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  • exec/load/avatar_lib.js

    From rswindell@VERT to CVS commit on Thu Feb 28 10:18:00 2019
    exec/load avatar_lib.js 1.17 1.18
    Update of /cvsroot/sbbs/exec/load
    In directory cvs:/tmp/cvs-serv18044

    Modified Files:
    avatar_lib.js
    Log Message:
    Implement an (in-memory) Avatar cache - reducing the number of disk accesses when using features that support avatars (e.g. reading msgs, listing files, listing BBSes in the BBS list).
    When used in the terminal server, the cache is located in bbs.mods.avatar_cache otherwise it's located in the scope of the load()'d library. Applications must use the lib's read() method to take advantage of the cache. The other lower level functions (e.g. read_localuser, read_netuser) by-pass the cache on read but do update the cache with the result. So, generally, avatars should be only loaded from disk one time during a session/logon.



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  • From rswindell@VERT to CVS commit on Sat Mar 23 23:51:00 2019
    exec/load avatar_lib.js 1.18 1.19
    Update of /cvsroot/sbbs/exec/load
    In directory cvs:/tmp/cvs-serv10618

    Modified Files:
    avatar_lib.js
    Log Message:
    The draw() and draw_bin() methods now support an additional, optional 'top' argument which specifies that the avatar should be drawn at the top of the screen.



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  • From rswindell@VERT to CVS commit on Fri Jun 14 14:24:20 2019
    exec/load avatar_lib.js 1.19 1.20
    Update of /cvsroot/sbbs/exec/load
    In directory cvs:/tmp/cvs-serv25951

    Modified Files:
    avatar_lib.js
    Log Message:
    Since we're now caching the entire avatar_lib (in bbs.mods), no need to store the avatar (data) cache separately in bbs.mods.



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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Feb 26 17:53:01 2024
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/29740f6cbbedf9bd5664d4f7
    Modified Files:
    exec/load/avatar_lib.js
    Log Message:
    Use the common ini formatting for writing avatar data

    (just a cosmetic change)

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Fri Jul 18 11:52:03 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/1eebd9304557f4a808c5e646
    Modified Files:
    exec/load/avatar_lib.js
    Log Message:
    Recognize '-' as a valid QWK-ID character in network addresses

    Copied the QWK_ID_PATTERN regex definition from newuser.js
    These definitions really should be moved to a single source of truth (e.g. load/something_defs.js).

    This explains the ctrl/false file (avatar data) file created when importing
    (or trying to import) avatars from "TL-QWK" BBS. The dash wasn't recognized
    as a valid QWK-ID char, so netuser_fname() was returning false when importing avatars (in the SYNCDATA conference) from this BBS.

    Good eye Dan_C!

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