nolageek wrote to Digital Man <=-
At minimum, a .asc or .msg menu display file is required. bbs.menu() first looks for the *most* applicable file format, not all file formats.
But it will find .ans - I guess I expected bbs.menu() and bbs.menu_exists() to work with the same formats so they could
work together.I could convert I gues (but then I'd have to always
convert back and forth to edit them.) Are .msg and .asc faster or
are they "more native" to synchronet? Just curious.
http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files
Re: Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
By: Gamgee to nolageek on Wed Jan 15 2020 07:49 am
http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files
Well I know that. I was just wondering why bbs.menu_exists() didn't test for the same set of menu types that bbs.menu() can display. It was just unexpected to have it not find my .ans. I really don't want to keep multiple copies in different formats and convert menus back and forth every time I have a new one made or make a change (especially while I'm in the process of making a lot of changes.)
Either way, I just wanted to ask since it seemed inconsistant at the time, but I'm sure there's a reason so I'm not looking to die on this hill. :) I'm using a slightly less hidious way of accomplishing what I was doing, but not as readable as if I could have used bbs.menu_exists(); It's still down to 3 lines of code as opposed to 6 or 7 like it was before so yay. :)
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