Subj : A bracket or two...
To   : Chris Lander
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Wed Nov 01 2000 12:24 pm

Hi! Chris,

On 29 Oct 00 02:30, Chris Lander wrote to Paul Quinn:

 CL> the form listed in the on-line help, but haven't yet found a way to 
 CL> get the '[' and ']' to be entered in the field on the 
 CL> FESETUP->SYSTEM->PATHNAMES screen.  I have also tried the ALT-??? 

Yep that's it!, that's the problem alright.  That's a neat trick with the 
ALT-??? keys; I can't remember if I tried that.  I think I tried using an 
editor (not hex), carefully trying to keep the number of chars for that field 
the same but that didn't work.  Maybe there's a checksum of some sort for each 
field in FeSetup?

Maybe the 'fix' will be to use the FE 1.45 FeSetup.<shrug>  Let's see what else 
turns up in the echo.  I'm hanging out for a comment from Mark Lewis 
(1:3634/12); I know he uses FE and environment variables pretty heavily.

 CL> I can report mine doesn't, I do run Intermail 2.29g (FD compatible) 
 CL> and EleBBS in a DOS 6.22 environment with a characterset codepage of 
 CL> 437.  I'm looking forward to hearing the definitive answer to this 
 CL> question, and trying any suggestions.
 CL> Using environment variables can help reduce the logistics of moving 
 CL> things around, which happens occasionally when resources change.

Ahh, yes; exactly.  I've turned using environment variables into an art form, 
even to the point of using/re-using their values, as appropriate, to create 
ASCII config files on-the-fly from my batch files for such things as the BinkD 
TCP/IP mailer, and for a 'Squish' config file (and others).  I even selected 
this editor since its config file can utilize environment variables (and the FE 
config file for echo area definitions).

Let's see what else turns up...

Have fun! in the meantime.

Cheers,
Paul.

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