I noticed the format for listing external programs on the menu is:

"\1h\1c%3u \xb3 \1n\1c%-32.32s\1h " 383 XtrnProgLstFmt

And the code is doing this:

printf(options.multicolumn_fmt, j+1
,prog_list[j].name
,prog_list[j].cost);

So its passing cost in, but not displaying it. Is this intended?

Since I am rewriting this part, I just need to know if its something I should bother to support or not.
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Re: cost on external program menu
By: Mlong to All on Fri Oct 16 2020 02:52 pm

I noticed the format for listing external programs on the menu is:

"\1h\1c%3u \xb3 \1n\1c%-32.32s\1h " 383 XtrnProgLstFmt

And the code is doing this:

printf(options.multicolumn_fmt, j+1
,prog_list[j].name
,prog_list[j].cost);

So its passing cost in, but not displaying it. Is this intended?

Yes. It just so that a sysop could "opt-in" to use/display program costs if they wanted. It's a very old feature that nobody seems to use.

Since I am rewriting this part, I just need to know if its something I should bother to support or not.

Not unless you plan to use it.


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