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  • Wildcat Clone Shell from Baja to JS

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sunday, June 07, 2026 14:30:40
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9283

    This is a potential infinite loop, don't do that.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Sunday, June 07, 2026 14:45:13
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9284

    I see that now. I will fix it.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Monday, June 08, 2026 11:29:32
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9303

    White space/indentation issue here.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Monday, June 08, 2026 11:31:45
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9304

    This appears to cause the menus to always be displayed at least once, and just once to expert menu-mode users. Is this actually how Wildcat! works?

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Monday, June 08, 2026 12:08:57
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9309

    I did test it. I am going to retest it using Baja and the Javascript version. I will try and look at it today.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Rob Swindell on Monday, June 08, 2026 21:08:11
    Re: Wildcat Clone Shell from Baja to JS
    By: Rob Swindell to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Mon Jun 08 2026 11:31 am

    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#no
    te_9304

    This appears to cause the menus to always be displayed at least once,
    and just once to expert menu-mode users. Is this actually how
    Wildcat! works?


    wildcat! users in expert mode see the menu once and then after that just a short list of commands in the prompt.


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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Monday, June 08, 2026 19:48:07
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/691#note_9311

    Okay, apparently that is how the Baja version works because it was mimicking how Wildcat! works. I forgot.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 19:06:37
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/695#note_9317

    Needs a rebase.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:26:03
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9319

    White-space-indentation issue.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:28:15
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9320

    In a previous review of this shell, I noted that the main menu was always displayed, at least once, even for expert mode users. After double-checking the Baja version of this shell, I confirmed that was normal/expected. Is that feature still present in this shell?

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 11:34:22
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9321

    I am on it. I will double check later today but I think everything works like original.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:34:31
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9324

    Fixed, I noticed had WWIV and forgot to take my debug lines out, lol.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:40:21
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9326

    I checked it this way. It went into the default shell and made sure the expert was on, and in Baja the menu isn't displayed in expert until you hit the ? Key. This does the same thing.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:41:49
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9327

    For the default shell, yes, that's true. That's not true for the Wildcat! shell (since apparently that is how Wildcat! works/worked).

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:42:22
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9328

    Hmm let me check on that.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:50:05
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9329

    I checked with the Baja version and told my user that Shell made sure expert mode was on. It doesn't show a menu, at least with my version of Synchronet. Could it have changed somehow? Unless I read the Baja wrong, some are false and others are true, I will check that.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 13:50:56
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9330

    Baja doesn't show menu in expert at least with mine. I wonder if something is wrong with my version.

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  • From Thomas McCaffery@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 14:01:31
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9332

    It don't do that on my end. Baja Expert mode no menu just shows prompt. Can you confirm this? If not, I will delete my Synchronet and reinstall it.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 14:07:09
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9334

    In expert mode, the Baja Wildcat! shells shows the menu one time (and one time only) without hitting '?'. See baja.src for details.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 14:12:36
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9335

    Looking again at baja.src, I don't see what I'm describing: in expert menu mode, the menus are *only* displayed when the user hits '?'.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 14:13:05
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9335

    Looking again at baja wilcat.src, I don't see what I'm describing: in expert menu mode, the menus are *only* displayed when the user hits '?'.

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 14:22:32
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/merge_requests/696#note_9338

    Run another pipeline and it should merge automatically.

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