Hi,
When I am reading the message bases on my personal system I have to hit enter between each post instead of the right arrow key.
Also I see the message number in a different place on the display as well. What do I need to do to get the behaviorof my system to be the same as the rest of the Synchronet systems I have access too?

Thanks,

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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to All on Fri Apr 07 2023 10:01 am

> Hi,
> When I am reading the message bases on my personal system I have to hit
> enter between each post instead of the right arrow key.
> Also I see the message number in a different place on the display as well.
> What do I need to do to get the behaviorof my system to be the same as the
> rest of the Synchronet systems I have access too?

What do you have set in SCFG->System->Loadable Modules->Scan Msgs? If you have anything set there, that'd be a 3rd part message reader module which may behave differently than Synchronet's built-in/internal message reader logic.

If you provided a screen capture or *any* more details, it'd be easier to know for sure exactly what you're talking about.
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Re: Message reader
By: Digital Man to Khronos on Fri Apr 07 2023 13:03:59

> Re: Message reader
> By: Khronos to All on Fri Apr 07 2023 10:01 am
>
> > Hi,
> > When I am reading the message bases on my personal system I have to hit enter between each
> > post instead of the right arrow key.
> > Also I see the message number in a different place on the display as well. What do I need to
> > do to get the behaviorof my system to be the same as the rest of the Synchronet systems I
> > have access too?
>
> What do you have set in SCFG->System->Loadable Modules->Scan Msgs? If you have anything set
> there, that'd be a 3rd part message reader module which may behave differently than Synchronet's
> built-in/internal message reader logic.
>
> If you provided a screen capture or *any* more details, it'd be easier to know for sure exactly
> what you're talking about.
Here is the text on my screen.
The module you suggested I check does not have anything in the options.
It seems to be blank.

� Subj: Message reader
� Attr: Read
� To : Khronos
� From: Digital Man (VERT)
� Date: Fri Apr 07 2023 13:03:59 PDT (19.9 hours ago)
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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to All on Fri Apr 07 2023 10:01 am

> Hi,
> When I am reading the message bases on my personal system I have to hit enter between each post
> instead of the right arrow key.
> Also I see the message number in a different place on the display as well. What do I need to do
> to get the behaviorof my system to be the same as the rest of the Synchronet systems I have
> access too?

What do you have set in SCFG->System->Loadable Modules->Scan Msgs? If you have anything set there,
that'd be a 3rd part message reader module which may behave differently than Synchronet's
built-in/internal message reader logic.

If you provided a screen capture or any more details, it'd be easier to know for sure exactly
what you're talking about.
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Re: Message reader
By: Digital Man to Khronos on Fri Apr 07 2023 13:03:59

Hi again,
Forgot to post what the help in the message rader looks like to help us out some.

� Reading Messages Menu �
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������ Read Messages �������� Post/Reply Messages ������ Message Threading ����
� � � �
� <CR> Next msg/thread � P Post a message � < > -/+ by Subjects �
� - Previous msg/thread � D Delete msg/close poll � { } -/+ by Author �
� C Continuous read ��������������������������� [ ] -/+ by 'To User' �
� R Reread last msg � A Reply to last message � * Toggle Thread View �
� # Go to message # � V Vote on last msg/poll � Hm/End/�� Thread Nav �
� � M Reply in mail to last � �
������ List Messages� Other Commands �����
� ������� Search/Find ������� �
� L List all messages � � B Bypass current sub �
� T Next ten messages � Y Messages to you � I Information on sub �
� N New messages � U Your un-read messages � E Edit last message �
� H Highest ranked msgs � F Find text in messages � Q Quit to Main menu �
� � � �
Anytime: Ctrl-U Who's online Ctrl-P Send private msg Ctrl-C Abort cmd/text

O Operator Commands

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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 12:47 pm

> Re: Message reader
> By: Digital Man to Khronos on Fri Apr 07 2023 13:03:59
>
> Hi again,
> Forgot to post what the help in the message rader looks like to help us out
> some.
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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 11:58 am

> > > Hi,
> > > When I am reading the message bases on my personal system I have to
> > > hit enter between each
> > > post instead of the right arrow key.
> > > Also I see the message number in a different place on the display as
> > > well. What do I need to
> > > do to get the behaviorof my system to be the same as the rest of the
> > > Synchronet systems I have access too?
>
> > What do you have set in SCFG->System->Loadable Modules->Scan Msgs? If you
> > have anything set
> > there, that'd be a 3rd part message reader module which may behave
> > differently than Synchronet's
> > built-in/internal message reader logic.
>
> > If you provided a screen capture or *any* more details, it'd be easier to
> > know for sure exactly
> > what you're talking about.

