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to: nelgin
from: Amessyroom
date: 2024-10-10 10:34:00
subject: Re: /? not working in non

  Re: Re: /? not working in non-external editor
  By: nelgin to All on Thu Oct 10 2024 02:53 am

 > On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 16:17:26 -0400
 > "Amessyroom" (VERT/TL-QWK) 
 > wrote:
 > 
 > >   Re: /? not working in non-external editor
 > >   By: Digital Man to Amessyroom on Wed Oct 09 2024 12:08 pm
 > >
 > >  DM> Re: /? not working in non-external editor By: Amessyroom to All
 > >  DM> on Wed Oct 09 2024 04:59 am
 > >
 > >  >> Had a user indicate they could not figure out how to exit editor.
 > >  >>
 > >
 > >  >> Went to user configuration, and selected No for external editor.
 > >
 > >  >> When trying to enter /? there was no response
 > >
 > >  >> E-mail (User name or number): amr
 > >  >> Just went to next line (tried to cut-n-paste capture but didn't
 > >  >> work above).
 > >
 > >  >> The /s command did work, but /? did not result in expected help
 > >  >> menu.
 > >
 > >  DM> Maybe you were in raw I/O mode at the time? --
 > >  DM> digital man (rob)
 > >
 > >  How would I determine this ?  I was connected via SyncTerm I
 > > believe, if not it was ftelnet. I'll repeat the action i both.
 > >
 > > I enter text on first line , and /? on second line in either syncterm
 > > or ftelnet connected to my bbs. toolazy.synchro.net:2323 and it
 > > returns to next line without help displayed. I type /s on 3rd line
 > > and it saves message successfully.
 > 
 > 
 > The problem appears to be that if a new users selects to change their
 > default editor, it's using the old default to send a message to the
 > sysop. It's still using FSEditor.
 > 
 > Once you get into the BBS and then send a message, then you get the
 > internal editor. Seems like a bug to me in that the login process isn't
 > re-reading the editor if it's changed. I would file a git bug report.
 > --
 > End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX
 > telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23
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Thanks for testing things on my BBS. But I actually had not encountered, it
defaulting to fseditor. I'll try  and create a new account and see if I
have that issue.

In my sysop account, I have changed to non-external editor and it will not 
accept /? like 80% of the time, but 100% will accept /s on a blank line.

I've tested the /? with syncterm and ftelnet
-- 
Amessyroom - Sysop
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toolazy.synchro.net:2323 (telnet)  
https://toolazy.synchro.net
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