Subj : bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun May 12 2013 12:18 am

  Re: bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Fri May 10 2013 08:50 pm

 >   Re: bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Wed May 08 2013 23:12:28
 >
 >  DM> The msg_offset is a 0-based offset into the index of all messages
 >  DM> currently in the message area (sub-board). The msg_number is the
 >  DM> 1-based unique number assigned to that message (and doesn't change
 >  DM> when new messages are added or messages are deleted).
 >
 > I've started examining the values of bbs.msg_offset and bbs.msg_number
 > (using a "development" version of SlyEdit on my BBS).  When I reply to a
 > message, using the message read prompt, it seems that both bbs.msg_offset
 > and bbs.msg_number are always 0, no matter which message I'm replying to.
 > It doesn't seem to matter which message group or sub-board I'm
 > reading/replying in, either.  Not sure if this is normal?

It's as designed apparently, but unexpected. I'm making a change now in CVS 
which will allow those properties to be used in more places than just the "show 
message header" function (which doesn't directly use JavaScript) - that was an 
oversight on my part.

                                            digital man

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