Subj : Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
To   : nolageek
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Jan 15 2020 01:21 pm

  Re: Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
  By: nolageek to Gamgee on Wed Jan 15 2020 12:06 pm

 >   Re: Re: bbs.menu vs bbs.menu_exists
 >   By: Gamgee to nolageek on Wed Jan 15 2020 07:49 am
 >
 >  Ga> http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:menu_files
 >
 > Well I know that. I was just wondering why bbs.menu_exists() didn't test for
 > the same set of menu types that bbs.menu() can display. It was just
 > unexpected to have it not find my .ans. I really don't want to keep multiple
 > copies in different formats and convert menus back and forth every time I
 > have a new one made or make a change (especially while I'm in the process of
 > making a lot of changes.)
 >
 > Either way, I just wanted to ask since it seemed inconsistant at the time,
 > but I'm sure there's a reason so I'm not looking to die on this hill. :) I'm
 > using a slightly less hidious way of accomplishing what I was doing, but not
 > as readable as if I could have used bbs.menu_exists();  It's still down to 3
 > lines of code as opposed to 6 or 7 like it was before so yay. :)

You really should use bbs.menu_exists() as it's doing the right thing. If you have a non-ANSI user and call bbs.menu() for a menu file that has no .msg or .asc equivalent, that user is just going to see an error message (no menu). Not a very good user experience.

                                            digital man

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