Version 1.15 beta 2 - Contains a fix for a bug introduced in the previous version where private reply was no longer working.  Also includes a new user edit feature (for sysops only, using the U key).  The user edit will edit the user who sent the message, only if they're a user on the BBS.  It can be useful for BBSes that require new users to send an email to the sysop, in case the sysop needs to edit the user's account.

If the 'messageBase' key/value pair is omitted from bullshit.ini, don't attempt to load shit from a message base. (For files-only use of Bullshit, for nolageek.)

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.

identify the cause of the problem that Waldo Kitty is having.

resolves Waldo Kitty's reported problem with SBL.

Version 1.13 beta 1.  Bug fix: Message number error when a new user starts reading messages.  Now checks for a seemily special value for the message number to avoid an error.

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.

Now updates bbs.posts_read so that the posts read for the current session is accurate.  Also did some internal code refactoring - Removed code which is no longer used (it was leftover code for an older-style reader interface from my message lister, now not used in favor of the new reader interface).  This is a "beta" version but seems to be fairly stable, so a non-beta release update will likely come soon.

Pass username & password through encodeURIComponent.

When bbsfinder.net responds with something other than 0, log the response.
Said response may just be '1', which will be unhelpful.

Ideally the clue would be abortable if the player has no
intention of answering, but I'll make that a thing later.

Updated the version to 1.11 for the official release with the bug fix related to page number update in the message group/flie library list

It works, but some aspects are still being tinkered with.

Bug fixes related to updating the page number on the screen for the message group/file libraries when using the up & down arrows to go to the next/previous page.  Also made a more general page number update fix for the file area chooser on the file library screen.

Bug fix: The page number for message groups wasn't being updated in the area chooser when using the up & down arrow keys to go to the next/previous page.

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.

Updated so that when using the message written dates for the latest message dates, the written dates will be adjusted to the BBS's local time zone so that they are consistent.  Also changed the default option for the showImportDates in the configuration file to false so that it will show the when-written dates of the latest message.

Now you can include your door game score files at the top of the
list, or whatever thrilling .ans or .txt files you wish to showcase.

Improved scrolling. Added horizontal scrolling for score files that
may be slightly wider than the 'window'.

There's also some web junk that I added earlier for, uh ... Drakahn99,
who requested it.

If you're already using a previous version, the config file has been
changed and you'll need to change with it.

Sample web v4 bulletin page. (999-bullshit.xjs)

Updated so that when using message written times in the message list & area chooser, the message written time will be adjusted to local BBS time so that they're all in the same time zone.  Also, changed the default options for msgAreaList_lastImportedMsg_time and msgListDisplayTime in the configuration file to written instead of imported.

Added the ability to display a custom header file above the area lists in the area choosers.  Added the configuration options areaChooserHdrFilenameBase and areaChooserHdrMaxLines to specify the filename (without the extension) and maximum number of lines from the header file to use.  These are still beta versions, but these should be ready for an official release soon.

Fixed a possible screen refresh issue when writing the area chooser header - Now it clears the header rows on the screen before writing the header, to clear away any text that might have been there before (such as from the help screen).

Fixed a bug in the method that displays the header file for the message area chooser - It no longer sets the color code back to normal at the end of each line, so that for .asc files (Synchronet color codes) it doesn't reset any color codes that might still need to be used.

Updated so that ANSI header files for the message and area chooser are displayed in their original ANSI format without being converted to Synchronet color codes first (if the user's terminal supports ANSI).  If the user's terminal doesn't support ANSI, then the header files will be converted to Synchronet color codes first (as was done previously).

Fixed a bug when returning from the help screen for the lightbar message area chooser - It wasn't displaying the header again when returning to the area list.

Refactored some code related to loading the header files for the reader interface and area chooser list.

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: Added a command-line parameter to let the user choose a message sub-board only within their current message group, or file directory only within their current file library.

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.

Version 1.08 - Bug fix: When scanning message sub-boards, it wasn't always closing the sub-board when there were no new messages, resulting in further sub-boards failing to open after a while.  That has been fixed.

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