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   Message 11,487 of 11,842   
   Christian Sacks to Alexander Grotewohl   
   Re: Message Index Listing   
   18 Aug 23 09:38:05   
   
   From: nospam.Christian.Sacks@f5.n250.z2.fidonet.org   
      
   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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