Not tested on Windows.

I don't expect anything actually uses this...

Merge branch 'dd_msg_reader_sub_board_sort_cycling_and_sub_board_scrolling_help_windows' into 'master'

DDMsgReader: When changing sub-boards, now supports cycling through sort options via [ and ] (for nelgin). Also, new scrolling window for help text for changing sub-boards.

See merge request !469

Eric Oulashin authored 4 months ago and Rob Swindell committed 4 months ago

DDMsgReader: When changing sub-boards, now supports cycling through sort options via [ and ] (for nelgin). Also, new scrolling window for help text for changing sub-boards.

This is so gross... outputting any character depends on every
character above it, so it must be checked every time.  If the state
was ste up differently, this could be avoided, but it's not, so it
can't.

For v2, I'm going to want to store some per-line data in a separate
struct so I can track this.

(these options follow the password by one or more spaces)

I implemented these based on AreaFix v1.10 User's Guide, at Ragnarok's
suggestion/request. I didn't test them, so looking forward to getting some
test results.

The -L and -Q options are functionally identically to the %LIST and %QUERY
AreaManager commands, while -R ads a little efficiency by combining +areatag
(add) and %RESCAN <areatag> requests in a single command.

Apparently AreaFix and other area managers assume password never have spaces
in them, so they can support additional arguments following the password in
the AreaFix request.

This change also now disallows setting AreaManager passwords with spaces in
them.

I don't yet support any of the additional AreaFix request options (e.g. -L,
-R, -Q), but am considering it.

A bunch of sprintf() -> snprintf() conversions are included in this commit
(better string buffer security, probably eliminate a Coverity issue or two).

Lowered the intensity of the green '3' (happier on my red-green
colorblindness).

Result looks more like the original Windows versions of this game.

ddfilelister: Clear the console line counter before any searching, etc., to prevent screen pauses. This should help with issue #806

See merge request !468

ddfilelister: Clear the console line counter before any searching, etc., to prevent screen pauses. This should help with issue #806

This build rule needed to be defined *after* objects.mk and rules.mk are
included.

Also if the help screen is exactly the right number of lines where auto-pause
didn't leave any unviewed lines, don't pause twice.

Changing "stuff" on a line will now propogate to the right
appropriately.

Next up is double-height characters... hopefully.

Basic Prestel support based on the "Prestel Terminal Specification"
Issue 2 by the Post Office.

Known issues:
Modifying an existing line does not update the row after it.
Double height is not supported.
Keyboard mapping kinda sucks (looking at you #/Return).
Concealed is always shown.
Remote programming sequences aren't supported.

There appears to be something wrong with the End of the Line title
and menu screens, but maybe nelgin did them wrong.

Supporting the deletion of ranges of lines (e.g. 10-20 rather than one line
at a time) was a big ommission for a long time.

... if you're deleting more than one string, this is much more efficient.

Note we do some pointer compares (in strListFastRemove) *after* we've freed
them in strListFastDelete(). I don't suspect this to be an issue, but it does
seem suspect.

... integer sign extension at fault here.

Also, add examples to Numeric vs. Verbal short date selection dialog.
Update some related help text.

For cases where we want to the verbal short date output, regardless of sysop
preference/configuration.

to not overwrite help "screen" borders

DDFileLister: Made 'view file' from the xfer menu actually work when used as a loadable module (FL_VIEW). Updated extended information view for files.

See merge request !467

Eric Oulashin authored 4 months ago and Rob Swindell committed 4 months ago

DDFileLister: Made 'view file' from the xfer menu actually work when used as a loadable module (FL_VIEW). Updated extended information view for files.

This allows us to use dstrtounix() for MM/DD/YY dates regardless of the system
configuration (sysop/locale preference).

This fixes issue with QWK route.dat file and door.sys (expiration date)
parsing where the date is/has-to-be in MM/DD/YY format, always.

... using @-code

ddfilelister: Fix for issue #806 - When scanning files, don't pause for user input between directories.

See merge request !466

Eric Oulashin authored 4 months ago and Rob Swindell committed 4 months ago

ddfilelister: Fix for issue #806 - When scanning files, don't pause for user input between directories.

RIPtel reset to the font configured by the user, not the current
font.  Do the same here.

It appears v3 kept the font through a RIP_RESET_WINDOWS command

Fix new date editing bug in user editor: we must use the numeric format
for dates when creating strings to be edited.

No need to use time32_t for this.

"01/00/00" would get parsed/converted back to Jan-1-2000 (usually), which is
usually not what we want.