Every Mystic BBS archive contains a WHATSNEW.TXT file that tracks the development of Mystic BBS for the version related to that archive.
This page contains notes from the author (g00r00) during the development of Mystic BBS v1.07
It outlines what is a new or changed feature, a bug fix, or something that has been removed.
In order to interpret each entry below, the following key explains the nature of each change that has been noted in the WHATSNEW.TXT for this version of Mystic BBS.
! = Bug fix + = New or changed feature - = Removed
Use the Table of Contents on the right hand side of this page to quickly jump between the notes that relate to each version of Mystic BBS during this development cycle.
If you spot something you think looks amiss with these notes please contact us using the contact info found on this Wiki.
+ Added new Prompt Info MCI code to Prompt #30: &7 now returns the user's
age.
+ New MCI code: RPxx. This sets Mystic's pause count to the value contained
in xx when displaying a text file. I've found that this can come in
handy when doing some in depth modding. For example: RP10 will set the
pause count to 10, meaning Mystic thinks its displayed 10 lines since the
last page pause.
! SysOp feedback after a chat page was not working. It does now! =)
+ The <space> key can now be used to toggle the Yes/No lightbars.
! New user feedback was not being forced. In other words, the user would
be able to abort posting the message. This has been fixed.
+ LANGEDIT.EXE will now ask if you would like the language file
automatically compiled after saving.
+ Updated the node chat a little bit. The chat now has real-time updating,
which basically means that you can be typing a reply and it will still
display other user's text. In the past, if you weren't typing it would
look for new text from other nodes, but now it will do it the entire time
you're in chat, no matter what you're doing! I've also been thinking
about rewriting the chat to be more IRC-like. If that sounds good, let
me know and i'll probably do it! =)
+ New program LANGUPDT.EXE has been added to the Mystic upgrade packages.
This program will automatically update old language files with new or
changed prompts...
! MPE: The GET/PUTMBASE functions were off by a number, for example
GetMBase(1) would actually return Base 0.
! MPE: PutMBase was corrupting a field in the message base record.
+ MPE: Added new MBASE variable: MBASENTYPE. Just to clear some things up
here:
MBASENTYPE = Net type (Local, Echomail, etc)
MBASEBTYPE = Base type (JAM, Squish)
MBASEPTYPE = Post type (Public, Private)
! Fixed a small bug in the Win32 full screen editor that caused Mystic to
lock up.
+ New prompt in node chat:
; nodechat input &1 = username
427 |07[ |15|&1 |07>> |03
+ Added a configurable WFC screen template. The WFC screen template is
found in the data directory as "WFCSCRN.XXX". The random display file
system works as well, allowing up to 10 randomly selected WFC screens!
The following screen info codes are used:
!1 Status line (40 characters in length)
!2 System Time
!3 System Date
!4 Next Event Time
!5 Top X/Y position and standard color of node window
!6 Bottom X/Y position and highlight color of node window
!7 Top X/Y position and color of modem window
!8 Bottom X/Y position of modem window
+ MPE: Added two new USER variables:
USERCURMBASE - User's current MBASE
USERCURFBASE - User's current FBASE
+ Added User's Screen Size into the user editor. I can't believe I forgot
to add that in the past! =)
! Mystic was not updating the user's flags on the statusline after the
-F menu command was used.
+ Passing a zero to the baud parameter when loading Mystic now skips the
WFC screen and runs the user login in local mode. Passing a -L on the
command line still goes to the WFC screen first.
+ Changed the split screen chat a little bit. First, the text color is
now defined by the screen info MCI codes. This allows the SysOp and
User windows to have different text color. Second, two new screen info
codes have been added:
!0 - Specifies the X/Y position and color for the user's time left.
It will be updated every minute, and is optional.
!9 - Specified the X/Y position and color for the system time. It
will be updated every minute and is optional.
+ Added new nodechat prompt:
; nodechat user not found
428 |CR|15User not found.
! The "S" optional data option for the MR menu command was not working
properly.
! When reading messages in the lightbar message reader, users were able
to delete messages even if they were not the user who posted them.
! Fixed a bug in the menu hotkeys when entering "/x" commands. Sometimes
Mystic would temorarily ignore input after backspacing over the "/"
character.
+ The maximum number of menu commands have been expanded to 75 commands
per menu, rather than the old maximum of 50 commands.
+ Added the option for Sysop/Users to toggle which mode the lightbar
message reader starts in: message index mode, or message reading mode.
Along with these additions comes to following:
System Config -> New User Settings -> Msg Lightbar Idx. This option
sets the default for new accounts and can be set to "Yes/No/Ask".
Added prompt #429:
; new user: use lightbar message index?
