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AreafileFlags flags
AreafileFlags 8u
There is one big problem with reading echo definitions from tosser
configuration files: Those files do not contain all information that can be
specified in a manual area configuration. Certain features of MsgEd TE
need a flag that has to be set for each area in order to enable that feature.
For example, in order to be able to write mails with umlauts, cyrillic
characters etc., you must set the 8 flag for each area, designating that
high ASCII characters are allowable therin. This is where you use the
AreafileFlags
keyword.
The flags parameter has the same syntax as the flags parameter of
the Fido
, Quick
and Squish
keywords (see Manual Area Definition).
You must specify the AreaFileFlags
keyword before the
AreaFile
keyword which it should apply to. Then, all areas imported
from the area files will have the specified flags.
If you want only a few, but not all areas form an areafile to have some
flags, you can manually redefine areas with the syntax described in the
preceding section. For this to work, the manual redefinition must come
after the AreaFile
keyword. Vice versa, if you want almost all
areas from an areafile to have a certain flag, but want a few exemptions, you
should use the AreaFileFlags
and AreaFile
keywords to import
all areas from the areafile with the specific flag set. After that, you can
redefine some areas manually without this flag.
Note: Using AreaFileFlags
to globally turn on the ‘u’ flag
probably won’t hurt you. On the other hand, you should only use
AreaFileFlags
to globally turn on the ‘8’ flag if you know that
the moderators of the echo areas that you are posting in do not forbid
8-bit-codes.
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