Re: Synchronet with Digital Distortion Logon Matrix plugin
By: Winzlo to Nightfox on Thu Apr 30 2026 09:05 pm
Wi> While I am unaware of a case where the matrix would not be rendered
Wi> properly, t he edge case presumably exists where a user is on a terminal
Wi> like VT100 or eve n using some antiquated hardware to really re-live the
Wi> experience. I wondered w hat would happen in those cases, since the
Wi> documentation for DDLoginMatrix s tat es that if it could not use the
Wi> matrix, it would fall back to the answer.ms g fi le, which if memory
Wi> serves, is why it has to be included as a command-line argu ment. If
Wi> there are no edge cases left, then truly clearing answer.msg is the r ight
Wi> option. I'm jus new enough to the scene to not know for certain. It seems
Wi> that wrapping answer.msg in @!ANSI@ prevents its display as well, but I
Wi> don't have an actual edge case to verify it with. One way or the other
Wi> gets the same result. Certainly mean no offense. I prefer implementing
Wi> solutions over solv ing symptoms, as I presume you do as well. I simply
Wi> have all day and all night to focus on one tiny aspect of the BBS that
Wi> almost nobody else has. Overall g oal is the same, to enhance the UX.
Wi> Don't worry about it, I got som ething that I think works, you have
Wi> something you know works. :) Once I've l earned [the hard way,
Wi> presumably], I'll switch over to the way that really wor ks. I posed the
Wi> I have.
This has been debunked - answer.msg is still being displayed even with the @!ANS
I@ wrapper. I intentionally broke a line in exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js while
I was working on the non-idle timeout issue I was having with the matrix, and d
iscovered that answer.msg is still being dispayed. So, you were right - emptyin
g the answer.msg file is the only and safest way to eliminate the double-login i
nstruction issue I initially raised.
-Winzlo
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