Hello everybody!

I downloaded golded-plus-1.1.5-20260825-win64-msvc18.zip
In it I found

gold_ref.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1999 by Odinn Sorensen
gold_usr.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1998 by Odinn Sorensen

These seem a little outdated.

Chris


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Hello Chris!

02 Sep 26 20:38, you wrote to all:

Hello everybody!

I downloaded golded-plus-1.1.5-20260825-win64-msvc18.zip
In it I found

gold_ref.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1999 by Odinn Sorensen
gold_usr.txt Copyright (C) 1990-1998 by Odinn Sorensen

These seem a little outdated.

Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not including anything in the log.





Vincent


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Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:35:28 +0100, you wrote:

Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not including anything
in the log.

--- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604

Seeing as though you haven't updated in 2+ years, how would you know what you are saying is true? Have you been following any of the work done in 2026; or 2025 for that matter?

Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current code.

The "log" is used for logging issues with Golded once started/running. It's not used for revising or updating progress on the code.

All recent updates have been written to docs/notework.txt. Not only in the master branch, but in a newly made "unicode" fork, as well. If you followed along with any current progress, you would know that.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nick!

03 Sep 26 10:55, you wrote to me:

Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:35:28 +0100, you wrote:

Bit like the code - the people doing updates have not been adding
update changelogs that revise manual and in some cases not
including anything in the log.

--- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604

Seeing as though you haven't updated in 2+ years, how would you know
what you are saying is true? Have you been following any of the work
done in 2026; or 2025 for that matter?

Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current
code.

The "log" is used for logging issues with Golded once started/running.
It's not used for revising or updating progress on the code.

All recent updates have been written to docs/notework.txt. Not only in
the master branch, but in a newly made "unicode" fork, as well. If you followed along with any current progress, you would know that.

I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for 2 years
or so and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo list
page.


Vincent


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Hello Nick!

03 Sep 26 10:55, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

Is anything that you are aware of that needs updating in either of the manuals? If not, everything in them still holds true for the current
code.

A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

Chris

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Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for
2 years or so

Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine for anyone else that has tried recently..?

and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo
list page.

Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to the area list?

.. that means you probably have a bad option set in your config. What does your golded.log say?

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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Hey Chris!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:47:00 +0200, you wrote:

A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

Try taking a look at cfgs/config/goldkeys.cfg, which is mentioned and shown, with examples, how to use in both gold_ref.txt and gold_usr.txt. It gives you lists of what is set by default, as well as directions on how to create your own new customized ones.

Maybe you can give that info to your boss, so the next time someone asks at least he knows where in the FM it is, now. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nick!

03 Sep 26 15:02, you wrote to me:

Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any
for 2 years or so

Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine
for anyone else that has tried recently..?

and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the
echo list page.

Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to
the area list?

.. that means you probably have a bad option set in your config. What
does your golded.log say?

Nothing.


Vincent


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Hello Nick!

03 Sep 26 15:02, you wrote to me:

Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:23:04 +0100, you wrote:

I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any
for 2 years or so

Did you try the current source on github? Seems to compile just fine
for anyone else that has tried recently..?

and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the
echo list page.

Are you saying you have to hit enter when starting Golded to get to
the area list?

Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and that prduces lots
of warnings and errors

Running GCC 15.2


Vincent


--- Mageia Linux v10 X64/Mbse v1.1.7.2/GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20240604
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Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

I update when I can find a copy that will compile but not found any for 2 years
or so and yes I run under Linux and now have to hit return to get the echo

list
page.

I recently downloaded the GitHub GED+ and it compiled just fine on my
Slackware 15 system. Perhaps if you are having issuing compiling, you could provide a compile log to the current developer to assist in improving GED+?

What I compiled: https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus/

I also successfully compiled the same code under a FreeBSD 15.1 VM.

-- Sean

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Chris Jacobs wrote to Nick Boel:

A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.
My sysop boss advised me RTFM but asked where in the FM it was could not find it either.

I'd look in goldkeys.cfg to find what you're looking for.

-- Sean

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Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and that prduces lots of warnings and errors

Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying CMakeLists.txt at the
top level (before defining the targets): add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

Running GCC 15.2

I'm using 11.2, but Slackware is very slow to update...

-- Sean

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Hello Sean!

03 Sep 26 22:04, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and
that prduces lots of warnings and errors

Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but
that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying CMakeLists.txt at the top level (before defining the targets): add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

I m using Debian 12, compiled it, gets a a lot of warnings, but someone many years told me
as long as it compiles and does not exit before creating the final binaries are made you are just fine
Run it and if it works .. it works..

And it does .. Running the new version now.

(and I only used 'make')


Dennis


... The system is perfect; humans are flawed.
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Hello Sean!