429 |CR|12Use lightbar message index? |11
Added new option to menu command GE: 21. This toggles the status of
the user's lightbar message reading index mode on/off.
Added new MCI code: ML. This returns on/off based on the status of
the lightbar message index.
+ Added the (Q)uit command to the lightbar message reader. This command
was in the standard message reader, but I somehow overlooked it in the
lightbar version.
+ Added new program: MYSTPACK.EXE. This program packs all JAM message
bases on your BBS. It will remain external from MBBSUTIL.EXE until I am
able to finish the Squish side of things. Here's the following
functions:
- Removes deleted messages from your data files.
- Renumbers messages in numerical order
- Renumbers the reply chains (Refer to and See Also)
- Updates each user's last read pointers
- Removes any message in violation of the Max Msgs / Max Age settings
for each base (found in the Message Base Editor).
It also has the option to -SKIPFIRST, which will skip the first message
in all local message bases, so they will never be deleted unless marked
deleted by the SysOp. This allows for a "This base is for..." or
BASE_ID.DIZ message to always stay as the first message.
! When inputting a password and CTRL-Y was pressed, Mystic was filling the
entire field up with the echo character instead of blank spaces.
+ Added two new command options to the FG menu command (change file
group). The + and - command will now move to the next and the previous
file group. Mystic will automatically find the first file base the user
has access to after changing groups.
+ Added two new command options to the MG menu command (change message
group). The + and - command will now move to the next and the previous
message group. Mystic will automatically find the first message base
the user has access to after changing groups.
+ Added new prompt: Message base scan setting footer:
; msg scan setting footer
430
+ In Lightbar menus, Mystic will now keep track of the user's lightbar
position when a menu command is ran. In the past, it would always default
to the first command on the menu when it was redisplayed.
+ Full screen editor quote window now only adds a blank line to the bottom
of the message if new text was quoted.
+ The %0 door MCI code now returns the fossil com port in the DOS version.
In the past, it would not get filtered out.
! Ocassionally, when editing text of a posted message, Mystic would garble
up the display.
! Mystic was not correctly rewriting the message index information after
saving changes to an edited message. This would cause some JAM packers
to duplicate messages, which other JAM packers would process the index
correctly.
+ Mystic will now try to put new users into a group instead of having them
start out in no group.
+ The (N) command during a lightbar message index has been changed to
(G) to match the identical command when reading in non-lightbar mode.
This function goes to the next base in the message scan, or does
nothing if not in a message scan. You may want to update your lightbar
message index template and your AMSGHLP1.XXX files to reflect these
changes.
+ The (ESC) function in the lightbar message reader has been changed to
quit reading. In the past, it would show the lightbar message index.
+ The lightbar message index command, which was (ESC) in the past, has
been changed to (L) to reflect the same command as the non-lightbar
reading command to view the message index.
+ Made some major changes to the file lists, in preparation for support
for long file names. The ANSIFLST.XXX template has been changed quite a
bit and the highlight data has been moved to prompts to make it more
flexible. The following Screen Info codes are used in ANSIFLST.XXX now:
!1 = Top Y location of the file list window.
!2 = Bottom Y location of the file list window.
!3 = Y location of the status text.
!4 = X/Y location of the number of files tagged.
The following prompts are new or changed:
; Standard file list: #/filename:
; &1 = file num, &2 = filename, &3 = tag char
042 |15|&1|07|&3 |14|&2
; Standard file list: description/info
; &1 = size, &2 = date, &3 = DLs, &4 = desc, &5 = uploader
043 |07ÀÄ |09|$L11|&1 bytes |10|&2 |11|&4
; Standard file list, ext desc: &4 = description
045 |11|$D34 |&4
; Lightbar file list: #/filename:
; &1 = file num, &2 = filename, &3 = tag char
431 |15|&1|07|&3 |14|&2
; Lightbar file list: highlight on: &1 = #, &2 = filename, &3 = tag char
432 |00|23|&1|16
; Lightbar file list: highlight off: &1 = #, &2 = filename, &3 = tag char
433 |15|&1|07|&3 |14|&2
; Lightbar file list: description/info
; &1 = size, &2 = date, &3 = DLs, &4 = desc, &5 = uploader
434 |07ÀÄ |09|$L11|&1 bytes |10|&2 |11|&4
; Lightbar file list, ext desc: &4 = description
435 |11|$D34 |&4
; Lightbar file list, uploaded by: &5 = uploader
436 |03|$D34 Uploaded By: |&5
; Standard file list, uploaded by: &5 = uploader
437 |03|$D34 Uploaded By: |&5
! When a user tried to login on more than one node at a time (and multiple
login is disabled), their time left was being set to 0.
+ Added new MCI code: PI. This just displays a | character.
