Subj : Need help with LordMenu utility
To   : Donald Tidmore
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Jan 11 2007 11:30 am


 DT> LORD expects the ansi code to end in 128 spaces per line, and when
 DT> it gets a thousand characters in each line of the file, it does not
 DT> like it much.  Usage of a 3rdalt.txt is built into LORD, so the
 DT> data file has to use the TXT extension.  But I suppose one could
 DT> rewrite Lordmenu to write an intermediary ANS file, limiting it to
 DT> 128 spaces maximum per line.  And then resave that as 3rdalt.txt. 
 DT> But I get headaches every time I try to fix the program myself,
 DT> either actual ones or figurative ones.

looks to me like you are coming at it the hard way... what is wrong with simply 
cutting the strings at 126 characters and putting them into the file?? there's 
no reason to use any intermediate files for anything... renamed or not... the 
routine should not be all that hard, either...

)\/(ark

 
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