Subj : attr.cfg
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 08 2026 04:23 pm

  Re: attr.cfg
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Sun Feb 08 2026 06:03 pm

 >   Re: attr.cfg
 >   By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 02:23 am
 >
 >  >  > were talking about changing string colors,etc. Then it occured
 >  >  > to me.   attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.
 >
 >  > attr.cfg was replaced with attr.ini in v3.20:
 >  > https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:attr.ini
 >
 >  >  > Please find place for it in text.dat
 >
 >  > That doesn't make any sense.
 >
 > well my sense behind it is synchronet's already got so many
 > files to edit already.  and attr.* was about changing colors.
 > and it's still a small file even though you added some features.
 >
 > i think a section in text.dat would be a great place for it.
 > text.dat certainly shares common functions.
 > it would be a great place to put the text attribute settings and get rid
 > of attr.ini or attr.cfg

1. sysops aren't encouraged to edit their text.dat file any longer, that's what the text.ini file is for:
https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute codes
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