! There was a security leak in Mystic's email system that allowed user's to
access other user's email messages! This has been fixed!
+ Added a set of internal file transfer protocols. Included are the
following:
Xmodem
Xmodem/CRC
Xmodem/1K
Ymodem Batch
Ymodem/G Batch
Zmodem Batch
Support for external protocols has been removed, at least temporarily.
I'm not aware of any external protocol drivers that will work with
long file names, or with Mystic's internal telnet server anyway. So
supporting them wouldn't do much good.
Two changed prompts go along with this:
; Protocol select batch prompt
061 |CR|14[|15Y|14] Ymodem|CR[|15G|14] Ymodem/G|CR[|15Z|14] Zmodem|CR|CRSelect Protocol [|15Y G Z|14]:
; Protocol select standard prompt
062 |CR|14[|15X|14] Xmodem CRC|CR[|151|14] Xmodem 1K|CR|14[|15Y|14] Ymodem|CR[|15G|14] Ymodem/G|CR[|15Z|14] Zmodem|CR|CRSelect Protocol [|15X 1 Y G Z|14]:
Also, be aware that when updating you will probably want to modify all the
prompts that ask for a filename, by adding a CR at the end of them. For
example:
OLD: 344 |CREnter file name:
NEW: 344 |CREnter file name|CR:
- Display files PROTO.XXX and PROTOB.XXX have been removed, as they are
useless now. You can replace prompts #61 and #62 with the PROTO and
PROTOB display files if you want to still use those files.
+ Added new LightBar Grid menu type. In the menu flags for each menu,
there is now a menu type field, which can be set to any one of the
following options:
Standard
Lightbar
Lightbar Grid
Both Standard and Lightbar options work the same as they have in the
previous versions, but the LightBar Grid system implements a way more
confusing and way more flexible LightBar system. =)
When the grid system is activated on a menu, it will use the following
new options that have been added to each menu command within a menu:
Arrow Up : 1
Arrow Down : 5
Arrow Left : 2
Arrow Right : 4
If a menu command is currently highlighted in a lightbar grid menu, and
the up arrow is pressed, Mystic will jump to menu command #1. If the
down arrow is pressed, Mystic will jump to menu command #5. The same
also goes for the left and right options.
As you can see, this will allow for an enormous amount of flexibility as
compared to the previous lightbar system and the lightbar systems found
in most other BBS packages. However, its a little more work to create
these menus so I imagine only some of the hard core SysOps will make
much use of this system.
+ Due to "popular demand", file description line length has been expanded
from 45 characters to 50 characters.
+ The mass upload command now executes the upload tester if one has been
configured for Mystic.
+ Added a "Post on this base?" prompt after reading messages into the
Lightbar message reader.
+ Cleaned up the functionality of the Lightbar message reader quite a bit,
to make it operate more like the standard reader in certain places.
+ MPE: New MPL function ODD. Returns true or false based on if the passed
number is ODD or EVEN.
+ MPE: Finished up the CONST variable support. In the past CONST
variables would only work in evaluations and could not be used in
variable assigning statements.
+ MPE: In the past, declared functions were not allowed in expression
evaluations. They are now! =)
+ MPE: Boolean parameters are now allowed in declared functions and
procedures.
+ MPE: Boolean modifiers were not allowed when assigning variables. I
totally overlooked that somehow and never noticed that it wasn't
implemented. For example, this will work now:
Function Neg (Bol Boolean) : Boolean
Begin
Neg := Not Bol
Pend
+ Added a character in the lightbar message index listing to mark messages
which are new. The character can be setup in System Config -> Language
Definitions -> New Msg Char. Prompts #399-401 now have a promptinfo &5
code that returns either the new msg char or a space.
+ Recoded some internal MPE engine functions. The compiler is probably
now a little faster than it was in the previous release, and the executor
engine is probably about 300-400% faster in most cases!
+ Cleaned up the word wrapping in the full screen editor. In the past,
if a paragraph existed under the paragraph currently being edited, Mystic
would allow the text from the first paragraph to wrap into the second
paragraph. The editor now detects a second paragraph and will insert
a line when wrapping to prevent this.
+ Added a second set of access flags for each user.
+ Added new ACS command: "Dx". This command works just like the "Fx" ACS
command, except it targets the second set of access flags as opposed to
the first set, which "Fx" checks.
+ The login display file "FLAGx.XXX" has been changed to "FLAG1x.XXX".
+ Added new display file "FLAG2x.XXX", which is works just like FLAG1.XXX
except it targets the second set of access flags. IE: FLAG2A.XXX will
display during login if the user has flag A set in their second set.
+ Rewrote the user editor to make room for the second set of flags, and
other new user options.
+ Added new menu command: -D. This works identical to the -F command, and
is used to toggle or set flags in the user's SECOND set.
