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echo: mystic
to: Alexander Grotewohl
from: Christian Sacks
date: 2023-08-18 09:38:00
subject: Re: Message Index Listing

On 17 Aug 2023, Alexander Grotewohl said the following...
 
 AG> okay i have a potential solution:
 AG> 
 AG> 399, 400, and 401 display the text for each line. (seems to be first
 AG> display, selected, and unselected)
 AG> 
 AG> you create a .mps file for each: 399.mps, 400.mps, 401.mps
 AG> 
 AG> and change each to: (bar being the actual vertical bar)
 AG> 
 AG> !399 1 2 6 ... whichever of them you
 AG> use
 AG> 
 AG> and inside 399.mps et al you do something like
 AG> 
 AG> Begin
 AG>   if ACS('X132') then
 AG>     // for this one paramstr(3) would be 6 from above
 AG>     write(paramstr(1)+' ... '+paramstr(2)+' etc.. ')
 AG>   else
 AG>     write(...);
 AG> end;
 AG> 
 AG> and format it how you want with the correct widths.
 AG> 
 AG> the other option is to copy your entire prompts file and protect the
 AG> wide one with ACS X132 .. and the other with !X132 or something.

Hmm this is an interesting idea, I will give it some thought. Thank you =)

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