• Golded

    From Tiny@46:1/126.4 to Accession on Tue Nov 7 12:47:42 2017
    Hey Man,

    Do you remember what you did to get golded working on the pi again?
    I had it working perfectly and thought I had an image of that backup,
    but I did not. <sigh>

    I do have it compiling correctly, but when running it ./gedlnx nothing
    happens or is logged.

    Shawn

    ... Be nice to people on your way up; you'll meet them on your way down.
    --- Blue Wave/386
    * Origin: Smells like raspberry pi in here. (46:1/126.4)
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Tiny on Tue Nov 7 17:13:12 2017
    Hello Tiny,

    On Tue Nov 07 2017 12:47:42, Tiny wrote to Accession:

    Do you remember what you did to get golded working on the pi again?
    I had it working perfectly and thought I had an image of that
    backup, but I did not. <sigh>

    I do have it compiling correctly, but when running it ./gedlnx
    nothing happens or is logged.

    Usually that means something is wrong with your config file. I would start with
    things like locations of your goldlang.cfg (if it's not included in your config
    file, it needs to be in the same directory gedlnx executes from), goldkeys.cfg,
    and maybe one or two others.

    Otherwise, keep in mind there is no separation between the -C and the location of your config file.. so executing golded needs to be:

    ./gedlnx -C/path/to/golded.conf

    It could be as easy as that. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Tiny@46:1/126.4 to Accession on Wed Nov 8 13:41:48 2017
    Quoting Accession to Tiny <=-

    Otherwise, keep in mind there is no separation between the -C and the location of your config file.. so executing golded needs to be:
    ./gedlnx -C/path/to/golded.conf
    It could be as easy as that. ;)

    It was. I knew there was a trick you told me before, and that was it, no
    space after the -C. LOL thanks man.

    Shawn

    ... Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?
    --- Blue Wave/386
    * Origin: Smells like raspberry pi in here. (46:1/126.4)
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Tiny on Wed Nov 8 15:57:04 2017
    Hello Tiny,

    On Wed Nov 08 2017 13:41:48, Tiny wrote to Accession:

    It was. I knew there was a trick you told me before, and that was
    it, no space after the -C. LOL thanks man.

    Probably one of the only softwares I've encountered that does it that way. That's the only reason I remember. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Tiny@46:1/126.4 to Accession on Thu Nov 9 13:35:28 2017
    Quoting Accession to Tiny <=-

    Probably one of the only softwares I've encountered that does it that
    way. That's the only reason I remember. ;)

    Either way Golded is working! ;) Just need to mess around with the user
    ID a bit to see if I can sync up last read pointers. (Alpha level BBS
    software and all)

    Shawn

    ... A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
    --- Blue Wave/386
    * Origin: A Tiny slice o pi (46:1/126.4)
  • From Nightfox to Tiny on Thu Nov 9 12:47:27 2017
    Re: Golded
    By: Tiny to Accession on Thu Nov 09 2017 01:35 pm

    Either way Golded is working! ;) Just need to mess around with the user
    ID a bit to see if I can sync up last read pointers. (Alpha level BBS software and all)

    I started to use GoldEd and got it set up with my Synchronet setup, but I found GoldEd doesn't handle message group prefixes configured in SCFG. I thought I saw that Digital Man submitted a patch to GoldEd to enable that, but I don't remember seeing updated GoldEd binaries, and I wasn't sure I felt like trying to apply the patch and building GoldEd myself.

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Tiny on Thu Nov 9 17:24:02 2017
    Hello Tiny,

    On Thu Nov 09 2017 13:35:28, Tiny wrote to Accession:

    Either way Golded is working! ;) Just need to mess around with the
    user ID a bit to see if I can sync up last read pointers. (Alpha
    level BBS software and all)

    If the BBS software doesn't use a message base format that Golded already supports, the pointers will never be the same. While I have no idea what message base format your BBS software uses, if it's not supported by Golded, the author could probably write a patch and provide the proper code Golded would need to add support, and there would be one of a few people left that could add it to the official sources.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Thu Nov 9 17:34:46 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Thu Nov 09 2017 12:47:26, Nightfox wrote to Tiny:

    I started to use GoldEd and got it set up with my Synchronet setup,
    but I found GoldEd doesn't handle message group prefixes configured in SCFG. I thought I saw that Digital Man submitted a patch to GoldEd to enable that, but I don't remember seeing updated GoldEd binaries, and
    I wasn't sure I felt like trying to apply the patch and building
    GoldEd myself.

