Hello, drunk posting here.

Anyways, I was talking to a sysop who was getting back into it.
We were talking about changing string colors,etc.
Then it occured to me. attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.

Please find place for it in text.dat

Sorry if this was already done. I haven't kept up with updates for the 3 bbses i am currently running.


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Re: attr.cfg
By: MRO to All on Sat Feb 07 2026 09:51 pm

Hello, drunk posting here.

Anyways, I was talking to a sysop who was getting back into it.
We were talking about changing string colors,etc.
Then it occured to me. attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.

attr.cfg was replaced with attr.ini in v3.20: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:attr.ini

Please find place for it in text.dat

That doesn't make any sense.
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Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 02:23 am

Hello, drunk posting here.

Then it occured to me. attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.

attr.cfg was replaced with attr.ini in v3.20: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:attr.ini

Please find place for it in text.dat

That doesn't make any sense.

Lol, he said he was drunk posting, to me he made more sense than he usually does.

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Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 02:23 am

were talking about changing string colors,etc. Then it occured
to me. attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.

attr.cfg was replaced with attr.ini in v3.20: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:attr.ini

Please find place for it in text.dat

That doesn't make any sense.

well my sense behind it is synchronet's already got so many
files to edit already. and attr.* was about changing colors.
and it's still a small file even though you added some features.

i think a section in text.dat would be a great place for it.
text.dat certainly shares common functions.
it would be a great place to put the text attribute settings and get rid
of attr.ini or attr.cfg


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Re: attr.cfg
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sun Feb 08 2026 06:03 pm

Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 02:23 am

were talking about changing string colors,etc. Then it occured
to me. attr.cfg is a legacy file and needs to GO.

attr.cfg was replaced with attr.ini in v3.20: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:attr.ini

Please find place for it in text.dat

That doesn't make any sense.

well my sense behind it is synchronet's already got so many
files to edit already. and attr.* was about changing colors.
and it's still a small file even though you added some features.

i think a section in text.dat would be a great place for it.
text.dat certainly shares common functions.
it would be a great place to put the text attribute settings and get rid
of attr.ini or attr.cfg

1. sysops aren't encouraged to edit their text.dat file any longer, that's what the text.ini file is for:
https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute codes
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Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 04:23 pm

the text attribute settings and get rid of attr.ini or attr.cfg

1. sysops aren't encouraged to edit their text.dat file any longer,
that's what the text.ini file is for: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini

i don't think you're taking into account how convoluded things have become.
I looked at the text.ini format and i see it has some redeeming features but it's not something i'd like to use as a sysop.

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute
codes

there is a place if you make a place.

it's your baby though, do what you want to do. there's not a lot of people
who speak their mind about synchronet so i hope you take my comments under consideration.

I'm pretty much retired as a sysop anyways. there's no users. i'm just mentioning these things because i've helped a few people recently and
they've been confused about synchronet.


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Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 04:23 pm

the text attribute settings and get rid of attr.ini or attr.cfg

1. sysops aren't encouraged to edit their text.dat file any longer,
that's what the text.ini file is for: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini

i don't think you're taking into account how convoluded things have become. I looked at the text.ini format and i see it has some redeeming features but it's not something i'd like to use as a sysop.

I don't think you're very "up to speed" on modern SBBS. You certainly
don't understand much about text.dat or text.ini, that's for sure.

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute
codes

there is a place if you make a place.

No, there isn't. That's not how text.dat/ini works.

it's your baby though, do what you want to do. there's not a lot of
people who speak their mind about synchronet so i hope you take my comments under consideration.

Your comments are stupid.

I'm pretty much retired as a sysop anyways. there's no users. i'm just mentioning these things because i've helped a few people recently and they've been confused about synchronet.

I'd say you're the one who's confused about Synchronet. The more you
talk about it, the more obvious that becomes.



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To: Gamgee

I don't think you're very "up to speed" on modern SBBS. You certainly
don't understand much about text.dat or text.ini, that's for sure.

there's really not much to know. he is using ini files now.
big whoop.

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute
codes

there is a place if you make a place.

No, there isn't. That's not how text.dat/ini works.

it's your baby though, do what you want to do. there's not a lot of people who speak their mind about synchronet so i hope you take my comments under consideration.

Your comments are stupid.

dude shut up with your ugly ass stock bbs.
you're pathetic. stop trolling and work on that stock piece of shit
for atleast 5 mins. god damn dude. little dick moron with your mail order bride. get rectal cancer and die already. you provide zero useful anything
to the bbs community. i'm not doing anything for the bbs community and i'm still miles above you. pathetic asshole nobody.


you're probably jacking off to this right now because this is the most attention i've given you in years.