+ Added new user database field: E-mail address. This option can be set
or disabled in the new user settings, and edited within the user editor.
Two new prompts have been added to go along with this:
; new user: enter email address
439 |CR|09Enter e-mail address|CR:
; info edit: enter email address
440 |CR|09Enter E-mail address|CR:
An addition to the GE menu command has also been made. Optional data
22 now edits the E-mail address field.
New MCI code: UK has been added, which returns the users email address.
+ Added new user database field: User note. This option can be set or
disabled in the new user settings, and edited with the user editor.
Two new prompts have been added to go along with this:
; new user: enter user note
441 |CR|09Enter your desired user note|CR:
; info edit: enter user note
442 |CR|09Enter your desired user note|CR:
An addition to the GE menu command has also been made. Optional data
field 23 now edits the User Note field.
New MCI code: UI has been added, which returns the user note field.
+ Added three new optional/configurable questions into the user database.
They can be configured/enabled/disabled in New User Settings. Six new
prompts have been added:
; new user: option 1
443 |CR|09Enter optional field 1:
; info edit: option 1
444 |CR|09Enter optional field 1:
; new user: option 2
445 |CR|09Enter optional field 2:
; info edit: option 2
446 |CR|09Enter optional field 2:
; new user: option 3
447 |CR|09Enter optional field 3:
; info edit: option 3
448 |CR|09Enter optional field 3:
Optional data fields for menu command GE have been added to edit these
fields. These are 24, 25, and 26.
Three new MCI codes have been added. U1, U2, and U3. These return the
optional data 1, 2, and 3 fields.
+ The "Post on this base" question is no longer asked when a user aborts
reading messages.
+ Added the ability to disable the Lightbar Quote Window both on a SysOp
and a user basis. These have been added into the user editor and into
the new user settings. One changed prompt goes with this:
; New user: Use FSE quote window?
060 |CR|12Use full screen editor quote window?
Optional data field 27 has been added into the GE menu command to toggle
this option on a user basis.
New MCI code of UQ has been added, which returns "standard" or "lightbar"
for the quote mode, based on the user's setting.
+ Added the ability to start reading in the lightbar index mode in just
the e-mail base. This is also configurable on a Sysop and individual
user basis. One changed prompt goes along with this:
; Start at message index in email? (lightbar msg reader)
331 |CR|12Start at e-mail message index?
Optional data field 28 has been added into the GE menu command to toggle
this option on a user basis.
New MCI code UM returns ON/OFF based on this setting
! Mystic no longer asks users if they want to "Post a message here" when
viewing sent e-mail.
+ New MPE command: TextColor. This takes a text attribute number and
changes to that color.
+ New MPE function: TextAttr. This returns the current text attribute.
! MPE: Assigning a char variable to a string variable would cause a
variable type mismatch! IE: Str := Str + Ch
+ MPE: Support for CHAR variables as function results has been added. I
didn't even realized that they weren't supported! Hrrmmm,
Forgetful I am, yes...
+ Each network address now has a network name to go along with it, which
is defined in System Config -> Network Settings. There is also a new
MCI code that goes along with this: MN, which returns the network
name for the current message base. This can be used in the message base
scanning prompt or the message base list format prompt... or anywhere
else! =)
+ Added a footer to the "file base scan setting" list:
; file base scan setting footer
449
+ Default options for TSERVER can now be set in MCFG.EXE, under System
Configuration -> Telnet Options.
+ MPL: Added two new commands: GETFGROUP and PUTFGROUP. These are used
to read and write to the file group records, and work just like the
GETFBASE and PUTFBASE commands. Two new variables go along with this:
FGROUPNAME - Name of File Group
FGROUPACS - Access string of File Group
+ MPL: Added two new commands: GETMGROUP and PUTMGROUP. These are used
to read and write to the file group records, and work just like the
GETMBASE and PUTMBASE commands. Two new variables go along with this:
MGROUPNAME - Name of File Group
MGROUPACS - Access string of File Group
+ MPL: Added two new commands: GetTextStr and PutTextStr. These commands
will be used to read/write/edit messages and file descriptions as well
as being used to access the message and text editors within Mystic.
More on this stuff later! =)
+ Expanded the Prompt Info codes to 15 instead of ten. New Prompt Info
codes are &A through &E...
+ Added new prompt info codes for prompt #30:
&8 = Email address
&9 = User note
&0 = Optional field 1
&A = Optional field 2
&B = Optional field 3
+ Added new prompt info codes for prompt #142:
&9 = User note
&0 = Email
&A = Optional field 1
&B = Optional field 2
&C = Optional field 3
+ New menu command auto-exec type: AFTER. This works just like EVERY
except it is drawn AFTER the menu is displayed, directly before
the prompt. EVERY executes before the menu is drawn each time it is
drawn.
