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    From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to g00r00 on Saturday, May 23, 2020 18:18:04
    Quick question for you, or really anyone that might now.

    Is there a way to select a specific language with a menu command? I know GE
    /14 will show the theme selector prompts but what I would like to do is be
    able to display a description, or better yet an ansi when I have each theme selection highlighted using the lightbar and switch to the theme when it is selected.

    -=>Richard Miles<=-
    -=>Captain Obvious<=-
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  • From g00r00@1:129/215 to Richard Miles on Saturday, May 23, 2020 18:51:26
    Is there a way to select a specific language with a menu command? I know GE /14 will show the theme selector prompts but what I would like to do
    is be able to display a description, or better yet an ansi when I have each theme selection highlighted using the lightbar and switch to the theme when it is selected.

    Yes you can do exactly what you're describing using a grid menu. This is of course a more advanced technique, but if you wanted to make a scrolling theme selector that shows a preview of the theme when you highlight it, then you could do that with Mystic's menu system (no scripting required).

    If you just wanted a lightbar selection of themes then you could do that with the traditioal lightbar style menu.

    To answer your question about GE 14, yes you can do that and I just realized that I did not have that documented on the Wiki so I've updated the Wiki now:

    14 Theme Selection
    ------------------

    Syntax: [None] [/RELOAD] or [Theme Directory]
    Example Data: 14 mytheme

    When no extra data is provided, Mystic will prompt the user to select a
    theme. If /RELOAD is provided, Mystic will reload the prompts of the
    current theme from the disk. If a theme name is provided, Mystic will
    automatically switch to that theme without prompting the user.

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  • From Richard Miles@1:3634/24 to g00r00 on Monday, May 25, 2020 04:55:19
    On 23 May 2020, g00r00 said the following...

    Syntax: [None] [/RELOAD] or [Theme Directory]

    ^ Doh.

    I knew about the 14 and /RELOAD from the whatsnew and use it from the sys
    menu but missed the name portion of that sentence. Awesome. Thank you.

    scrolling theme selector that shows a preview of the theme when you highlight it, then you could do that with Mystic's menu system (no scripting required).

    Yeah, I figured I would be able to work that one out. I certainly appreciate it.

    -=>Richard Miles<=-
    -=>Captain Obvious<=-
    -=>bbs.shadowscope.com<=-

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