Subj : bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
To   : nolageek
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jan 14 2020 03:00 pm

  Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
  By: nolageek to Digital Man on Tue Jan 14 2020 02:09 pm

 >   Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
 >   By: Digital Man to nolageek on Tue Jan 14 2020 09:55 am
 >
 >  DM> Does the file text/menu/<shell>/mainmenu.asc exist? The .msg or .asc
 >  DM> version of a menu file must exist for bbs.menu_exists() to return true.
 >
 > mainmenu.ans exists - does bbs.menu_exists() test for .msg or .asc but not
 > .ans? That would explain it, but why would it not check for the same file
 > types that bbs.menu() displays?

At minimum, a .asc or .msg menu display file is required. bbs.menu() first looks for the *most* applicable file format, not all file formats.

                                            digital man

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