Subj : AreaFix/FileFix HPT To : Nick Boel From : Siggi Schoenicke Date : Wed Feb 05 2025 11:46:12 Hello Nick, 03 Feb 25 19:05, Nick Boel schrieb an Siggi Schoenicke: .... NB> On Mon, Feb 03 2025 05:46:40 -0600, you wrote: .... NB> What I see here on a 80 character wide terminal is basically a left NB> justified areatag with a whitespace after, then right justified NB> descriptions, in quotes, with a whitespace before the open quote, then NB> periods in between them: NB> *S AFTERSHOCK .......................... "Aftershock Android Client NB> Support" *S ALL-POLITICS ....................................... NB> "Politics Unlimited" *S ALLFIX_FILE ........................... NB> "Allfix File Announce Conference" NB> ... NB> So there is definitely some formatting going on, it's just not what NB> WinPoint needs.. correct? Correct. .... NB> fconf2na.pl - This one is probably what you're looking for. That NB> should change your fidoconf 'areas' file to a FIDONET.NA format, which NB> I *think* would produce what you're looking for. .... NB> I honestly don't think copy/pasting a netmailed areafix response is NB> the proper way to go about this, even though with some other tossers NB> you are able to do that with. All of the above scripts I mentioned do NB> exactly what you're looking for, and for multiple formats (FIDONET.NA NB> is probably one of the most common, though, and might even be what NB> FastEcho, Filescan, and WinPoint are based on). NB> In case you don't see it in the sources, give this a shot and let me NB> know how it goes: NB> https://pharcyde.org/fconf2na.pl I have the file now, thanks. Unfortunately I'm having problems implementing that ;-) The file is in my home (Linux) as is the file with the areas which is integrated into HPT. What is the correct call to create an areas.na from the areas file, for example? I'm not getting that right now :-( Tschuesz, Siggi --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5--b20170303 * Origin: Powert by *Fidian* > kuehlbox.wtf/fidian (2:240/8010) .