On 05/14/18, Phil Kimble pondered and said...
 
 PK> Lets redefine what I am doing for clarity - creating a second theme. I
 PK> have the default theme & creating a second theme with customized menus &
 PK> display files (ansis).
 PK> My directory structure is 
 PK> /opt/mystic/themes/default
 PK> /opt/mystic/themes/newtheme
 PK> both have thier own text,script, & menus subdirectories.   

OK thanks 

 PK>  PK>> I have 2 ansi text files, main.ans and mail.ans with exact same
 PK>  PK>> permissions. mail.ans is a copy (cp main.ans mail.ans). 
 PK> These are located in the newtheme/text/ directory

OK

 PK> What I doscovered is that mystic is looking for the mail.ans file in the
 PK> /default/text directory MOT the /newtheme/text.

Yep and if you want to see your new menus / ansis etc. you need to change the
theme you are using when you are logged in.

Do this by heading to the 'account settings' menu (usually option A from the
default main menu) and then select option K 'language' this is actually the
option to change the active theme the user is setting.

Another option is while not logged in head to mystic -cfg > editors > user
editor > choose your user name > then press page down key to to get second
screen 'SETTINGS 1' then alter the field called 'Theme' to use the new theme
you want your user to now use upon login.

I think this is the root of your issue... I hope 

Best, Paul

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