> Here is the text on my screen.
> The module you suggested I check does not have anything in the options.
> It seems to be blank.

Then reading messages (posts on sub-boards) should appear the same as you experience when you login to Vertrauen. Is it?

I'm not sure what "rest of Synchronet systems you have access to" are, so I can't speak to what external message reader module they may have installed. Compare to Vertrauen and tell me if/how it's different.
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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 12:47 pm

> Re: Message reader
> By: Digital Man to Khronos on Fri Apr 07 2023 13:03:59
>
> Hi again,
> Forgot to post what the help in the message rader looks like to help us out
> some.

That's the internal/stock/built-in Synchronet message reader. This what you get on most Synchronet systems when reading messages.
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Re: Message reader
By: Digital Man to Khronos on Sat Apr 08 2023 13:32:04

Hi,
A few bbs's that have the message reader I am talking about are:
telnet hobbylinebbs.com
telnet endofthelinebbs.com
telnet palantirbbs.ddns.net
telnet anarchybbs.com 2332

All of these systems I can cycle between messages with my left and right arrow keys.
On my system I have to use - to go to the previous message and enter for the next message.

Tom

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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:28 pm

> Re: Message reader
> By: Digital Man to Khronos on Sat Apr 08 2023 13:32:04
>
> Hi,
> A few bbs's that have the message reader I am talking about are:
> telnet hobbylinebbs.com
> telnet endofthelinebbs.com
> telnet palantirbbs.ddns.net
> telnet anarchybbs.com 2332
>
> All of these systems I can cycle between messages with my left and right
> arrow keys.
> On my system I have to use - to go to the previous message and enter for the
> next message.

I don't know about those other systems, but I do know that endoftheline (EOTL, Nelgin's BBS) uses Nigthfox's DDMsgReader module. See xtrn/DDMsgReader/* for details.
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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:28 pm

Kh> Hi,
Kh> A few bbs's that have the message reader I am talking about are:
Kh> telnet hobbylinebbs.com
Kh> telnet endofthelinebbs.com
Kh> telnet palantirbbs.ddns.net
Kh> telnet anarchybbs.com 2332

Kh> All of these systems I can cycle between messages with my left and right
Kh> arrow keys.
Kh> On my system I have to use - to go to the previous message and enter for
Kh> the next message.

I know End Of The Line uses my Digital Distortion Message Reader (DDMsgReader.js), which is a custom message reader module. I tried logging onto Hobby Line (the first BBS in your list) and it looks like a Wildcat BBS, which would be something different altogether.

Nightfox

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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Digital Man on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:28 pm

> On my system I have to use - to go to the previous message and enter for the
> next message.

What about on Vertrauen? Left/right arrow keys work for me, using the internal Synchronet message reader, on Vertrauen.
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Re: Message reader
By: Nightfox to Khronos on Sat Apr 08 2023 18:01:42

Looks like turning on the DDMsgReader.js worked for me.
From the systems that I had accessed before I thought this editor was the default for Synchronet because this is a common modification that is widely used when my system did not looks the same I thought something was wrong.
This issue has been sorted out now.

Thanks,

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Re: Message reader
By: Khronos to Nightfox on Mon Apr 10 2023 06:12 am

Kh> Looks like turning on the DDMsgReader.js worked for me.
Kh> From the systems that I had accessed before I thought this editor was the

Good to hear it's working.
DDMsgReader isn't an editor though; it's just a reader. Also, I think Digital Man said the left & right arrows should work with the stock Synchronet reader. I tried it on Vertrauen and confirmed that to be the case.

Nightfox

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Re: Message reader
By: Nightfox to Khronos on Sat Apr 08 2023 06:01 pm

> I know End Of The Line uses my Digital Distortion Message Reader
> (DDMsgReader.js), which is a custom message reader module. I tried logging

Speaking of that reader, can you make something like <space> and 'B' as equivalents to PgDn and PgUp (respectively) for computers without those keys? If you haven't already.

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Re: Message reader
By: Phigan to Nightfox on Mon Apr 10 2023 08:23 pm

>> I know End Of The Line uses my Digital Distortion Message Reader
>> (DDMsgReader.js), which is a custom message reader module. I tried
>> logging

Ph> Speaking of that reader, can you make something like <space> and 'B' as
Ph> equivalents to PgDn and PgUp (respectively) for computers without those
Ph> keys? If you haven't already.

I can look into making alternate keys for those. But why space and 'B'?

Nightfox

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Re: Message reader
By: Nightfox to Phigan on Tue Apr 11 2023 10:20 am

> I can look into making alternate key
> for those. But why space and 'B'?

Those are kind of a standard for "next
page" and "back". Both in other readers
and things like 'more'.

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