Re: Re: new colors for text.dat
  By: Mortifis to MRO on Sat Jul 20 2019 06:11 pm


 >  > one thing is the same as the other. atleast if you do it in the command
 >  > shell, you can drop in a new text.dat with minimal problems.

 > exactly ... ;LOAD TMs-Text.dat 

 > That way you can just copy text.dat to TMs-text.dat and modify/load that
 > file without hosing the original text.dat


no, i meant you can replace individual text.dat lines in your command shell

the following are the commands that illustrate what you and i are referring to.

--begin baja docs--
*REPLACE_TEXT <#> <"cstr">
args: num text
*-------------------------
This function is used to replace a default internal text string (read from the
CTRL\TEXT.DAT file) in a shell or module. The first argument (num) is the text
number to replace (see TEXT.DAT for the number of the text you wish to
replace). The second argument (text) is the C type string to use in place the
current one. All text replacements are lost (back to default TEXT.DAT) when the
user logs off. Example, to replace the "[Hit a key]" prompt with a different
string:

        REPLACE_TEXT 563 "\1n\1h\1b{\1wPAUSE\1b} "

When replacing a TEXT.DAT string that contains %s, %d, or other % specifiers,
you will need to change them to %%s, %%d, etc (without changing the order).

If you wish to globally replace a string (for all shells and modules), you may
want to just edit the CTRL\TEXT.DAT file directly instead.

*LOAD_TEXT <"str">
     args: filename
*-------------------
Loads an alternate TEXT.DAT file (from CTRL directory, automatically assuming
a .DAT extension for "filename". Only those text items that are different
from the current TEXT items will be changed. All changes will only be in
effect until the current user logs off or the effects are reversed with the
REVERT_TEXT function. The base filename should be something other than just
"TEXT" (since that is the default TEXT.DAT that is loaded by SBBS).

This function is useful for making multiple languages available to your users.

*REVERT_TEXT <# or ALL>
       args: num
*----------------------
This function is used to reverse the effects of a previous call to REPLACE_TEXT
or LOAD_TEXT (reverts back to default TEXT.DAT). Example:

        REPLACE_TEXT 563 "\1n-=[Hit a Key]=- "
        PAUSE
        REVERT_TEXT 563

If the argument is the word ALL, then all text strings are reverted to the
original TEXT.DAT entries.
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