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Speaking of, testing DDMsgReader here and it is not really working as expected. :)

Except this message seems to be written with the Synchronet msgeditor..?

Are you having issues with DDMsgReader separately and using a different editor
to tell us about it?

No. I was using DDMsgReader and when I tried the reply function, it
brought up the Synchronet editor, which was not "as expected" since DD was installed per the synchronet wiki page.

I assumed that I misunderstood and that DDMsgReader is a "reader," as the
name suggests, and doesn't provide an external msg editor.

As for why I replied to a random message from Gamgee... I was looking for a message that I could test reply-and-quote with, and since Gamgee's metioned "misconfiguration" I figured testing with it was appropriate. ;)


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Re: Re: Using JSexec to run I
By: Mike Powell to ACCESSION on Tue Nov 18 2025 09:54 am

No. I was using DDMsgReader and when I tried the reply function, it brought up the Synchronet editor, which was not "as expected" since DD was installed per the synchronet wiki page.

I assumed that I misunderstood and that DDMsgReader is a "reader," as the name suggests, and doesn't provide an external msg editor.

That's correct; DDMsgReader simply asks Synchronet to let you reply to a message, and Synchronet will use the editor you've chosen in your user configuration.

Nightfox

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Hey Mike!

On Mon, Nov 18 2025 08:54:54 -0600, you wrote:

No. I was using DDMsgReader and when I tried the reply function, it
brought up the Synchronet editor, which was not "as expected" since
DD was installed per the synchronet wiki page.

It will use whatever you have set as your default editor, which can be changed in your account settings.

I assumed that I misunderstood and that DDMsgReader is a "reader,"
as the name suggests, and doesn't provide an external msg editor.

That is correct. DDMsgReader reads the messages, then uses whatever you have configured for an external editor to write messages. I would suggest trying SlyEdit with DDMsgReader, since they are made by the same person, and work well together. Besides the one you have already used, there is also some other editors specifically for Synchronet (well, BBSs that supports javascript, I suppose), as well as any old "door" external editors like IceEdit, QuikEdit, etc. I've also used nano and vim as external editors (with a "restricted" option in place to not allow users to access the hard drive at all, besides saving their message).

As for why I replied to a random message from Gamgee... I was
looking for a> message that I could test reply-and-quote with, and
since Gamgee's metioned "misconfiguration" I figured testing with it
was appropriate. ;)

Hah! I'd agree you picked a perfect message to reply to! ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Using JSexec to run I
By: Accession to Mike Powell on Tue Nov 18 2025 02:00 pm

and work well together. Besides the one you have already used, there is also some other editors specifically for Synchronet (well, BBSs that supports javascript, I suppose),

I don't know of another BBS package that supports JavaScript. But even for those that do, I'd expect SlyEdit would still only work with Synchronet. Synchronet has a very specific implementation of what it exposes via JavaScript, which means that JS mods that work with Synchronet have to use what Synchronet provides via JS. If another BBS package supports JavaScript, it's extremely likely that the functions & other objects & things it provides via JS would have different names, so any JS mods for Synchronet wouldn't work with it.

Nightfox

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Hey Nightfox!

On Mon, Oct 18 2025 15:07:31 -0600, you wrote:

I don't know of another BBS package that supports JavaScript. But
even for those that do, I'd expect SlyEdit would still only work
with Synchronet. Synchronet has a very specific implementation of
what it exposes via JavaScript, which means that JS mods that work
with Synchronet have to use what Synchronet provides via JS. If
another BBS package supports JavaScript, it's extremely likely that
the functions & other objects & things it provides via JS would have different names, so any JS mods for Synchronet wouldn't work with
it.

That's kind of what I figured. When I wrote it, I threw that out with a bit of a wider range blanket statement on purpose to cover anything that I may have not heard about, so nobody else could jump in and try to correct me with some kind of "one-up" answer. Looks like I wasn't able to avoid that, after all.

Regards,
Nick

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