Subj : Determining the posting message area
To   : MCMLXXIX
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Feb 18 2013 03:48 pm

  Re: Determining the posting message area
  By: MCMLXXIX to Digital Man on Mon Feb 18 2013 09:34 am

 >   Re: Determining the posting message area
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Mon Feb 18 2013 01:29:32
 >
 >  > I can change the code to make one of those properties reflect the sub
 >  > being posted on (probably smb_sub_*) or possibly introduce a new
 >  > property, but tha won't help you with existing sbbs installations.
 >  >
 >  > Of course, if the posting is initiated from a JS shell/module, then you
 >  > know what sub is being posted to already, but I'm pretty sure you're
 >  > asking in th context of an external editor (i.e. SlyEdit), in which case
 >  > the answer is "currently, no".
 >
 > what about User.cursub?

No, that property reflects what sub-board they have selected from the main menu 
(sort of like the current working directory in DOS). This may or may not be the 
sub they are posting to (depending on how they got to that point, e.g. using a 
new-message-scan).

                                            digital man

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