Hello All!

I'm taking this opportunity to announce a small release of my FTN editor, a Golded+-style editor with a few new features, and to see if anyone else is interested in trying it out and helping me test it. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and the jam component is stable.

It has the standard features, as I mentioned in another message, and I've recently added a nodelist and a quick search function for areas, in addition to the built-in search.

And as a bonus, a very lightweight text editor in UTF-8 with options to convert to other character sets—nothing too complicated, using the code from the previous program.

https://github.com/skbn/crashmail https://github.com/skbn/crashmail/tree/main/crashedit

Ugly text editor

https://github.com/skbn/tinyedit

I've tested both on BSD, Linux, Windows, and Amigaos. So far, it's quite stable.

If anyone decides to try it and wants to report bugs or add features, I'll be here.

And if not, well, there's always another editor! :D

One more thing, I still need to test a bit more: some small utilities for Binkd that I modified with Auto NR-mode on incomplete files, NC_flag (no-compression per node), and no-call-delay config keywords.

Utilities:
- srifreq: SRIF-compatible file-request server for Binkd
- process_tic: Processes FTN .tic files from inbound to filebox
- nodelist: FidoNet nodelist compiler for Binkd

https://github.com/skbn/binkd/tree/master/misc

I've been able to test srifreq a bit, and process_tic, along with nodelist, works fine.

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Hello Tanausu,

05 Jun 26 22:26, you wrote to All:

I'm taking this opportunity to announce a small release of my FTN
editor, a Golded+-style editor with a few new features, and to see if anyone else is interested in trying it out and helping me test it.
I've been using it for a few weeks now, and the jam component is
stable.

MBSE uses JAM so CE should work with MBSE. I'll have to "kick the tires" on CrashEdit here soon once things settle down for me.

-- Sean

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Hello Sean!

06 Jun 26 01:00, you wrote to me:

Hello Tanausu,

05 Jun 26 22:26, you wrote to All:

I'm taking this opportunity to announce a small release of my FTN
editor, a Golded+-style editor with a few new features, and to see if
anyone else is interested in trying it out and helping me test it.
I've been using it for a few weeks now, and the jam component is
stable.

MBSE uses JAM so CE should work with MBSE. I'll have to "kick the tires" on
CrashEdit here soon once things settle down for me.

It wouldn't be bad, with a small backup I have lying around. It'll look like a toy because of the colors, but it can be customized. I've focused more on robustness and avoiding memory leaks and jam corruption as much as possible than on the GUI.

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Hello Sean!

05 Jun 26 18:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

MBSE uses JAM so CE should work with MBSE. I'll have to "kick the
tires" on
CrashEdit here soon once things settle down for me.

If you can get me the specs on what it needs for its configs, I may be able to add auto-exporting a CrashEdit configuration file like MBSE currently does for GoldED+ and MsgEd.

Andrew

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On Jun 06, 2026 06:10am, Andrew Leary wrote to Sean Dennis:

Hello Sean!

05 Jun 26 18:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

MBSE uses JAM so CE should work with MBSE. I'll have to "kick

the

tires" on
CrashEdit here soon once things settle down for me.

If you can get me the specs on what it needs for its configs, I

may be

able to add auto-exporting a CrashEdit configuration file like

MBSE

currently does for GoldED+ and MsgEd.

Andrew

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(86:86/1)

Andrew, what distro do you run mbse under?

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Hello Andrew!

06 Jun 26 14:41, Tanausu wrote to Andrew Leary:

Hello Sean!

05 Jun 26 18:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

MBSE uses JAM so CE should work with MBSE. I'll have to "kick the
tires" on
CrashEdit here soon once things settle down for me.

If you can get me the specs on what it needs for its configs, I may be able to
add auto-exporting a CrashEdit configuration file like MBSE currently does for
GoldED+ and MsgEd.

Andrew

Hi. I can give you mine, it's the latest version

SYSOP Tanausu M.

