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   Message 10,318 of 11,847   
   Black Panther to All   
   Possible Addition to Mystic   
   19 Nov 21 18:14:08   
   
   From: nospam.Black.Panther@f3.n317.z1.fidonet.org   
      
   Hi g00r00,   
      
   I've been working on updating Castle Rock, to utilize both 132x37 and 160x45   
   modes. One thing that I have on here is text boxes which are used as the   
   mnewscan and fnewscan menus.   
      
   My question, is there a way to use the 'V'-type text box, and indicate to   
   center the box on the screen, depending on the terminal size?   
      
   For example, for 80x25, I have the following set up as a the prompt:   
   #V#2#25#8#    Scan for new messages?    #A-All...etc   
      
   If there was a way that we could put in, say, #V#2#X/2#8...etc, where X   
   was the max x, or TermSizeX (using mpl terms), divided by 2 to find the center   
   of the screen, it would make things a bit easier. This is something that can be   
   done pretty easily with MPL, but this might be something that could help out   
   other sysops.   
      
   I know you've been busy, and really want to get a47 finished, so don't worry   
   about it right now. This is something that can wait until a48. ;)   
      
   Thank you for your hard work on Mystic, and also for considering this.   
      
      
   ---   
      
   Black Panther(RCS)   
   aka Dan Richter   
   Castle Rock BBS   
   telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com   
   http://www.castlerockbbs.com   
   http://github.com/DRPanther   
   The sparrows are flying again...   
      
   ... Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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