Subj : command shell question
To   : xbit
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 27 2026 11:26:46

  Re: command shell question
  By: xbit to All on Wed May 27 2026 11:13 am

 > As discussed in IRC the other day, i've made a few updates to my Spitfire
 > command shell. https://github.com/xbit44/spitfire-cs
 >
 > When using bbs.menu_dir to redirect menus to a shell subfolder, some
 > internal menu calls in external scripts (like multchat in chat_sec.js and
 > logoff screens) also look in the subfolder and fail. Is there a way to have
 > our custom menus display from the shell subfolder while letting these
 > internal/system menus fall back to the default text/menu location?
 >
 > The problem i think i'm having is chat_sec.js calls bbs.menu("multchat")
 > internally while menu_dir is still "spitfire". I think the advice works for
 > single-level calls but chat_sec.js makes its own nested bbs.menu() calls
 > that I can't seem to intercept.
 >
 > So for example, my chat menu works but when i click J i get an error that
 > the menu can't be found as its looking in /text/menu/spitfire. I think this
 > is my last menu issue, but we'll see.

Your Claude misinterpretted my advice.  My advice as to set bbs.menu_dir before calling any internal (hard-coded in C++) section or module you don't want to copy/modify and then reset it immediately after, e.g.:

        bbs.menu_dir = "spitire";
        bbs.qwk_sec();
        bbs.menu_dir = "";

        bbs.menu_dir = "spitfire";
        bbs.chat_sec();
        bbs.menu_dir = "":

And everywhere your script (already) calls bbs.menu() directly, just continue to pass subdirectory in the path:

        bbs.menu("spitfire/main");
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