Auntie BBS version 5.12 - by Wes Meier

Menus by Dave Etter

Ok, folks, after reviewing my AUNTDRAW file that is probably included with
your package, I find I really didn't make anything clear.  So, this li'l
help file should make modifying these menus a bit easier.

Auntie uses a method of guaranteeing the user s/he will always "see" the
default colors s/he wants after they configure them.  These default codes are
sent ANYTIME Auntie encounters a CR/LF.

TheDraw, and all other ANSI drawing programs will NOT define the foreground/
background colors of the next line IF THEY ARE THE SAME AS THE END OF THE
PREVIOUS LINE!

That is why you will find a bar of the same fg/bg color at the beginning of 
EACH line of the BBxMENU.C files...

When you look at BBMENU.C with a text editor after it has been saved by 
TheDraw v4.51, you'll see:

<Esc>[0;33;43m│                                         
<Esc>[43m│ <Esc>[42m <Esc>[1m Auntie v5.12 <Esc>[43m    
<Esc>[0;33;43m│ <Esc>[42m   <Esc>[1;37mMAIN MENU   <Esc>
<Esc>[0;33;43m│  <Esc>[40m░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░<Esc>[43m   <Es
<Esc>[0;33;43m│                    <Esc>[44m <Esc>[1;37m

Notice line 2.  The foreground color was omitted because, as far as TheDraw
is concerned, it would be redundant to include it again, when nothing has
"changed"....

So, in order for Auntie to display the file the way I wanted it to look, I
had to use my favorite text editor and add the omitted "0;33;", so that line
2 looks like this:

<Esc>[0;33;43m│ <Esc>[42m <Esc>[1m Auntie v5.12 <Esc>[43m    

If you modify your menus, I strongly recommend using a character of some sort
in the first column, and make sure it has the same background color as the
foreground, so as to be "invisible" to your users....

And dats about all there is to it!                -Dave "Amoeba" Etter