11 Jul 15 02:09, you wrote to me:

 ml>> there's probably a language macro for that value that you can add to
 ml>> the prompt... i'm guessing that MBSE has macros to access the various
 ml>> values for the current user's record along with their current
 ml>> location in the message and file bases... it seems to be a pretty
 ml>> standard function... the real question is how complete is the list ;)

 SD> Both of those functions he's talking about are hard-coded.  MBSE has
 SD> macros for display files, yes, but what Alan's talking about is going
 SD> to take someone going into the code and changing it.

oh... as i haven't looked at MBSE yet, i was under the impression that all
text was in language files with nothing hard coded... that would mean that
one should be able to edit them to include macros for various values...
macros like the following list from my RA setup... these are available
anywhere within RA so i set up a drop file (eg: door.sys, dorinfo1.bbs)
template we can use for custom drop files and let it fill in all the values
of the macros ;)

yes, these macros do use the actual ^K and ^F characters so they are all
two character macros plus any data they need (eg: file name to display,
language prompt to display)... not sure how to write these control
characters under *nix but this is for example to give ideas for possible
future enhancement of MBSE...

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      RemoteAccess Control Codes, Their Meanings, and Samples

            The following codes do the same thing...

                         ^F\ and ^K(
                         ^K0 and ^KC

***** BBS DATA *****
^K! Display ASC/ANS/AVT/RIP file named. ie: ^K!foo         : ^K! :
^K{at} ?????                                                  :  :
^K# ** if translation is attempted, system locks up **     : ^K# :
^K$ Number of callers today.                               : 4 :
^K% Handle of last caller (any node).                      : xxxxxxxxxx :
^K^ ?????                                                  :  :
^K& Number of tagged files.                                : 0 :
^K* ?????                                                  :  :
^K( Current selected language.           ** same as ^F\ ** : English :
^K) ?????                                                  :  :
^K_ ?????                                                  :  :
^K+ ?????                                                  :  :
^K| ?????                                                  :  :
^K1 Number of the current template message area.           : 1 :
^K2 Number of current template file area.                  : 2 :
^K3 ?????                                                  :  :
^K4 ?????                                                  :  :
^K5 ?????                                                  :  :
^K6 ?????                                                  :  :
^K7 ?????                                                  :  :
^K8 ?????                                                  :  :
^K9 ?????                                                  :  :
^K0 Number of messages in current message area.  ** ^KC ** : 1 :
^K- ?????                                                  :  :
^K= ?????                                                  :  :
^K\ esc[K                                                  : esc[K :
^K{ ?????                                                  :  :
^K[ Display color codes specified. ie ^K[42                : ^K[ :
^K} ?????                                                  :  :
^K] Display language prompt number specified. ie: ^K]258   : ^K] :
^K: ?????                                                  :  :
^K; ?????                                                  :  :
^K" ?????                                                  :  :
^K' Number of tagged kbytes.                               : 0 :
^K< ?????                                                  :  :
^K, ?????                                                  :  :
^K> ?????                                                  :  :
^K. ?????                                                  :  :
^K? ?????                                                  :  :
^K/ ?????                                                  :  :
^KA Total system calls.                                    : 12915 :
^KB Name of last caller (any node).                        : xxxxxx xxxxxxxx :
^KC Number of messages in current message area.  ** ^K0 ** : 1 :
^KD Starting message number of currently selected area.    : 656 :
^KE Ending message number of currently selected area.      : 656 :
^KF Number of times user has paged the Sysop this session. : 0 :
^KG Day of the week (full form).                           : Friday :
^KH Number of users in the user file.                      : 921 :
^KI Time in 24-hour format.                                : 13:21 :
^KJ Today's date.                                          : 08-11-2000 :
^KK Minutes connected this call.                           : 15 :
^KL Seconds connected (always returns zero).               : 0 :
^KM Minutes used today.                                    : 25 :
^KN Seconds used today (always returns zero).              : 0 :
^KO Minutes remaining today.                               : 35 :
^KP Seconds remaining today (always returns zero).         : 0 :
^KQ Daily time limit.                                      : 60 :
^KR Connect speed.                                         : 57600 :
^KS Day of the week (abbreviated form).                    : Fri :
^KT Daily download limit (in Kb).                          : 64000 :
^KU Minutes until next system event.                       : 638 :
^KV 24 hour format time of the next event.                 : 23:59 :
^KW Node number (as set on command line).                  : 11 :
^KX Terminate this call.                                   : NO CARRIER :
^KY Name of current template message area.                 : FIDONETMAIL :
^KZ Name of current template file area.                    : Archivers :

