Subject: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Hi!

Just upgraded my Synchronet to the latest 3.21e, and I had some customized banners/screens that were overwritten since I did not move them to the mods\text folder. I did backup my old instance, so I was able to identify all screens that I modified, and this time, I copied them in the mods\text folder in the new instance.

There's one file though, that seems not to be reading it in mods\text, the synch.ans file. I discovered that this is the file being used to display the initial telnet screen in the Web version. Upon moving my own synch.ans in mods\text, the Web app still reads the original file and not the one I created in mods\text.

Can this file also be customized and be moved to the mods folder so my edits will not be changed during the upgrade? If not, I'd like to know how I can best edit it.

Thanks!


Wang Bu
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Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Wang Bu to All on Thu Apr 02 2026 04:46 pm

There's one file though, that seems not to be reading it in mods\text, the synch.ans file. I discovered that this is the file being used to display the initial telnet screen in the Web version. Upon moving my own synch.ans in mods\text, the Web app still reads the original file and not the one I created in mods\text.

Can this file also be customized and be moved to the mods folder so my edits will not be changed during the upgrade? If not, I'd like to know how I can best edit it.

The simplest fix seems to be changing this path in your ctrl/modopts.ini file:
ftelnet_splash=../text/synch.ans
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Subject: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Digital Man to Wang Bu on Thu Apr 02 2026 10:32 am

Can this file also be customized and be moved to the mods folder so my edits will not be changed during the upgrade? If not, I'd like to know how I can best edit it.

The simplest fix seems to be changing this path in your ctrl/modopts.ini file:
ftelnet_splash=../text/synch.ans

Thanks Digital Man! Will try this right away.

I have another question; I just discovered Deuce's Lightbar command shell, and I want to change the graphic in the main menu. I was reading the lbshell.js file, and the background seems to point to text/lbshell_bg.bin, but I'm not sure how to modify or to create my own background in that format. Is this similar to the Baja binary or something?

Thanks!
Wang Bu

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Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Wang Bu to Digital Man on Fri Apr 03 2026 08:54 am

I have another question; I just discovered Deuce's Lightbar command shell, and I want to change the graphic in the main menu. I was reading the lbshell.js file, and the background seems to point to text/lbshell_bg.bin, but I'm not sure how to modify or to create my own background in that format. Is this similar to the Baja binary or something?

No, that's a CGA-video memory style image file. Many ANSI editors (TheDraw, PabloDraw, etc.) can save "ansi" artwork in that format.
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Subject: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Wang Bu wrote to Digital Man <=-

I have another question; I just discovered Deuce's Lightbar command
shell, and I want to change the graphic in the main menu. I was reading the lbshell.js file, and the background seems to point to text/lbshell_bg.bin, but I'm not sure how to modify or to create my own background in that format. Is this similar to the Baja binary or something?

I've been meaning to ask the same thing - the .bin file looks strange in
my ANSI editor.



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Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Digital Man to Wang Bu on Thu Apr 02 2026 09:56 pm

I have another question; I just discovered Deuce's Lightbar command shell, and I want to change the graphic in the main menu. I was reading the lbshell.js file, and the background seems to point to text/lbshell_bg.bin, but I'm not sure how to modify or to create my own background in that format. Is this similar to the Baja binary or something?

No, that's a CGA-video memory style image file. Many ANSI editors (TheDraw, PabloDraw, etc.) can save "ansi" artwork in that format.

Oh, got it. Thanks much!

WangBu

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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Wang Bu on Fri Apr 03 2026 08:35 am

I've been meaning to ask the same thing - the .bin file looks strange in
my ANSI editor.

What ANSI editor is that?
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Subject: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Wang Bu on Fri Apr 03 2026 08:35 am

I've been meaning to ask the same thing - the .bin file looks strange in
my ANSI editor.

What ANSI editor is that?

I use TheDraw, but mostly PabloDraw.

This is what I see: https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/lbshell.png



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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Sat Apr 04 2026 08:56 am

Subject: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Wang Bu on Fri Apr 03 2026 08:35 am

I've been meaning to ask the same thing - the .bin file looks strange in my ANSI editor.

What ANSI editor is that?

I use TheDraw, but mostly PabloDraw.

This is what I see: https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/lbshell.png

That's because PabloDraw is assuming it's a "wide" (160col) BIN file. There's no SAUCE record on the file, so I'm not clear why doesn't think it's an 80x25. If I add a SAUCE record to the file (e.g. using exec/sauce.js -E) and specify 80 columns, it opens normally in PabloDraw.
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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 04 2026 01:45 pm

Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Digital Man on Sat Apr 04 2026 08:56 am

Subject: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Wang Bu on Fri Apr 03 2026 08:35 am

I've been meaning to ask the same thing - the .bin file looks strange in my ANSI editor.

What ANSI editor is that?

I use TheDraw, but mostly PabloDraw.

This is what I see: https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/lbshell.png

That's because PabloDraw is assuming it's a "wide" (160col) BIN file. There's no SAUCE record on the file, so I'm not clear why doesn't think it's an 80x25. If I add a SAUCE record to the file (e.g. using exec/sauce.js -E) and specify 80 columns, it opens normally in PabloDraw.

But if you save the file with SAUCE information, lbshell.js with throw an error (from graphic.js), so you'll need to remove the SAUCE record before using it with lbshell.js.
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Subject: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
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Re: Re: synch.ans in mods\text folder?
By: Digital Man to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Apr 04 2026 01:45 pm

That's because PabloDraw is assuming it's a "wide" (160col) BIN file. There' no SAUCE record on the file, so I'm not clear why doesn't think it's an 80x25. If I add a SAUCE record to the file (e.g. using exec/sauce.js -E) and specify 80 columns, it opens normally in PabloDraw.

That's great! I want to try out the lightbar, wanted to know how to customize it.

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Hey Poindexter!

On Sat, Apr 04 2026 10:56:32 -0500, you wrote:

This is what I see: https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/lbshell.png

First time I've not even been given the option to view the site anyway... FYI:

"Be careful. Something doesn’t look right.

Firefox spotted a potentially serious security issue with realitycheckbbs.org. Someone pretending to be the site could try to steal things like credit card info, passwords, or emails.

Advanced
What makes the site look dangerous?

Firefox is warning you about this site because the certificate provided for realitycheckbbs.org has been revoked and isn’t trusted anymore.
What can you do about it?

Probably nothing, since it’s likely there’s a problem with the site itself. You can check with the website owner to see if they are working on the problem."

Regards,
Nick

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On 05 Apr 2026, Accession said the following...

Hey Poindexter!
On Sat, Apr 04 2026 10:56:32 -0500, you wrote:

This is what I see: https://realitycheckbbs.org/images/lbshell.png

Firefox is warning you about this site because the certificate provided for realitycheckbbs.org has been revoked and isn't trusted anymore.
What can you do about it?

yeah it looks like it's actually in the .crl file..

which usually means either it was manually revoked or the script that updates the certificate revokes the old one first before replacing it with a new one..

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