using when you are logged in.
But I am editing from mystic -cfg >Editors >Theme >Menu >/S >View

Not logged in at all

 PH> Do this by heading to the 'account settings' menu (usually option A 
 PH> from the
 PH> default main menu) and then select option K 'language' this is 
 PH> actually the
 PH> option to change the active theme the user is setting.

I will give this a try
 PH> Another option is while not logged in head to mystic -cfg > editors > 
 PH> user
 editor >> choose your user name > then press page down key to to get 
 editor >> second
 PH> screen 'SETTINGS 1' then alter the field called 'Theme' to use the 
 PH> new theme
 PH> you want your user to now use upon login.

 PH> I think this is the root of your issue... I hope :)
This would only make sense if I was logged on. But I am in mystic -cfg >
Editors > Menus

 PH> Best, Paul
Thanks for the help. I will gve these a try...
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