ORIGIN Citrick BBS citlmbbs.synchro.net

# directory with areas.golded
AREAFILE /home/lmd/fido/etc/areas.golded

# directory where freq will put the .req files
OUTBOUND /home/lmd/fido/mail/outbound

TEARLINE

TAGLINEFILE /home/lmd/fido/etc/taglines.txt

# 0 AUTO, 1 ALWAYS, 2 NEVER
FORCEINTL 0

# FREQ_MODE_ASO FREQ_MODE_BSO FREQ_MODE_BSO_EXT
# aso and bso in outbound
# bso-ext in outbound.xxx
OUTBOUNDMODE aso

#includes to nodelist to netmail
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/nodelist.156
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/r34pnt.114
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/AmyList.156
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/ARAKNET.149
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/CNET.149
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/odelist/FSXNET.156
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/NIXLIST.156
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/RETRONET.149
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/agoranet.072
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/HOBBYNET.072
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/MICRONET.072
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/PINET.072
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/sfnode.070
include /home/lmd/fido/etc/nodelist/tqwnet.072

# Charset por defecto para mensajes salientes
# Opciones: CP850 CP865 CP866 CP437 LATIN-1 LATIN-2 UTF-8 CP1252
CHARSET LATIN-1

VIEWHIDDEN no
VIEWKLUDGE no
VIEWANSI no
MSGLISTFIRST yes
MSGLISTFAST yes
MSGLISTHEADER yes
SHOWDELETED no
MSGLISTMAX 0
SEARCHMAX 1048576
AREALISTSORT FYT+U+GE
AREALISTFORMAT A E PNU C D G
AUTOWRAP 75
QUOTEMARGIN 75
UNDOLEVELS 50
HARDWRAP no

GREETING yes
GREETINGTEXT Hello %t!
ATTRIBUTION yes
ATTRIBSELF %d, you wrote to me:
ATTRIBOTHER %d, %n wrote to %o:
SIGNATURE no
SIGNATURETEXT %f

# only windows and amiga, change default font
FONT topaz.font

# only amiga
ANSIFONT topaz.font
DEFAULT_BG_COLOR 0
TTF_ENABLED no
TTF_FONT
TTF_SIZE 14
TTF_ANTIALIAS AUTO
TTF_USE_UTF8 yes

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Hello Robert!

06 Jun 26 09:06, you wrote to me:

Andrew, what distro do you run mbse under?

Slackware 15 and Devuan Daedalus.

Andrew

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On 6/7/2026 2:21 AM, Andrew Leary wrote to Robert Wolfe:

Andrew, what distro do you run mbse under?

Slackware 15 and Devuan Daedalus.

Was thinking about trying to set it up under Rocky 10.2 which is based off my favorite
distro RHEL.
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Hello Robert!

07 Jun 26 06:41, you wrote to me:

Was thinking about trying to set it up under Rocky 10.2 which is based
off my favorite
distro RHEL.

I did a test setup in a Rocky Linux 10.2 VM last night; the package builds fine, but I need to revise the SETUP.sh script a little bit to accomodate the fact that it's using systemd. The SETUP.sh was written for an older version of RedHat that still used System V init scripts.

Andrew

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On 6/8/2026 6:07 AM, Andrew Leary wrote to Robert Wolfe:

@REPLY: 86:100/14 9bc6833c
@MSGID: 86:86/1@nixnet 6a269c59
@PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20260304
@CHRS: CP437 2
@TZUTC: -0400
@TID: MBSE-FIDO 1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
Hello Robert!

07 Jun 26 06:41, you wrote to me:

Was thinking about trying to set it up under Rocky 10.2 which is based off my favorite
distro RHEL.

I did a test setup in a Rocky Linux 10.2 VM last night; the package builds fine, but I need to revise the SETUP.sh script a little bit to accomodate the
fact that it's using systemd. The SETUP.sh was written for an older version
of RedHat that still used System V init scripts.

