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| ====== text.dat file ====== | ====== text.dat file ====== |
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| Much of the text and color that the BBS [[server:terminal|Terminal Server]] displays (sends to a remote terminal) is stored as strings of text in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/text.dat'' file. The syntax of the ''text.dat'' file is very specific and extreme caution should be taken when editing the file. | Much of the text and color that the BBS [[server:terminal|Terminal Server]] displays (sends to a remote user-terminal) is stored as strings of text in the file: ''[[dir:ctrl]]/text.dat''. |
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| | **Notes:**\\ |
| | * The syntax of the ''text.dat'' file is very specific and extreme caution should be taken when modifying the file (especially when dealing with strings that contain the ''%s'' printf-specifier). |
| | * Each line of the ''text.dat'' is limited to 255 characters (including comments), while each text string defined in the ''text.dat'' file has a maximum length of 2000 characters. |
| | * The original/stock ''text.dat'' strings are actually compiled (as the auto-generated ''text_defaults.c'' file) and linked into the Synchronet executable (i.e. ''sbbs.dll'' or ''libsbbs.so'') so that any strings missing from a sysop's copy of ''text.dat'' will contain the stock string value by default |
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| Each line of the ''text.dat'' is limited to 255 characters (including comments), while each text string defined in the ''text.dat'' file has a maximum length of 2000 characters. | |
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| ===== Syntax ===== | ===== Syntax ===== |
