Subj : Re: New 132x37 .mpl question
To   : The Godfather
From : Adept
Date : Sun Nov 22 2020 11:58 am

 TG> ok another stupid question time....

Okay, since I don't see other answers, I'm going to ask stupid questions, and
give stupid answers, because I very definitely _can_ figure this out; I just
haven't programmed MPLs or Pascal and likely will be a bit lazy with my
answer.

 TG> What I want to do is create a conditional procedure and/or boolean that
 TG> 
 TG> if (users terminal size (don't know the variable for this = 80 x25) then

So you want to write an if statement based on terminal size?

 TG>  + New MPL variables "TermSizeX" and "TermSizeY" tell you the size of the
 TG>    user's terminal.

So theoretically, you'd have, (in C-style) if(TermSizeX == 137 && TermSizeY
== 37) (do stuff)

....though I'd probably write that using "> 80" or whatever is appropriate.

Looking at a random .mps file, my guess would be:

If TermSizeX = 137 Then
  If TermSizeY = 37 Then
    DispFile (MenuName)
Else
  DispFile (defaultMenuName)

....But I don't really know if If blocks are denoted by the areas that have
the same indentation, if that's the correct way to nest an If statement, or
if you could just write "If TermSizeX = 137 && TermSizeY = 37", of if I have
the wrong usage of "Then", etc.

Anyway, I'm not sure if that was the extent of your sticking points. I'm not
really sure what next to ask, either, for figuring out what it is that you
don't know. Do share more of what small next task you're getting stuck on.

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