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  • Loadable module filename length

    From nolageek@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, February 20, 2021 17:21:32
    From: nolageek@CAPSHRIL.remove-dur-this

    Digital Man,

    I'd like to add a few of my mods as loadable modules but I notice that some only allow 8 characters (like automessage) while others accept long file names. Will you be allowing the others to use LFN in the future?



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  • From nolageek@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, February 20, 2021 22:55:40
    From: nolageek@CAPSHRIL.remove-td-this

    To: Digital Man
    Re: Loadable module filename length
    By: Digital Man to nolageek on Sat Feb 20 2021 06:20 pm

    Yes, at some point. The original modules were just module names (limited to 8 chars), while newer ones allow a full command-line to be specified.

    Excellent.

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  • From Digital Man@1:229/2 to All on Saturday, February 20, 2021 18:20:35
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    To: nolageek
    Re: Loadable module filename length
    By: nolageek to All on Sat Feb 20 2021 05:21 pm

    Digital Man,

    I'd like to add a few of my mods as loadable modules but I notice that some only allow 8 characters (like automessage) while others accept long file names. Will you be allowing the others to use LFN in the future?

    Yes, at some point. The original modules were just module names (limited to 8 chars), while newer ones allow a full command-line to be specified.

    I'll be fixing that when the .cnf files migrate to some other config file format (e.g .ini) at some point.
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