- Updated so that a sub-board new-message-scan (with the -new_msg_scan_cur_sub command-line parameter) can make use of the -subBoard command-line option to scan a specific sub-board, which may be different than the user's current sub-board.
- Bug fix: Doing a new-message-scan should now always display the correct sub-board @-code information in the header above the message.

This is currently marked as a "beta" version (version 1.06 beta).

Minor bug fix: The configFilename command-line parameter wasn't being referenced correctly, causing the script to abort if that command-line parameter was used.

Version 1.05 official release update (removed the "beta" from the version number & updated the release dat,e and updated the documentation)

Made some fixes for the header/kludge line label capitalization, etc.  Also updated to display the message attributes properly (using a text description rather than just displaying the numeric value) when displaying the message headers.  Also changed the default header label & value colors to cyan and bright blue.

Fixed the display of the "when imported zone" and "when written zone" header fields.  Also, removed a line of temporary debug code.

Updated the display of kludge lines & header lines so that the label & value will be on one line if they fit that way, to save screen space and reduce the need for scrolling.  Also, added a couple of color configuration options to DefaultTheme.cfg: hdrLineLabelColor and hdrLineValueColor, which lets the sysop specify the colors to use for the header/kludge line labels & values.  Also, updated the readme file & revision history file.  This is still a 'beta' version but is fairly stable.

Implemented a workaround with the Frame object when displaying ANSI messages to get the background to refresh/redraw better so that text doesn't get left over when scrolling the message up & down

Will now refresh an ANSI message when closing the list of kludge lines/message headers (sysop command), etc.  Also, updated to output an ANSI normal attribute on exit (for ANSI users), so that the screen's background color won't get messed up (that's in addition to outputting the Synchronet 'normal' attribute for the same reason).  Also, updated to apply all of the header field labels based on the list at the following page: http://synchro.net/docs/smb.html#Header Field Types

Improved reading of messages with ANSI content - It now can use a scrollable user interface when reading messages with ANSI content.  Also added a new option in the configuration file, readerInterfaceStyleForANSIMessages, to specify whether to use the scrollable interface or the traditional interface when reading ANSI messages.  It will use frame.js and scrollbar.js, if available on the BBS machine, for reading ANSI messages with a scrollable interface (but it still uses its own scrolling behavior for non-ANSI messages, as before).  This is still a 'beta' version, as there are some more changes I'd like to make before making an official release.

Updated to interpret @-codes when reading personal email.  This is still a beta version (1.05 beta) due to another feature I wanted to try to improve (displaying messages with ANSI codes).

- Improved displaying of messages with ANSI codes. The reader will fall back to a non-scrolling user interface for displaying messages with ANSI codes, since there doesn't seem to be an easy way for the reader to handle ANSI with the scrolling interface (i.e., with ANSI cursor movements, etc.).
- Bug fix related to interpreting colors from other BBS software (WWIV, PCBoard, Wildcat, Celerity, Renegade)
- Work in progress: More kludge lines displayed (with the 'K' key), and all message header lines are now displayed (with the 'H' key) (this is a sysop feature)

Version 1.04: Now support downloading file attachments (using the Ctrl-D key combo).  Also, allows the sysop to save a message to the BBS machine (using the Ctrl-S key combo).  Also made some user interface updates: Pausing after the user saves a message so that the user can see Synchronet's save message screen, and other minor updates.  Updated DDReadPersonalEmail.js so that it's easy to switch the reader between starting in list mode or reader mode.

Version 1.03 - Bug fix: In Linux, when replying to the last message in a sub-board during a newscan or in read mode, it would not immediately refresh the messagebase information, so it would not see the new message posted.  This has been fixed by closing the messagebase while the user is posting a reply message and re-opening the messagebase when the user is done posting the reply.

Version 1.02: Bug fix in DDScanMsgs.js: Switched to bbs.scan_msgs() instead of bbs.scan_subs() for all other scan modes besides SCAN_READ.  Updated the version number to reflect that; no change to the actual reader.  Also fixed an error in the readme that said sbbs/subs when it should say sbbs/mods.

Version 1.01 - Bug fix: The enhanced reader header file is now correctly displayed even if the lengths of its lines are inconsistent.

Removed the "beta" tag from my reader, to officially make this the version 1.00 release.  Includes a bug fix reported by Underminer involving letting the Enter key exit a scan when the scan is finished.

Digital Distortion Message Reader update: Added support for the various options passed into the 'Read Mail' loadable module script.  Updated the DDReadPersonalEmail.js script to fully support the options that Synchronet can pass to that script - It will run Digital Distortion Message Reader with the appropriate options.

Updated the thread-ID navigation keys to be only ( and ) (I had added support for , and . to also work for that).  Updated to look for the configuration & theme config files in sbbs/mods first (and then in sbbs/ctrl, then the same directory as DDMsgReader.js, as before).

Synchronet was updated to pass in the sub-board internal code rather than the sub-board number, so I've updated this script as such.  My reader makes use of the sub-board code, and this change lets my reader not have to loop through one of Synchronet's arrays to look up the sub-board code based on the sub-board number.

Renamed the reverseOrder configuration setting to reverseListOrder.  Added the enter key as a key to advance to the next message in reader mode.  Added the -subBoard command-line option, which can be used to specify a sub-board to read (by internal code or by number).  Fixed the msgReaderPath variable in DDScanMsgs.js and DDScanSubs.js to contain ../xtrn/DDMsgReader.  Updated the readme to reflect the change in the reverseListOrder configuration setting name, and also re-arranged the installation section of the readme.

Updated the logic for following a message's thread_back/thread_next & thread_id matching (using the ( and ) keys): Now first checks to see if thread_id is available (it checks to see if running Synchronet 3.16 and thread_id exists in the headers), and uses thread_id if available; if thread_id is not available, then it falls back on using the thread_back & thread_next fields.

Added by-title, by-author, and by to-user thread navigation as in Synchronet's stock message reader.  Also, added the ability to change to another message sub-board from the message list (using the C key).  Note that the ability to change to another sub-board is not enabled when doing a newscan or new-to-you message scan, since a scan is a more controlled flow.

Added scripts (and information in the Read Me file) for setting up Digital Distortion Message Reader in the new Loadable Modules options in SCFG > System > Loadable Modules.  This enables Digital Distortion Message Reader to be used, for instance, for reading personal email or doing a message newscan during the login process.

Changed the traditional/lightbar help color text to cyan.  I had accidentally left it as brown (dark yellow), which I was using during testing.

This is Digital Distortion Message Reader, which offers a scrollable reader interface for ANSI users (and falls back to a traditional interface for non-ANSI users).  Also supports searching & scanning (i.e., message newscan, new-to-you scan).  Additional features include built-in lightbar message list and message area chooser, as well as configurable colors and text strings.  This is still in beta but is fairly mature and stable.  The first official (non-beta) release will probably happen soon.