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Re: attr.cfg
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sun Feb 08 2026 08:58 pm

Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 04:23 pm

the text attribute settings and get rid of attr.ini or attr.cfg

1. sysops aren't encouraged to edit their text.dat file any longer, that's what the text.ini file is for: https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:text.ini

i don't think you're taking into account how convoluded things have become. I looked at the text.ini format and i see it has some redeeming features but it's not something i'd like to use as a sysop.

Why? You'd rather have 1000 line text.dat file that you have to re-synchronize with each new version of Synchronet? *that* is convoluted.

2. there's no "place" in text.dat (or text.ini) for raw attribute
codes

there is a place if you make a place.

text.dat contains text strings. attr.ini contains encodings for an 8-bit CGA attribute value. They're not the same thing.
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|15Mr” wrote to Gamgee <=-

I don't think you're very "up to speed" on modern SBBS. You certainly
don't understand much about text.dat or text.ini, that's for sure.

there's really not much to know. he is using ini files now.
big whoop.

See? Right there you display your ignorance. The text.ini doesn't
REPLACE text.dat. It makes it easier to modify it's behavior. It's not
like many of the other .ini files that replace old .cfg files. You
didn't even know that.

<SNIP> remaining drivel. FOAD, troll.




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Re: attr.cfg
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sun Feb 08 2026 10:44 pm

i don't think you're taking into account how convoluded things have become. I looked at the text.ini format and i see it has some
redeeming features but it's not something i'd like to use as a sysop.

Why? You'd rather have 1000 line text.dat file that you have to re-synchronize with each new version of Synchronet? *that* is
convoluted.

dude you've been making me do it for fucking 26 years.
it's like second nature to me.

there is a place if you make a place.

text.dat contains text strings. attr.ini contains encodings for an
8-bit CGA attribute value. They're not the same thing.

if you say so, i'm just giving you feedback. before attr.cfg was color codes that would appear in some things. could have gone in text.dat

I don't care, i was just offering a suggestion. Over the years i've had to tell people all the time you have to edit this and that and that to change just colors on their bbs. attr.cfg just seemed like a legacy throwback.


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Re: Re: attr.cfg
By: Dan Clough to |15Mr” on Mon Feb 09 2026 12:48 pm

I don't think you're very "up to speed" on modern SBBS. You certainly

no i'm not up to speed. bbsing is stagnant.
i'm not going to be following everything.

there's really not much to know. he is using ini files now. big
whoop.

See? Right there you display your ignorance. The text.ini doesn't
REPLACE text.dat. It makes it easier to modify it's behavior.

i'm not displaying my ignorance. i read the wiki.
there's also other ways to replace strings in text.dat.

<SNIP> remaining drivel. FOAD, troll.

it's funny you are calling me a troll when you spend all your time trying
to be a worse version of me.

Do you read your own posts?

also what do you know about synchronet bbs? i've seen your bbs. you haven't done much with it.


And I have been running synchronet since 1999-2000
I dont need a dickhole jumping on a simple suggestion.
go work off that aggression with your mailorder wife, dude.


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I don't think you're very "up to speed" on modern SBBS. You certainly

no i'm not up to speed. bbsing is stagnant.
i'm not going to be following everything.

And yet you're willing to spout off about "everything" as if you are up
to speed. You're *WAY* behind, and show it every time you spout.

there's really not much to know. he is using ini files now. big
whoop.

See? Right there you display your ignorance. The text.ini doesn't
REPLACE text.dat. It makes it easier to modify it's behavior.

i'm not displaying my ignorance. i read the wiki.

Better read it again.

there's also other ways to replace strings in text.dat.

Sure, but that's not what we're talking about. Diversion attempt noted.

also what do you know about synchronet bbs?

I'd say I know quite a lot about it. Not everything, sure, but enough.

i've seen your bbs.

No you haven't.

you haven't done much with it.

Proof that you haven't looked at it.

Run along and play in traffic, boy.



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Re: Re: attr.cfg
By: Dan Clough to MRO on Mon Feb 09 2026 04:27 pm

i've seen your bbs.

No you haven't.

you haven't done much with it.

Proof that you haven't looked at it.

so you don't remember ME being on your bbs, nor do you remember being a user on MY BBS.

you've got some problems, dude.


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Re: Re: attr.cfg
By: Dan Clough to MRO on Mon Feb 09 2026 04:27 pm

It "seems" that way because you're ignorant and don't know nearly as
much about it as you think you do. See tagline below.

how do you know what i think i know? are you a mind reader?
you dont even know me. you've been blocked for more time than
i've communicated with you. literally years.


He doesn't need you quarterbacking. furthermore, you've lost every argument to me. You're beneath me. and not in the way your wife was beneath
your navy buddies before you were last in line.


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