Subj : pros and cons
To   : Morningstarr
From : Accession
Date : Sun Dec 21 2025 08:46 am

Hey Morningstarr!

On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:01:38 -0800, you wrote:

 > You can setup a default board, draw some mediocre and I and install a
 > few door games. However, to make it your own board and deck it out, you
 > have to program. So no offense but I disagree a little on that. I also
 > refuse to use anything Microsoft touches anymore. The last straw was
 > their latest price hike on their console and game pass.

Most BBS softwares don't use scripting or have a programming language that work with them at all. Sure, a couple of the softwares brought up in this conversation actually do, but most don't. So I'm not sure where this comment comes from. You don't /need/ to program anything at all. Old school menu editing, Modifying prompts, changing all the screens, putting content on there that isn't the same as everyone else's, etc. doesn't involve programming. 

 > Sorry I didn’t quote. I’m using muffinterm and I can’t use an
 > editor with it because control keys do not exist on iPad.

With SlyEdit, for example, you don't need control keys. On an empty line, "/Q" can be used to quote, "/S" can be used to save, as well as other options. This may even be an option in some other external editors, and maybe even Synchronet's line editor (but I haven't used them recently, so that's why I brought up SlyEdit specifically).

Regards,
Nick

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