• Manual

    From Chris Jacobs@2:280/5555.11 to All on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 20:38:05
    Hello everybody!

    I downloaded golded-plus-1.1.5-20260825-win64-msvc18.zip
    In it I found

    gold_ref.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1999 by Odinn Sorensen
    gold_usr.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1998 by Odinn Sorensen

    These seem a little outdated.

    Chris


    --- Binkd, FMail, Golded+
    * Origin: https://drschrisjacobs.nl (2:280/5555.11)
  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Chris Jacobs on Thursday, September 03, 2026 16:35:28
    Hello Chris!

    02 Sep 26 20:38, you wrote to all:


    Hello everybody!

    I downloaded golded-plus-1.1.5-20260825-win64-msvc18.zip
    In it I found

    gold_ref.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1999 by Odinn Sorensen
    gold_usr.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1998 by Odinn Sorensen

    These seem a little outdated.

    Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not including anything in the log.





    Vincent


    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Vincent Coen on Thursday, September 03, 2026 10:55:18
    Hey Vincent!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:35:28 +0100, you wrote:

    Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not including anything
    in the log.

    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604

    Seeing as though you haven't updated in 2+ years, how would you know what you are saying is true? Have you been following any of the work done in 2026; or 2025 for that matter?

    Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current code.

    The "log" is used for logging issues with Golded once started/running. It's not used for revising or updating progress on the code.

    All recent updates have been written to docs/notework.txt. Not only in the master branch, but in a newly made "unicode" fork, as well. If you followed along with any current progress, you would know that.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Nick Boel on Thursday, September 03, 2026 18:23:04
    Hello Nick!

    03 Sep 26 10:55, you wrote to me:

    Hey Vincent!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:35:28 +0100, you wrote:

    Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding
    update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not
    including anything in the log.

    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604

    Seeing as though you haven't updated in 2+ years, how would you know
    what you are saying is true? Have you been following any of the work
    done in 2026; or 2025 for that matter?

    Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current
    code.

    The "log" is used for logging issues with Golded once started/running.
    It's not used for revising or updating progress on the code.

    All recent updates have been written to docs/notework.txt. Not only in
    the master branch, but in a newly made "unicode" fork, as well. If you followed along with any current progress, you would know that.

    I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for 2 years
    or so and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo list
    page.


    Vincent


    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Chris Jacobs@2:280/5555.11 to Nick Boel on Thursday, September 03, 2026 19:47:01
    Hello Nick!

    03 Sep 26 10:55, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

    Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current
    code.

    A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
    My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

    Chris

    --- Binkd, FMail, Golded+
    * Origin: https://drschrisjacobs.nl (2:280/5555.11)
  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Vincent Coen on Thursday, September 03, 2026 15:02:28
    Hey Vincent!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

    I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for
    2 years or so

    Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine for anyone else that has tried recently..?

    and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo
    list page.

    Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to the area list?

    .. that means you probably have a bad option set in your config. What does your golded.log say?

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830
    * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)
  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Chris Jacobs on Thursday, September 03, 2026 15:06:34
    Hey Chris!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:47:00 +0200, you wrote:

    A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
    My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

    Try taking a look at cfgs/config/goldkeys.cfg, which is mentioned and shown, with examples, how to use in both gold_ref.txt and gold_usr.txt. It gives you lists of what is set by default, as well as directions on how to create your own new customized ones.

    Maybe you can give that info to your boss, so the next time someone asks at least he knows where in the FM it is, now. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830
    * Origin: _thePharcyde telnet://bbs.pharcyde.org (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)
  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Nick Boel on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:22:38
    Hello Nick!

    03 Sep 26 15:02, you wrote to me:

    Hey Vincent!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

    I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any
    for 2 years or so

    Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine
    for anyone else that has tried recently..?

    and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the
    echo list page.

    Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to
    the area list?

    .. that means you probably have a bad option set in your config. What
    does your golded.log say?

    Nothing.


    Vincent


    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Nick Boel on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:42:30
    Hello Nick!

    03 Sep 26 15:02, you wrote to me:

    Hey Vincent!

    On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

    I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any
    for 2 years or so

    Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine
    for anyone else that has tried recently..?

    and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the
    echo list page.

    Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to
    the area list?

    Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and that prduces lots
    of warnings and errors

    Running GCC 15.2


    Vincent


    --- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
    * Origin: Air Applewood, The Linux Gateway to the UK & Eire (2:250/1)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Vincent Coen on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:55:40
    Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

    I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for 2 years
    or so and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo

    list
    page.

    I recently downloaded the GitHub GED+ and it compiled just fine on my
    Slackware 15 system. Perhaps if you are having issuing compiling, you could provide a compile log to the current developer to assist in improving GED+?

    What I compiled: https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus/

    I also successfully compiled the same code under a FreeBSD 15.1 VM.

    -- Sean

    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Chris Jacobs on Thursday, September 03, 2026 21:56:57
    Chris Jacobs wrote to Nick Boel:

    A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
    My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

    I'd look in goldkeys.cfg to find what you're looking for.

    -- Sean

    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Vincent Coen on Thursday, September 03, 2026 22:04:43
    Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

    Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and that prduces lots of warnings and errors

    Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying CMakeLists.txt at the
    top level (before defining the targets): add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

    Running GCC 15.2

    I'm using 11.2, but Slackware is very slow to update...

    -- Sean

    --- MBSE BBS v1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
    * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200)
  • From Dennis Slagers@2:280/2060 to Sean Dennis on Friday, September 04, 2026 07:39:04
    Hello Sean!

    03 Sep 26 22:04, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

    Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and
    that prduces lots of warnings and errors

    Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but
    that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying CMakeLists.txt at the top level (before defining the targets): add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

    I m using Debian 12, compiled it, gets a a lot of warnings, but someone many years told me
    as long as it compiles and does not exit before creating the final binaries are made you are just fine
    Run it and if it works .. it works..

    And it does .. Running the new version now.

    (and I only used 'make')


    Dennis


    ... The system is perfect; humans are flawed.
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