From 184d0b6fcc479e0bc52d32da5abac9c96c3380df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 21:18:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Work on the whole DEL = backspace thing a bit, making it
"less hostile".
---
src/sbbs3/newuser.cpp | 1 -
src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp | 18 ++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/newuser.cpp b/src/sbbs3/newuser.cpp
index 1acaa8cf35..507b1ac9d8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/newuser.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/newuser.cpp
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ BOOL sbbs_t::newuser()
bprintf(text[InvalidBackspaceKeyFmt], key, key);
if(text[ContinueQ][0] && !yesno(text[ContinueQ]))
return FALSE;
- newline();
}
}
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp b/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
index cb179eafde..a1f171e0c4 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
@@ -941,10 +941,20 @@ void sbbs_t::maindflts(user_t* user)
user->misc|=NO_EXASCII;
else
user->misc&=~NO_EXASCII;
- if(!noyes(text[SwapDeleteKeyQ]))
- user->misc|=SWAP_DELETE;
- else
- user->misc&=~SWAP_DELETE;
+ user->misc &= ~SWAP_DELETE;
+ while(text[HitYourBackspaceKey][0] && !(user->misc&SWAP_DELETE) && online) {
+ bputs(text[HitYourBackspaceKey]);
+ uchar key = getkey(K_NONE);
+ bprintf(text[CharacterReceivedFmt], key, key);
+ if(key == '\b')
+ break;
+ if(key == DEL) {
+ if(text[SwapDeleteKeyQ][0] == 0 || yesno(text[SwapDeleteKeyQ]))
+ user->misc |= SWAP_DELETE;
+ }
+ else
+ bprintf(text[InvalidBackspaceKeyFmt], key, key);
+ }
}
if(sys_status&SS_ABORT)
break;
--
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