Subj : bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed May 15 2013 04:46 pm

  Re: bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Tue May 14 2013 08:19 pm

 >   Re: bbs.smb_curmsg in messages to you
 >   By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Tue May 14 2013 17:53:28
 >
 >  >> Can
 >  >> bbs.msg_number be used directly in MsgBase.get_msg_header (with the
 >  >> by_offset parameter as false)?
 >
 >  DM> Yes, exactly.
 >
 >  DM> The bbs.msg_offset property will probably just be removed since it
 >  DM> doesn't provide any benefit.
 >
 > I've updated my development SlyEdit to use bbs.msg_number instead of
 > bbs.msg_offset, and it indeed seems to get the correct message header even
 > in cases where bbs.msg_offset didn't (such as when replying to messages
 > during scanning for new messages to you).  I'll release a new version of
 > SlyEdit with this change.

But you do know that bbs.msg_number property doesn't work with any version of 
Synchronet before the current development builds, right? Are you handling that 
possibility (backwards compatibility) in your editor?

                                            digital man

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