On 04/04/18, Michael Braun pondered and said...
I'm a little confused. I would like to display a text file, but I use in
a menu the function (GD) Display a file. If I now show the text file, it is only briefly visible and the window is closed immediately. Is there a way to enable a pause function or a permanent view?
Firstly here's a link to the GD command for your info :)
https://goo.gl/nzz7Xd
I also noted this in past WHATSNEW.TXT
[snip]
+ New options for the GD "Display a file" menu command. The old optional
data where just the filename is supplied continues to work, but now if
the first character is @ it will expect a few options in the following
format:
Format #1: filename
Format #2: @baudrate@true/false/end@filename
The @baudrate field specifies the baud rate to display the file.
The second field defines how file pauses should work. If set to TRUE
the file will pause. If set to false it will not pause. If set to END
then it will only pause after displaying the file.
The final @filename is just the same as the format #1
For example:
@38400@
end@bogacid1.ans
The above would display JEDs 250kb ANSImation at 38400 baud, with no
pauses except for one at the end.
+ The GD (display a file) command can now have a " /NEW" appended on the
end of the command data, which if found, will only display the file if
its file date is more recent than the user's last login.
[snip]
Hope this helps :)
Gryphon also has a mod out that displays text files in a nice way, and you
can always use the Mystic inbuilt ANSI file viewer to also display text files stored in a directory.
Best, Paul
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