Version 1.17 beta 55: Added the new @-code MSG_FROM_AND_FROM_NET and MSG_FROM_AND_FROM_NET-L (for left-justification with field length), which shows the 'from' name with the from network in parenthesis.  Updated the default message header to show that information.

Version 1.17 beta 53: Added support for displaying user avatars for the sender of a message, recently added to Synchronet.  Added the configuration option displayAvatars to toggle this feature.  For this to work, you will need to updaet your .js files in sbbs\exec and sbbs\exec\load.  This version of DDMsgReader specifically loads smbdefs.js and avatar_lib.js.

Version 1.17 beta 52 - Bug fix: When using the scrolling interface to read a message, any message color codes that might appear in the message lines are preserved across lines.

Version 1.17 beta 48 - Bug fix: When listing messages in reverse order in lightbar mode and all messages are selected/de-selected, the checkmarks on the screen now update properly.  Also, updated so that when listing personal email, it will use the regular formatting colors rather than the colors for messages to the user, since all personal emails are to the user (the 'to user' colors for each email might be obnoxious).

Version 1.17 beta 47: Updated to set the message  number field length dynamically based on the number of messages in the sub-board.  It will be at least 4 but can be more than 4 if there are 10000 messages or more  in a sub-board.  Also, updated to not hold an open sub-board for a long period of time - It now opens a sub-board only when necessary.  This simplified the code a bit.  I also hoped it would fix issues I've seen where sbbs crashes sometimes when replying to a message, but it looks like it did not fix that.

Version 1.17 beta 44: Added support for users to close polls (only if they created the poll or if they're the sysop).  I ended up using the ! key for that, since many other keys were already taken.  Also, renamed "Read Me.txt" and "Revision history.txt" so they don't have spaces in the filenames.

Added a revision history note for version 1.17 (even though it's still in 'beta').  Also, updated the readme to include some notes on voting, and added a list of lines from text.dat used by the reader.

Version 1.16: Added a new feature that allows users to forward a message to an email address or to another user on the BBS (using the O key).  This can be useful, for instance, if the user wants to send a message in a public sub-board to their personal email for future reference or send a message from a public sub-board to another user to discuss the topic privately.

Officially releasing version 1.15.  Contains the bug fix for private reply for a message on a networked sub-board, and also includes the new user-edit feature (using the U key, for sysops only), which lets the sysop edit the user account of the author of the message (only if the user account exists on the BBS).

Version 1.13: A couple of bug fixes.  Now should no longer generate a message number error when a new user starts reading messages.  Also, it should now always successfully save a message header with the READ attribute when the user it was addressed to has read the message.  This should fix an issue where the same message would keep coming up in a newscan, etc.

Version 1.12: Updated the way the pause prompt is shown in the help screen, in case the sysop has configured an external module (Baja/JS) to run for a pause prompt.  Also made a potential bug fix: When translating a message number to a message index, added a check to ensure the value is a number, to (hopefully) avoid a potential crash.

Official release of version 1.11 of Digital Distortion Message Reader - Contains the update which will update the number of new posts read by the user during the session (bbs.posts_read) and the internal refactor making the .js file a little smaller.

Added notes about the message written dates to say that they will be adjusted to the BBS's local time zone so that the message written dates are all consistent that way.

Bug fix: The new postOnSubBoardInsteadOfGoToNext was affecting the behavior for searching & scanning, which I don't think is desirable.  Now it only affects behavior when doing a normal read (not when doing a search or newscan, etc.).  Renamed the postOnSubBoardInsteadOfGoToNext configuration option to readingPostOnSubBoardInsteadOfGoToNext to more reflect what that setting is for.

- Added a new configuration option, postOnSubBoardInsteadOfGoToNext, that affects what happens after the user reads the last message on a sub-board: If this is set to true, then the reader will prompt the user if they want to post on the sub-board, then exit (this is the stock Synchronet behavior).  If this is set to false, then the reader will prompt the user whether to go to the next sub-board after reading the last message on a sub-board.  Also, added the postOnSubBoard text configuration parameter for the theme filename, which specifies the text to use for prompting the user if they want to post on the sub-board after reading the last message.
- Added new configuration options areaChooserHdrFilenameBase and areaChooserHdrMaxLines.  These options specify the filename base for a header file to use for the message area chooser list and the maximum number of lines to use from the area chooser header file.  The filaname is without the extension - The reader will first look for an .ans version, then an .asc version.  Additionally, multiple header files can be used for different terminal widths - For example, chooserMsgHdr-80.ans for an 80-column terminal, choosrMsgHdr-140.ans for a 140-column terminal, etc.

Version 1.09: Updated to not center the message header lines horizontally.  Now, it will display the header lines starting on column 1.  This was done to fix a display issue in some terminal software.

Removed the "beta" tag - now it's officially version 1.07.  Also updated the documentation and revision history notes.

Version 1.07 beta 2 - Added a way to select multiple messages in the message list and batch-delete selected messages (only if permissions allow deleting all messages).  This is most useful for personal mail when a user gets a lot of spam messages.  In the lightbar message list, the spacebar selects individual messages and CTRL-A is used to select/de-select all messages.  In the traditional UI message list, the S key is used for message selection.  CTRL-D then does a batch delete of selected messages in the message list.  The spacebar can also be used to select a message when reading it.

This is marked as 'beta', but I have tested the new features and they appear to be working as intended.  I will likely release a non-beta soon.

Added a new configuration option, pauseAfterNewMsgScan, which specifies whether or not to pause (i.e., with a "finished" message) after doing a new message scan.

- 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).

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

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.

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.