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echo: maximus
to: GREG MACLELLAN
from: CHRIS GASSON
date: 1997-07-18 16:21:00
subject: Request :)

 GM> I'll get around to finishing the next version 
 GM> eventually.. it has some more stuff in it, 
 GM> including the ability to configure all the colors, 
 GM> etc.
Kewl. Would be a good option to change the colours, as I hate the colour red 
=]
 
 GM> i think it should be able to display a 10 line 
 GM> ansi, it should just scroll it (or does it give a 
 GM> more prompt?). If i put 10 lines for an ansi, then 
 GM> you'd either have 10 lines to have the user's name 
 GM> and a liner on the same line (so a smaller line, 
 GM> that was one of the problems with the old mex 
 GM> version) or only 5 liners.
I would prefer 5 lines, rather than 10 odd. Eg, if somebody writes an abusive 
message towards another user. It wouldn't appear there for that long... Alot 
of abuse goes on,. on my board ...
 
 GM> well, i'm not the one that created the DECCA 
 GM> language. It's a part of JSdoor (latest (and 
 GM> probably last) version freq-able as "JSDOOR" 
 GM> (v1.50a)), designed by John Stephenson. That's what 
 GM> i used for the modem interface, make it pretty 
 GM> easy. I think the color codes follow mecca, tho i 
 GM> forget.
I sussed that out man :) I was just curoius as to how you use it =]
 
 GM> Your login prompt would be "  ----|  Login:"
Yep-yep, cheers once again, I will have a bash at it..
 
rbm
 
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