Synchronet v3.19b-Win32 (install) has been released (Jan-2022).

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custom:messageheader [2019/04/16 02:47] – Overhaul to be more useful digital mancustom:messageheader [2019/04/16 20:31] – Specify the default behavior for 40 and 80 cols digital man
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   * Modifying the first 9 strings defined in the system's ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file, or   * Modifying the first 9 strings defined in the system's ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[custom:text.dat]]'' file, or
   * Creating/modifying the system's ''[[dir:text]]/menu/msghdr.*'' file   * Creating/modifying the system's ''[[dir:text]]/menu/msghdr.*'' file
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 +The default behavior for users of terminals with more than 40 columns is to use the hard-coded C/C++ Synchronet logic to display the ''text.dat'' lines which are appropriate for the current message (the order of displayed header fields can not be changed).
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 +Since a 40-column version of the message header file (''msghdr.40col.asc'') exists in a default install (e.g. from CVS), that file is displayed rather than the ''text.dat'' lines for users with 40-column terminals.
  
 If you chose the ''text.dat'' file route, here are the strings you'll be interested in: If you chose the ''text.dat'' file route, here are the strings you'll be interested in:

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