Subj : src/sbbs3/exec.cpp js_bbs.cpp load_cfg.c main.cpp readtext.c sbbs.h st
To   : Git commit to main/sbbs/master
From : Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)
Date : Thu Feb 12 2026 04:18 pm

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/c51c61cef03ceb7b5b66ca18
Modified Files:
	src/sbbs3/exec.cpp js_bbs.cpp load_cfg.c main.cpp readtext.c sbbs.h str_util.c str_util.h websrvr.cpp xtrn.cpp
Log Message:
Support text.dat sub-string replacements via text.ini [substr] section

For example, in ctrl/text.ini:

[substr]
\1g: \1m
Group: Area

would replace all occurences of the Ctrl-Ag (green) sequence with Ctrl-Am
(magenta) and all occurrences of the word "Area" with the word "Group".
The searches are case-sensitive, e.g. any occurrences of \1G (uppercase 'G')
in text.dat strings would not be effected by this configuration (you'd need
a separate substr 'key: value' pair for the uppercase variety if you need it).

Hopefully this reduces the need for sysops to make text.dat changes or add
a bunch of strings to their text.dat file just to make attribute changes. This
feature could also aid in localization (to other non-English languages).

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