BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Synchronet with Digital Distortion Logon Matrix plugin
De:       Winzlo
Data:     Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:47:19 -0500
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  Re: Synchronet with Digital Distortion Logon Matrix plugin
  By: Winzlo to Nightfox on Thu Apr 30 2026 09:05 pm

 Wi> While I am unaware of a case where the matrix would not be rendered
 Wi> properly, t he edge case presumably exists where a user is on a terminal
 Wi> like VT100 or eve n  using some antiquated hardware to really re-live the
 Wi> experience.  I wondered w hat would happen in those cases, since the
 Wi> documentation for DDLoginMatrix s tat es that if it could not use the
 Wi> matrix, it would fall back to the answer.ms g fi le, which if memory
 Wi> serves, is why it has to be included as a command-line argu ment.  If
 Wi> there are no edge cases left, then truly clearing answer.msg is the r ight
 Wi> option.  I'm jus new enough to the scene to not know for certain. It seems
 Wi> that wrapping answer.msg in @!ANSI@ prevents its display as well, but I
 Wi> don't have an actual edge case to verify it with. One way or the other
 Wi> gets the same  result.  Certainly mean no offense.  I prefer implementing
 Wi> solutions over solv ing symptoms, as I presume you do as well.  I simply
 Wi> have all day and all night  to focus on one tiny aspect of the BBS that
 Wi> almost nobody else has. Overall g oal is the same, to enhance the UX.
 Wi> Don't worry about it, I got som ething that  I think works, you have
 Wi> something you know works.  :)  Once I've l earned [the hard way,
 Wi> presumably], I'll switch over to the way that really wor ks.  I posed the
 Wi> I have.

This has been debunked - answer.msg is still being displayed even with the @!ANSI@ wrapper.  I intentionally broke a line in exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js while I was working on the non-idle timeout issue I was having with the matrix, and discovered that answer.msg is still being dispayed.  So, you were right - emptying the answer.msg file is the only and safest way to eliminate the double-login instruction issue I initially raised.

-Winzlo

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