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|  Message 42947  |
|  Morningstarr to Accession  |
|  pros and cons  |
|  21 Dec 25 15:48:02  |
 TZUTC: -0800 MSGID: 55519.sync@1:103/705 2dae9611 REPLY: 723:1/1 694809ff PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/114c3dfde Dec 19 2025 GCC 12.2.0 TID: SBBSecho 3.33-Linux master/93cefd0e8 Dec 20 2025 GCC 12.2.0 COLS: 80 BBSID: VERT CHRS: ASCII 1 FORMAT: flowed NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor master/114c3dfde Re: pros and cons By: Accession to Morningstarr on Sun Dec 21 2025 08:46 am > Hey Morningstarr! > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:01:38 -0800, you wrote: > > > You can setup a default board, draw some mediocre and I and install a > > few door games. However, to make it your own board and deck it out, you > > have to program. So no offense but I disagree a little on that. I also > > refuse to use anything Microsoft touches anymore. The last straw was > > their latest price hike on their console and game pass. > > Most BBS softwares don't use scripting or have a programming language that w > with them at all. Sure, a couple of the softwares brought up in this > conversation actually do, but most don't. So I'm not sure where this comment > comes from. You don't /need/ to program anything at all. Old school menu > editing, Modifying prompts, changing all the screens, putting content on the > that isn't the same as everyone else's, etc. doesn't involve programming. > > > Sorry I didn't quote. I'm using muffinterm and I can't use an > > editor with it because control keys do not exist on iPad. > > With SlyEdit, for example, you don't need control keys. On an empty line, "/ > can be used to quote, "/S" can be used to save, as well as other options. Th > may even be an option in some other external editors, and maybe even > Synchronet's line editor (but I haven't used them recently, so that's why I > brought up SlyEdit specifically). > > Regards, > Nick > > ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal. so writing java script isnt programming? thanks for the tips dude! --- SBBSecho 3.33-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705) SEEN-BY: 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14 153/757 7715 SEEN-BY: 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 221/0 226/30 227/114 229/110 SEEN-BY: 229/112 134 206 317 400 426 428 470 700 705 240/1120 5832 SEEN-BY: 263/1 266/512 280/464 5003 5006 291/111 292/8125 301/1 310/31 SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58 SEEN-BY: 460/256 1124 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 5020/400 8912 5054/30 SEEN-BY: 5075/35 PATH: 103/705 280/464 460/58 229/426 |
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