Wiki edit of http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:door:ddmsgreader by Nightfox:
Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc. changes

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Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: howto:door:ddmsgreader
By: Nightfox to wiki.synchro.net on Mon Oct 09 2023 06:26 pm

Ni> Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc. changes
Question for you, say I want to change some colors around maybe like when you
hit X it goes to the main doors menu and it is high/light green do I look in
the text.dat file or?

Thanks...

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Greg Youngblood

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Re: text.dat
By: Havok to Nightfox on Wed Oct 11 2023 10:00 am

Ni>> N Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc.
Ni>> N changes

Ha> Question for you, say I want to change some colors around maybe like when
Ha> you hit X it goes to the main doors menu and it is high/light green do I
Ha> look in the text.dat file or?

I'm not sure what you mean..? You're replying to a commit message about my message reader (DDMsgReader). My message reader doesn't have an X command and has nothing to do with the doors menu.

Nightfox

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Re: text.dat
By: Havok to Nightfox on Wed Oct 11 2023 10:00 am

> Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: howto:door:ddmsgreader
> By: Nightfox to wiki.synchro.net on Mon Oct 09 2023 06:26 pm
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> Ni> Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc.
> Ni> changes
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> Question for you, say I want to change some colors around maybe like when
> you
> hit X it goes to the main doors menu and it is high/light green do I look
> in
> the text.dat file or?

By default, xtrn_sec.js uses a dynamically generated selection list that uses the SelectItemFmt string from ctrl/text.dat.

This string (and others) can be overriden in the [xtrn_sec] section of your ctrl/modopts.ini file:
https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec

You can also override the external program menus with static (e.g. ANSI art) files. See https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec#display_files
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-=> Havok wrote to Nightfox <=-

Ni> Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc. changes

Ha> Question for you, say I want to change some colors around maybe
Ha> like when you
Ha> hit X it goes to the main doors menu and it is high/light green
Ha> do I look in
Ha> the text.dat file or?

I put OFFTOPIC in the subject because I'm hoping you (Havok) will see
this... I'm trying to communicate with you on the FSXnet thread about
changing FidoNet feeds, but you seem to not be seeing it...

I need your email address for that, and I understand you don't want to
post it here. Please either Fidonet Netmail me, or log in to my board
(see below) and leave me a Feedback with that information. I'm going to
be out on vacation fairly soon, so time is somewhat relevant here...

.... Gone crazy, be back later, please leave message.
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Re: text.dat
By: Havok to Nightfox on Wed Oct 11 2023 10:00 am

> Re: [wiki.synchro.net] page changed: howto:door:ddmsgreader
> By: Nightfox to wiki.synchro.net on Mon Oct 09 2023 06:26 pm
>
> Ni> Added notes about strings used from text.dat, and some minor misc.
> Ni> changes
>
> Question for you, say I want to change some colors around maybe like
>
> when
> you
> hit X it goes to the main doors menu and it is high/light green do I look
> in
> the text.dat file or?
>
> Thanks...

read the customization docs on synchronet.
if it's a string you are probably editing text.dat
if it's from a script you are editing the script.

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Re: text.dat
By: Digital Man to Havok on Wed Oct 11 2023 02:18 pm

DM> By default, xtrn_sec.js uses a dynamically generated selection list that
DM> uses the SelectItemFmt string from ctrl/text.dat.
DM> This string (and others) can be overriden in the [xtrn_sec] section of
DM> your ctrl/modopts.ini file:
DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec
DM> You can also override the external program menus with static (e.g. ANSI
DM> art) files. See https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec#display_files
That is what I'm looking for, I'll do some more study on this and see how
it goes, be forwarned I may ask for being your the developer.

But all I can say is:

Thank you!
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Re: text.dat
By: Digital Man to Havok on Wed Oct 11 2023 02:18 pm

DM> This string (and others) can be overriden in the [xtrn_sec] section of
DM> your ctrl/modopts.ini file:
DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec
That did the trick!

Thank you again...


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Re: text.dat
By: Havok to Digital Man on Thu Oct 12 2023 11:52 am

> DM> This string (and others) can be overriden in the [xtrn_sec] section of
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> DM> https://wiki.synchro.net/module:xtrn_sec
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> Thank you again...

Cool, you're welcome.

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