+ New menu option: "Input Type". This can be set to any of the following
values:
Long key : Forces the menu to use long key input
Hot key : Forces the menu to use hot key input
User setting : Uses whichever input mode the user has set
- Removed the Xmodem and Ymodem protocols. This is most likely a temporary
thing, but I doubt many will use them anyway. They're still kinda buggy
and I want to get 1.07 released as soon as I can.
Changed two prompts for this:
; Protocol select batch prompt
061 |CR|14Press [|15ENTER|14] to start Zmodem transfer, or [|15Q|14] to Quit:
; Protocol select standard prompt
062 |CR|14Press [|15ENTER|14] to start Zmodem transfer, or [|15Q|14] to Quit:
+ New menu command: VN. This will search for any new voting questions and
allow the user to vote on them.
! Mystic (Win32) wasn't setting the node number correctly in the Window
Title.
+ New prompt: Prompt #450 is now the TO: for a privately posted message
"TO:" field.
450 |CR|09To:
+ Added two new fields to the New User Settings in System Configuraton:
Start Message Group
Start File Group
This allows for the msg/file group that new users start off in to be
defined. In the past, Mystic would just put them in the first group
and first base they had access to. Setting these options to zero will
cause Mystic to act like it used to - putting the user into the first
group and base they have access to.
- Removed MENUEDIT.EXE from the distribution
- Removed LANGEDIT.EXE from the distribution
- Removed MCONFIG.EXE from the distribution
+ Added new program: MCFG.EXE. This program is going to be an all-in-one
configuration and management utility! All of the functions that existed
in MENUEDIT, LANGEDIT, and MCONFIG have already been added to this, as
well as a file base list manager and many other parts of the System
Configuration. This program is not 100% completed, but its a VERY nice
start! Many MANY enhancements into the menu editor, and language editor
as well as an overall clearer and more intuitive interface! Includes
native DOS, Win32, OS/2 and Linux versions!
+ Completely rewrote MIDE.EXE, the Mystic Programming Language IDE. This
new version offers these new features:
+ Improved interface
+ Allows up to 9 files to be edited at once
+ Configurable tab spacing stops
+ Ability to disable syntax highlighting
+ Enhanced text copy/cut/paste block functions
+ DOS, Win32, OS/2, and Linux native versions
+ Full online help system similar to Borland's IDE help systems.
Includes a full reference to the Mystic Programming Language
functions and procedures - along with examples of each of them!
+ Completely rewrote MPL.DOC (The Mystic BBS Programming Language Manual).
Its not 100% completed, but its more organized and complete than the
MPL.DOC which was distributed with version 1.06.
+ Cleaned up the way Mystic determines file/msg groups for new users and
existing users. It's very "intelligent" now...
+ Rewrote the installation program. The install looks much nicer than the
pervious install and no longer requires any type of external archive
utility to complete the installation.
+ MYSTIC BBS NOW HAS A NATIVE LINUX VERSION!
The linux version of Mystic BBS has been completed. Mystic/Linux is
a complete shell replacement, which means that it will work
effortlessly over dialup and telnet connections to your system! The
configuration is file case sensitive, but other than that all data
files are compatible with other native versions of Mystic (ie, DOS,
Windows, and OS/2).
Many changes had to be made to the Sysop end of Mystic to work around
various Linux issues. Running a BBS under Linux is an entirely
different experience, but i've tried to make the transistion as easy
as possible for everyone. Just be aware that the functionality of
Mystic/Linux is identical to all other versions, but the Sysop
operations will be different.
+ TSERVER (the Mystic BBS telnet server for Windows) has been cleaned up.
When a new connection is received, TSERVER will now spawn new Mystic
windows completely in the background without interrupting the current
process. In the past, TSERVER would always force Windows to return to
the desktop - so, for example, if you were in a full screen DOS session,
it would return your DOS session to a GUI window.
+ Mystic now has full support for long file names. It already has since
early 1.07 alphas, but apparently I forgot to reflect that in the whats
new file!
+ Mystic's internal user editor now sets users who are logged into other
nodes as "read only" when their account is being viewed. If their
account needs editing, you'll have to switch to their task and edit them
with the SysOp functions.
! Mystic wasn't saving user accouts in the user editor if the user logged
in was trying to edit their own account. For example, if "Joe SysOp"
was logged in, went to the user editor, and tried to edit his account -
it wouldn't save.
! When using the ALT-E sysop command (edit user account), Mystic was not
changing the users online time if a new "Time Left" was set.
+ New MPE command: EXIT. This function will immediately exit the current
procedure or function.