Oh, ok, awesome. So yeah rocky is my favorite distro, with Fedora a very close second.
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Andrew Leary wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Hello Sean!

05 Jun 26 18:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

If you can get me the specs on what it needs for its configs, I may be able to add auto-exporting a CrashEdit configuration file like MBSE currently does for GoldED+ and MsgEd.

Tanausu should be able to tell you that since he wrote it. :P

That would be a nice feature and a good way to get the word out.

-- Sean


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Re: Re: crashedit ftn editor
By: Tanausu M. to Sean Dennis on Sat Jun 06 2026 00:03:00

I've focused more on robustness and avoiding memory leaks and jam corruption as much as possible than on the GUI.

Good way to go. When I was in college, one of my instructors told us, "Make it work, then make it pretty."
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Hello Sean!

10 Jun 26 22:18, Tanausu wrote to Sean Dennis:

Andrew Leary wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Hello Sean!

05 Jun 26 18:43, you wrote to Tanausu M.:

If you can get me the specs on what it needs for its configs, I may be
able to add auto-exporting a CrashEdit configuration file like MBSE
currently does for GoldED+ and MsgEd.

Tanausu should be able to tell you that since he wrote it. :P

That would be a nice feature and a good way to get the word out.

Hi. A basic config

https://github.com/skbn/crashmail/blob/main/crashedit/crashedit.conf.example

I don't know if I'll add anything else in there, just for the "friends" part and the TTF.


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Hello Mortar!

10 Jun 26 22:19, you wrote to me:

Re: Re: crashedit ftn editor
By: Tanausu M. to Sean Dennis on Sat Jun 06 2026 00:03:00

I've focused more on robustness and avoiding memory leaks and jam corruption
as much as possible than on the GUI.

Good way to go. When I was in college, one of my instructors told us, "Make it work, then make it pretty."

And it's difficult. Right now I'm working on some things in the editor that I still need to do and fixing some bugs. Almost everything is implemented, I think. The only thing missing is the "amigaos" part, with the TTF fonts to have true UTF-8.


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Hello Tanausu,

10 Jun 26 21:19, you wrote to me:

https://github.com/skbn/crashmail/blob/main/crashedit/crashedit.conf.e xample

Got it. I'll grab it and see if I can compile it (my Linux-fu can be rather weird).

-- Sean

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Hello Sean!

11 Jun 26 01:26, you wrote to me:

Hello Tanausu,

10 Jun 26 21:19, you wrote to me:

https://github.com/skbn/crashmail/blob/main/crashedit/crashedit.conf.e
xample

Got it. I'll grab it and see if I can compile it (my Linux-fu can be rather
weird).

It's simple:

make cleanlinux && make linux && make -f crashedit/Makefile.unix clean && make -f crashedit/Makefile.unix

If you don't use crashmail, you don't need it. The editor uses the jamlib library statically. Creating it from scratch would take ages.

The executable is created in crashmail/bin

If you run crashedit without arguments, look for crashedit.conf in the current directory.

Shift S in area list for setup.

Right now, as I mentioned in another message, I'm working with the text editor. As for the rest, I've overlooked some aspects of the interface, besides the fact that it's awful, and the keyboard shortcuts... Someday I'll have to organize them more practically... XD

Text editor:

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/img/diff.png

If you happen to try it with a test database, let me know if you find any bugs, because there will be some.

F1 for help and 'a' in the reader for ANSI mode. I still don't understand how anyone can do something like this:

https://citlmbbs.synchro.net/img/cacatua.png


... All generalizations are false, including this one.

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On Jun 10, 2026 06:43pm, Sean Dennis wrote to Tanausu M.:

Hello Tanausu,

10 Jun 26 21:19, you wrote to me:

https://github.com/skbn/crashmail/blob/main/crashedit/crashedit.conf.e
xample

Got it. I'll grab it and see if I can compile it (my Linux-fu can be rather weird).

-- Sean

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Wondering how it'd compile under Cygwin?

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