Subj : Re: msglist as loadable module
To   : Nolageek
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Mar 05 2020 01:10 pm

  Re: Re: msglist as loadable module
  By: Nolageek to Digital Man on Thu Mar 05 2020 12:26 pm

 >  >   Re: msglist as loadable module
 >  >   By: Nolageek to Digital Man on Thu Mar 05 2020 08:35 am
 >
 >  >  > I just updated the exec directory (.exe, .js) and ran 'jsexec update'
 > and
 >  >  > 'jsexec msglist -install', however I'm not seeing any new behavior
 > when I
 >  >  > list or read messages.
 >
 >  > What about when you list/read email?
 >
 > Nope. It uses the standard page-by-page view.
 >
 >
 >  >  > I just have 'msglist' in the loadable modules configuration.
 >
 >  > It sould be in the SCFG->System->Loadable Modules list twice.
 >
 > Under which module types?

Read Mail and List Msgs:
http://wiki.synchro.net/module:msglist

 >  >  > I'm assuming it's due to the code used in my js shell, maybe it's not
 >  >  > triggering the new loadable module?
 >
 >  >  > case 'L':
 >  >  >     bbs.list_msgs();
 >  >  >     break;
 >
 >  >  > Is there another function that I should be using that will trigger
 > the
 >  >  > loadable module once it's installed?  Right now it just uses the
 > standard
 >  >  > message list.
 >
 >  > Yeah, use bbs.exec("?msglist") instead.
 >
 > If I call it explicitly like that, why should set it up as a module in
 > SCFG?

So that'll be called automatically when users use the 'L' command from the reading msgs/mail prompt. So that it'll be caused automatically when reading mail from all possible methods of doing that via the terminal server.

                                            digital man

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