+ Two new options have been added to the new user settings: Start Msg
Group and Start File Group. In the past, Mystic would start a new user
in whatever the first group they had access to was. This can be used to
start a new user in a definied message and file group.
+ New option added to the message base options: The option to "Show Bases
in Group List" must now be set to Yes for Mystic to calculate the number
of areas in that group when the user is selecting a message group. If
this option is toggled off, Mystic will return a "0" for number of areas
in a group.
+ New option added to the file base options: Show Base in Group List.
This works just like the same option in the message base settings.
! Fixed a bug with user's time left getting set to 0 on certain occasions
during a login.
+ Mystic now disconnects the user after three login attempts. If they
don't select to create an account in those 3 attempts, Mystic boots them.
+ MPE: Added support for including source files into the main source of
an MPS file. This hasn't been tested very well and has caused a slight
decrease in compile speed, but its there and appears to work! =)
Example:
# Sample source file which includes common.mps
# --------------------------------------------
#include common.mps
Begin
WriteLn ('Any functions or procedures in common.mps can be called')
End
Note that the compilers will still compile a procedure or function into
the executable if they're not used in the program. So if you did make
an include of common functions and procedures that you use, they will
all be compiled. In the future i'd like to add a "smart linking"
feature which would remove all unused functions and variables.
+ Added new user flag: Ignore LC. When set to YES, this option will
not add the user into the last caller information.
+ Mystic will now not add the user to the last callers file if they log in
in Invisible mode.
! Fixed a problem within MBBSUTIL's user packer. Under certain situations,
MBBSUTIL was messing up the user's last read pointers and their base
scan settings. This has been fixed.
+ MPE: Added new var to USER record: UserEditType. This returns the user's
current editor setting.
+ The one liners function now redisplays the oneliners after a user adds
a new entry.
+ Separated the post subject prompt and the REPLY subject prompt in the
language file. New prompt added:
; reply msg SUBJ
451 |CR|09Subject:
+ Added a header prompt into the standard (non-quote-window) quote mode. A
new prompt has been added:
; standard quote header
452 |15Quote mode: Select a range of text to quote
+ Added a new option to the message and file area selection menu commands
(MA and FA). When "nolist" is supplied in the optional data field of
the menu command, Mystic will just show the prompt to select a message
base number unless, of course, the user enters "?" on that prompt, which
they would then get a listing of available bases.
+ Added new option to Mystic's graphics detection when a user connects.
An option of "Force ANSI" can be set in the general settings of the
system configuration as the detect type. This will force the user into
ANSI mode and not attempt to detect or ask for the graphics mode.
+ Added new prompt: 453. This is the footer for the listing of users in
teleconference.
; footer for teleconference user list
453 |CR|PA
+ Added an entirely new FULL SCREEN irc-like teleconference system! The
older system is still around for people who like it better or for users
who don't support ANSI graphics. This new system allows for the user to
have a permanent input line as well as a window where text will scroll,
maybe similar to a text-based mIRC client. Each user also has a 200
line scrollback buffer! Many changes and additions go along with this:
Changed prompts:
; nodechat user's text: &1 = user name
181 |07<|15&1|07> |03
; nodechat broadcast text: &1 = user name
319 |01<|09|&1 |11Broadcast|01> |03
; nodechat private text: &1 = user name
218 |04<|12|&1 |14Private|04> |03
; nodechat action text: &1 = user name
229 |13* |&1
; nodechat: info/status text
226 |12- |07
; new user: use full screen node chat?
187 |CR|12Use full screen node chat? |11
; Node chat scroll mode back
237 |15Scrollback: (Up/Down) Move (Ctrl-R) Page Up (Ctrl-C) Page Down (ESC) Quit
Also some new options in the new user settings, where the node chat can
be either forced on or off for new users, or the new user can be asked.
New additions for this field has also been added to the user editors as
well as an addition to the "GE" menu command with optional field data
of 29 to toggle the user's setting. The MCI code "CM" returns the
on/off status of the full screen chat function.
! Fixed a bug that existed when viewing text files. The pause prompt would
display on the last line of the page (overwriting the last line) rather
than moving down to the next line and displaying the pause.
+ When doing a new scan for personal messages, Mystic will now update the
last read pointers for each base. This wasn't a bug, I designed it to
not save the pointers, but I really don't know why I originally did it
that way. :p
+ Added a new menu command: MS. This command allows for easy message
searching in the current base, current group, or all groups/bases.
See MYSTIC.DOC for more information. Two changed prompts go along
with this new command:
; Message search: search text input
310 |CR|03Enter text to search for:
; Message search completed
311 |15Message search completed.
+ Two new additions to the MPL evaluation engine: In the past both function
calls and constant variables could not be evaluated in the second part of
a statement. I never noticed this before, but it has been completed now.