    If he indeed submitted a patch, it most likely wasn't added in to Golded's sources. However, it's not very hard to apply patches so unless you just plain don't care to do so, it wouldn't be a big deal to download the latest Golded sources and add the patch(es) yourself.

    I have my own forks of Golded as well as JamNNTPd here, since it takes nothing short of pulling teeth to get any of the people with access to the official repositories to do anything - and good luck if any of them will give you access
    to do it yourself either.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Nightfox to Accession on Thu Nov 9 17:07:12 2017
    Re: Golded
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Nov 09 2017 05:34 pm

    If he indeed submitted a patch, it most likely wasn't added in to Golded's sources. However, it's not very hard to apply patches so unless you just plain don't care to do so, it wouldn't be a big deal to download the latest Golded sources and add the patch(es) yourself.

    If someone wants to make software for people to use, I don't see why they wouldn't build and distribute the binaries themselves. Many people don't have software development tools set up on their computers (a Linux installation might have software dev tools more commonly than Windows though, since custom-building for the different Linux distros is more of a requirement than on Windows). I suppose with a software development background I could do it, but still, you have to find out what software development tools they used and set everything up properly to build it.. And you might be out of luck (sometimes) if they used an old version of a development tool that is no longer available for download.

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Thu Nov 9 20:10:54 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Thu Nov 09 2017 17:07:12, Nightfox wrote to Accession:

    If someone wants to make software for people to use, I don't see why
    they wouldn't build and distribute the binaries themselves. Many
    people don't have software development tools set up on their computers
    (a Linux installation might have software dev tools more commonly than Windows though, since custom-building for the different Linux distros
    is more of a requirement than on Windows). I suppose with a software development background I could do it, but still, you have to find out
    what software development tools they used and set everything up
    properly to build it.. And you might be out of luck (sometimes) if
    they used an old version of a development tool that is no
    longer available for download.

    Sounds more like you don't care to even attempt it (only due to more negative reasons you've given not to). But there are pretty clear instructions on how to
    compile for both Windows and Linux in the documentation, which comes with the sources. If I remember right, there are a couple options given for compiling on
    Windows. Also, seeing as though there's still people compiling Golded for both Windows and Linux these days, the tools are most likely still available for download.

    If you're looking for reasons from me *not* to, I don't have any. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Tiny@46:1/126.4 to Accession on Fri Nov 10 15:27:50 2017
    Quoting Accession to Tiny <=-

    If the BBS software doesn't use a message base format that Golded
    already supports, the pointers will never be the same. While I have no

    It's JAM. I think it's just a matter of getting the right user id set
    in the golded.conf file to be honest.

    Shawn

    ... Massachusetts has the best politicians money can buy.
    --- Blue Wave/386
    * Origin: A Tiny slice o pi (46:1/126.4)
  • From Nightfox to Accession on Fri Nov 10 09:05:58 2017
    Re: Golded
    By: Accession to Nightfox on Thu Nov 09 2017 08:10 pm

    Sounds more like you don't care to even attempt it (only due to more negative reasons you've given not to). But there are pretty clear instructions on how to compile for both Windows and Linux in the documentation, which comes with the sources. If I remember right, there are a couple options given for compiling on Windows. Also, seeing as though there's still people compiling Golded for both Windows and Linux these days, the tools are most likely still available for download.

    I just haven't taken the time. GoldEd isn't something I use much anyway, and when I did try it, I'm not sure I liked it as much as reading messages directly on my BBS.

    Nightfox
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Tiny on Fri Nov 10 15:40:50 2017
    Hello Tiny,

    On Fri Nov 10 2017 15:27:50, Tiny wrote to Accession:

    If the BBS software doesn't use a message base format that Golded
    already supports, the pointers will never be the same. While I
    have no

    It's JAM. I think it's just a matter of getting the right user id
    set in the golded.conf file to be honest.

    Oh ok. Well in that case yeah I would think it'd be fairly simple.

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)
  • From Accession@46:1/100 to Nightfox on Fri Nov 10 16:35:26 2017
    Hello Nightfox,

    On Fri Nov 10 2017 09:05:58, Nightfox wrote to Accession:

    I just haven't taken the time. GoldEd isn't something I use much
    anyway, and when I did try it, I'm not sure I liked it as much as
    reading messages directly on my BBS.

    That's a much better reason not to do so, compared to all the others you gave. ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."
    --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (46:1/100)