Subj : attr.cfg
To   : Digital Man
From : MRO
Date : Mon Feb 09 2026 04:01 pm

  Re: attr.cfg
  By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 10:44 pm

 >  > i don't think you're taking into account how convoluded things have
 >  > become. I looked at the text.ini format and i see it has some
 >  > redeeming features but it's not something i'd like to use as a sysop.

 > Why? You'd rather have 1000 line text.dat file that you have to
 > re-synchronize with each new version of Synchronet? *that* is
 > convoluted.

dude you've been making me do it for fucking 26 years.
it's like second nature to me.

 >  > there is a place if you make a place.

 > text.dat contains text strings. attr.ini contains encodings for an
 > 8-bit CGA attribute value. They're not the same thing.


if you say so, i'm just giving you feedback.  before attr.cfg was color codes 
that would appear in some things.  could have gone in text.dat

I don't care, i was just offering a suggestion.  Over the years i've had to 
tell people all the time you have to edit this and that and that to change 
just colors on their bbs.   attr.cfg just seemed like a legacy throwback.


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