For example (in the 1.06 MPL engine):
OK: If Ord(' ') = 32 Then WriteLn('Hello') EndIf
BAD: If 32 = Ord(' ') Then WriteLn('Hello') EndIf
+ Added new option: System Config -> New User Settings -> Ask Screen Size.
If this option is set to Yes, Mystic will ask new users for their screen
size. If this option is set to No, Mystic will automaticly set the user's
screen length to the configured default screen length.
+ New MCI code: QL. This returns YES or NO based on the user's QWK setting
to include a new files list in each packet.
- Removed the "OC" menu command (Set QWK options) and added the options
individually into the GE menu command. See MYSTIC.DOC for more
information on the GE menu command.
- Removed prompt 228 that went along with the OC menu command.
+ Added a footer prompt to the batch queue listing. New prompt is #428
+ Expanded the modem initialization string from 40 characters to a max
of 80 characters
+ Added new prompt to the QWK packet creation: Prompt #228 now displays
if a packet is created with 0 messages, and the download is then aborted
; QWK DL: No messages
228 |CR|15No messages found.|CR|CR|PA
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| Mystic BBS v1.07 RELEASED : December 26, 2000 |
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! MCFG: The New User Settings 1 -> Language file setting was backwards. It'd say "Ask" when it really should have said "Use default". ! MCFG: The option New User Settings 2 -> Ask Screen Size was missing from the options but available from within Mystic's internal configuration. ! Fixed a bug in the QWK system that would cause certain messages in a packet to get scrambled. ! The QWK system was creating .NDX files for bases that didn't have any messages in them. This is fine for most QWK readers, but there are a few that didn't like that. In addition, the .NDX files were not getting created correctly under certain operating systems. + Mystic will now restore the screen on the user's side after sysop chat modes. + Mystic was looking for FILE_ID.DIZ in the Linux version of Mystic. This has been changed to look for file_id.diz instead. ! In line quote mode, Mystic would not allow you to quote a range of text that wasn't already displayed. ! MIDE: When changing the file name during a "Save As", MIDE was not renaming the window to the new file name. + Added new MPL function: PATHCHAR. This will allow for MPE programs to be easily written to work on both Unix and DOS type file systems. ! The index files in Squish message bases were getting written incorrectly. I think i've managed to nail this bug but I haven't had any substancial testing done as none of my alpha sites run Squish message bases. :( + MCFG: Added (ALT+S) Sort into the status line of the file base editor. Sorting was always available, but for some reason I never put it on the status line. Even the help listing had ALT-S documented. =] + Changed the INSTALL program to use CTRL-S to start the installation, instead of the F2 key that was used. Linux users were not able to use F2 over an xterminal. + MPL: Added new procedure called GETSCREENINFO. This is used to read the values of the Screen Info MCI codes. This will come in handy when creating lightbar mods which use ANSI templates similar to the rest of Mystic. ! Fixed a small memory leak in the DOS/WIN/OS2 versions caused when running external programs (doors). ! Fixed the DOOR32 problems in Windows version. I had some code commented out when I released 1.07. I forgot to 'put things back to normal' when I was done testing some things before the release. =] ! Fixed the viewing of the BBS list in the Linux version. Just the case of an error in file casing. Mystic was looking for a data file in all uppercased letters when it should have been lowercased. ! Fixed the error with inserting a new menu in the Linux internal menu editor. ! Fixed a small problem with displaying the time in twelve hour format. It'd display 12:01am when it should have said been 12:01pm. ! The BI mci code (User's Birthdate) wasn't being displayed correctly. .------------------------------------------------. | Mystic BBS v1.07.2 RELEASED : January 20, 2000 | `------------------------------------------------'
+ Added (Q)uit to prompt #361. Before if you selected to add to the BBS list, you'd have to fill out the entire entry before you could save or abort. ! Fixed a problem with the Linux MPE loader. If you tried to run a script outside of the script directory, things wouldn't work. Mystic was looking for a "\" instead of a "/". + MYSTPACK: Changed the file names of the temporary files created when packing bases. Hopefully this will solve it crashing on some Linux distributions. ! When Mystic prompted for an upload file name, a space could be entered as a valid filename. ! MPL: When compiling a program, Numerical variables could be assigned to a function which returned variables in the type of String. A mismatch error should have occured. ! When the remote screen was redrawn after a sysop chat session, it would redraw incorrectly on if the status bar was NOT in single line mode. + Mystic now creates QWK packet's CONTROL.DAT file in MSDOS format even in Unix type file systems. This seems to be more compatible with all types of QWK readers. ! MPL: When assigning certain numerical variable types, MIDE and MPLC would report a variable type mismatch when it shouldn't have. + Optimized the idle sensitivity within Mystic's Windows version. This should make keyboard input a little faster/more efficient. + Enhanced the method Mystic uses to determine if a line of message