***** USER DATA *****
^F! User's default protocol setting.                       : Zmodem :
^F{at} User's current file ratio count (kb).                  : 3 :
^F# User's current file group.                             : General Files
and Stuff :
^F$ User's address line 1.                                 :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
^F% User's address line 2.                                 :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
^F^ Current session time limit.                            : 1440 :
^F& User's address line 3.                                 :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
^F* Current file group number.                             : 1 :
^F( User's Post Billing flag setting (ON/OFF).             : OFF :
^F) User's current message group.                          : Local Areas :
^F_ Time remaining this session.                           : 635 :
^F+ Current message group number.                          : 1 :
^F| ?????                                                  :  :
^F1 Current do not disturb setting (ON/OFF).               : OFF :
^F2 Current Hot-Key setting (ON/OFF).                      : ON  :
^F3 User's handle.                                         : xxxxxxxxxx :
^F4 Date of user's first call to the system.               : 09-19-1984 :
^F5 User's date of birth.                                  : xx-xx-xxxx :
^F6 Subscription expiration date.                          :   -  -     :
^F7 Days until subscription expiration.                    :  :
^F8 Current AVATAR setting (ON/OFF).                       : OFF :
^F9 File ratio (number of files).                          : 0 :
^F0 User's current full-screen editor setting (ON/OFF).    : ON  :
^F- Mailbox scan limited to combined areas.                : OFF :
^F= Current auto-message-forwarding setting (ON/OFF).      : OFF :
^F\ Current selected language.           ** same as ^K( ** : English :
^F{ ?????                                                  :  :
^F[ Remaining download limit (in Kb).                      : 64000 :
^F} ?????                                                  :  :
^F] Current caller's comment field.                        :
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :
^F: File ratio (kilobytes).                                : 0 :
^F; Current full-screen message viewer setting (ON/OFF).   : ON  :
^F" User's exclude echomail areas from mail scans setting. : OFF :
^F' User's sex (Male/Female).                              : Male :
^F< Selected date format.                                  : MM-DD-YYYY :
^F, ?????                                                  :  :
^F> Name (if any) of message forwardee.                    : Nobody :
^F. ?????                                                  :  :
^F? User's current file ratio count (number of files).     : 4 :
^F/ ?????                                                  :  :
^FA User's full name.                                      : xxxxxxxxxx :
^FB User's location.                                       : xxxxxxxxxxx :
^FC ?????                                                  :  :
^FD Business/Data telephone number.                        : xxx-xxx-xxxx :
^FE Voice/Home telephone number.                           : xxx-xxx-xxxx :
^FF Date of last call.                                     : 08-11-2000 :
^FG Time of last call.                                     : 14:26 :
^FH A Flags setting.                                       : X------- :
^FI B Flags setting.                                       : -------- :
^FJ C Flags setting.                                       : -------- :
^FK D Flags setting.                                       : ------XX :
^FL Credits remaining (cents).                             : 998027.00 :
^FM Total messages posted.                                 : 915 :
^FN Last message read.                                     : 656 :
^FO Security level.                                        : 4000 :
^FP Total calls to the BBS.                                : 732 :
^FQ Number of files uploaded.                              : 26 :
^FR Kilobytes uploaded.                                    : 10319 :
^FS Number of files downloaded.                            : 129 :
^FT Kilobytes downloaded.                                  : 35859 :
^FU Minutes used today.                                    : 21 :
^FV Current screen length setting.                         : 24 :
^FW User's first name only.                                : xxxxxxxxxx :
^FX ANSI setting (ON/OFF).                                 : ON  :
^FY Continue? prompt setting (ON/OFF).                     : ON  :
^FZ Screen clearing setting (ON/OFF).                      : ON  :

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