Subj : cost on external program menu
To   : Mlong
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Oct 16 2020 08:10 pm

  Re: cost on external program menu
  By: Mlong to All on Fri Oct 16 2020 02:52 pm

 > I noticed the format for listing external programs on the menu is:
 >
 > "\1h\1c%3u \xb3 \1n\1c%-32.32s\1h "                        383
 > XtrnProgLstFmt
 >
 > And the code is doing this:
 >
 > printf(options.multicolumn_fmt, j+1
 > ,prog_list[j].name
 > ,prog_list[j].cost);
 >
 > So its passing cost in, but not displaying it. Is this intended?

Yes. It just so that a sysop could "opt-in" to use/display program costs if they wanted. It's a very old feature that nobody seems to use.

 > Since I am rewriting this part, I just need to know if its something I
 > should bother to support or not.

Not unless you plan to use it.


                                            digital man

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