text is quoted text. A few QWK readers would indent quoted text within the message and Mystic wouldn't see it as quoted text. ! Fixed a bug in the file and message base selection listing. When the base listing was aborted, Mystic would only let an area be selected if it were already displayed in the list. + Mystic/Windows will now check to see if the window title was changed after running a door, and restore it as "Mystic Node x" if it has been changed. ! If the SysOp was in two line status bar mode and the node chat template used line 23 as the input line, the teleconferance wouldn't work right. Fixed. + Added new command into the message reading system. The (H) key will now set the current message as the high water (last read) pointer. At the moment it doesn't display anything telling you that it worked (when H is pressed), but it does work. The reason for this is that I don't like to add new prompts into minor builds. I'll add the new prompts for it in the 1.08 release. Just thought i'd include it in this form because there were a couple requests for this feature. + The ENTER key is now available in menus using longkey input. ! The Hotkey and Longkey settings were reversed in MCFG's menu editor. ! When using the lightbar file lister's previous page option, it'd skip the second page (and ONLY the second page) and go directly from the third page to the first page in the listing. Fixed. + The ESCAPE key in the full screen message editor will now bring up the command prompt. + MCFG: There is now a command to delete a ghosted user from within the node manager. + MCFG: Changed all the commands within MCFG to use CTRL keys instead of Fx or ALT keys. It may take a little to get used to these changes, but it allows for us to have MCFG work over terminals in Linux while keeping all the function keys consistant in all versions of MCFG. + MCFG: The mouse cursor is no longer present in the Windows version. + MCFG: The window title is now set to "Mystic Configuration" + The Linux version of Mystic will now accept the D3 menu command. This allows the Linux version to write a DOOR32.SYS drop file. ! MPL: Fixed a bug with the UserDeleted variable which could cause the user's flags to get corrupted. ! The CHAIN.TXT drop file now outputs the user's age field and a zero for the gold field. Apparently, having a blank and not a 0 for gold would cause some doors to crash. ! Fixed some Squish related QWK bugs, which caused QWK packet corruption on all Squish format message bases. + Added the (I)gnore message reading command into the lightbar message index. ! Squish last read pointers were not stored in records based on a 0-based user index. This would cause problems with 3rd party SysOp mail readers. ! Fixed a problem with the lightbar message reader in Squish mode. Mystic was giving strange results when the previous message command was selected on the last message of a base. + Mystic now adds the ^AMSGID and ^AREPLY fields to all outbound echomail posts and replies. + Mystic will now filter any kludge lines from message text, quoting, and message exporting. Kludges lines are any line of text in which the first character is a ^A (smiley face)... ! Fixed small input bug in MCFG's language prompt editor. ! If a user was online at midnight, their time per day wasn't getting reset correctly. Mystic will now reset their time left to whatever their daily limit is for their security level. + Added a new door command line MCI code: %U will now be replaced with the user's alias. + MCFG: Added the General Settings into the System Configuration menu. + MCFG: Added the Global Message Base Editing feature into the Message Base Editor. This is a very handy utility. + The online file listing editor will now allow renaming files based on file casing, for operating systems that support it. ! Fixed a small bug in the lightbar file lister's next page option which would sometimes report the end of the listing without displaying the last file in the listing. + MIDE will now save its configuration file in the same path that the actual MIDE.EXE file exists. This allows for MIDE to be placed in a directory on the PATH and will prevent it from making a new .cfg file in each directory MIDE is used. + MIDE will now also look for it's help file (mide.hlp) in the actual path where MIDE.EXE exists. ! Finally got around to nailing one of the two word wrapping bugs in the Full screen editor. This one would cause the BBS to lock up under certain rare situations. + Removed the hard coded clear screen from the standard quote mode. You will have to update prompt #452 with a |CL mci code in the beginning of the prompt for it to work the same as it did in the past... + MPE programs can now be executed from one of the sysop macros. Any macro which begins with a ! character will execute an MPL program. The format is !<mpepath><mpename>. If <mpepath> is omitted, Mystic will look in the SCRIPTS directory as defined in System Paths. ! When an MPL program resided in the scripts path, the ParamStr(0) function would only return the file name of the MPL program and not the full path and file name as it should have. + Added the OS/2 native version of Mystic back into the distribution. It hasn't had much testing, but hopefully it will do us well. If you find any problems with it, let me know and I'll try to fix it. Keep in mind that I no longer have an OS/2 development machine here so I will need a hand testing things. .----------------------------------------------. | Mystic BBS v1.07.3 RELEASED : May 13th, 2000 | `----------------------------------------------'