Hi

So now we have a Magicka area, I better get cracking and add some new
stuff. I'm just not sure what.

WWIVnet support is on hold for now, as I think having two implementations
of binkp might be a bit much, when I first added wwiv support when
magicka first came out, there was a magickab utility that was a binkp
client specifically for wwivnet (the code is lost now, but it would be
possible to reimplement something) but i think it would make more sense
to work out the problems with binkd/networkb compatibility - it's
probably something simple.

I could add QWK offline mail support in addition to bluewave, so one
would have the option which to use. Would anyone prefer QWK to bluewave?

There is of course the wiki that needs to be filled out. (yay...)

Another thing that I've shied away from is pipe codes in messages (or I
suppose anywhere really). Which also reminds me the colours in the ANSI
web rendering aren't quiet right.

I'd also like to add spell checking to magiedit - possibly rewrite the
thing in c++.

Any other suggestions?

Andrew

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On 11-19-18 11:41, apam wrote to All <=-

Hi

So now we have a Magicka area, I better get cracking and add some new stuff. I'm just not sure what.

Hehe cool. :-)

WWIVnet support is on hold for now, as I think having two
implementations of binkp might be a bit much, when I first added wwiv support when magicka first came out, there was a magickab utility that
was a binkp client specifically for wwivnet (the code is lost now, but
it would be possible to reimplement something) but i think it would
make more sense to work out the problems with binkd/networkb
compatibility - it's probably something simple.

Yeah, would be good to have WWIVnet compatibility, but that bug sounded rather nasty. :(

I could add QWK offline mail support in addition to bluewave, so one
would have the option which to use. Would anyone prefer QWK to
bluewave?

I would keep using Bluewave, given a choice, but having QWK does make sense for some people.

There is of course the wiki that needs to be filled out. (yay...)

Another thing that I've shied away from is pipe codes in messages (or I suppose anywhere really). Which also reminds me the colours in the ANSI web rendering aren't quiet right.

I haven't yet got the web interface going properly, on my todo list for setting up Magicka, along with FTN. :)

I'd also like to add spell checking to magiedit - possibly rewrite the thing in c++.

Any other suggestions?

Would have to think on that. :)

Would be nice to be able to gate between message net types (e.g. FTN <--> MagiNet), as well as be a node at the same time, like Synchronet can with FTN/QWK/mailing lists/NNTP. In other words, being able to specify both MagiNet and FTN particulars for a given sub and have traffic gated, as well as participating on both technologies, without having to setup a separate gateway.


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Re: What's Next?
By: apam to All on Mon Nov 19 2018 11:41 am

I could add QWK offline mail support in addition to bluewave, so one
would have the option which to use. Would anyone prefer QWK to bluewave?

When I use offline mail I use MultiMail so I would choose Bluewave format. Good old QWK would be good for folks that use a QWK reader that doesn't support BW, like SLMR, Offline and a plethora of others.

I see all this stuff you are working on.. Lookin' good!

Ttyl :-),
Al

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On 19-Nov-2018 04:51, Al wrote to apam <=-

When I use offline mail I use MultiMail so I would choose Bluewave
format. Good old QWK would be good for folks that use a QWK reader that doesn't support BW, like SLMR, Offline and a plethora of others.

Same here. Bluewave is my preferred format, QWK is the fallback option. :)


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