03 Sep 26 22:04, you wrote to me:

Vincent Coen wrote to Nick Boel:

Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and
that prduces lots of warnings and errors

Whenever I compile GED+, I get a lot of warnings and errors, but
that's GCC being picky. You can stop the warnings by modifying CMakeLists.txt at the top level (before defining the targets): add_compile_options(-w) -- that usually works for me.

Running GCC 15.2

I'm using 11.2, but Slackware is very slow to update...

Well I added that line near the top in CMakeLists.txt as :

--
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8...3.19)
add_compile_options(-w)

find_program(CCACHE_PROGRAM ccache)

--

and used the command :

./dist-gpl.sh > build.log 2> build.err

which produced via ll -h build.*

-rw-r--r-- 1 mbse bbs 385K Sep 4 14:05 build.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 mbse bbs 15K Sep 4 14:05 build.log

So still produced a lot of warnings and as it is still a large file just showing the top few lines produced below :

--
gdbgtrk.cpp: In function ‘void __gftrk_track(const char*)’: gdbgtrk.cpp:110:26: warning: operation on ‘__gftrk_curr’ may be undefined [-Wsequence-point]
110 | __gftrk_curr = (++__gftrk_curr) % __gftrk_max;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gdbgtrk.cpp:110:26: warning: operation on ‘__gftrk_curr’ may be undefined [-Wsequence-point]
gftnaddr.cpp: In member function ‘char* ftn_addr::set(const char*, char*, int)’:
gftnaddr.cpp:175:28: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to ‘char*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
175 | static char* nulchar = "";
| ^~
gftnnlfd.cpp: In member function ‘virtual bool ftn_frontdoor_nodelist_index::find(const char*)’:
gftnnlfd.cpp:724:12: warning: ‘char* strncpy(char*, const char*, size_t)’ specified bound 16 equals destination size [-Wstringop-truncation]
724 | strncpy(tmp, lookup_name, sizeof(tmp));
| ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gkbdunix.cpp: In function ‘int find_the_key(char*, gkbd_key_type**)’: gkbdunix.cpp:538:25: warning: the address of ‘gkbd_key_type::str’ will never be NULL [-Waddress]
538 | if(key and key->str)
| ~~~~~^~~
gkbdunix.cpp:366:10: note: ‘gkbd_key_type::str’ declared here
366 | char str[7];
| ^~~
glog.cpp: In member function ‘void glog::printf(const char*, ...)’: glog.cpp:172:38: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 253 bytes into a region of size 248 [-Wformat-overflow=]
172 | sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20, "%d-%b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:172:16: note: ‘sprintf’ output 9 or more bytes (assuming 262) into
a destination of size 256
172 | sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20, "%d-%b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
| ~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:168:38: warning: ‘%s’ directive writing up to 253 bytes into a region of size 248 [-Wformat-overflow=]
168 | sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20, "%d %b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
glog.cpp:168:16: note: ‘sprintf’ output 9 or more bytes (assuming 262) into
a destination of size 256
168 | sprintf(logbuf, "%c %s %4.4s %s", *buf, strftimei(timebuf, 20, "%d %b %H:%M:%S", &time_now), shortprogname, buf+2);

--

Also within the files are a lot of these :

--
eline.cpp: In function ‘void ScanKludges(GMsg*, int)’:
geline.cpp:1699:33: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to ‘cha
r*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
1699 | "GoldED",
| ^~~~~~~~
geline.cpp:1700:33: warning: ISO C++ forbids converting a string constant to ‘cha
r*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
1700 | " GED ",
| ^~~~~~~
--


Now I program as well although using the GnuCobol compiler that traslates into C and compiles to binary etc AND I do not get warning or errors and if I do I fix them as a matter of course. I do not accept any warning or error messages as acceptable.

Pity the Golded programmers do not feel the same way.


There again I have been a professional (gets paid for it) for some 60+ years from m/f, mini's and micros.


Vincent


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Hey Vincent!

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:42:30 +0100, you wrote:

Downloaded copied old mygolded.h to folder ran dist-gpl.sh and that
prduces lots of warnings and errors

Running GCC 15.2

I'm unaware of what "dist-gpl.sh" does or if it has been modified in the last decade or more. You could just try "make" and see what happens. Works for me. and I'm using gcc (GCC) 16.2.1 20260810. See the latest version in my tearline, compiled about 15 minutes ago with "make GOLD_UTF8=1".

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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Hey Dennis!

On Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:39:04 +0200, you wrote:

And it does .. Running the new version now.

(and I only used 'make')

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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Hello Nick!

Friday September 04 2026 10:05, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

I'm unaware of what "dist-gpl.sh" does or if it has been modified in
the last decade or more. You could just try "make" and see what
happens. Works for me. and I'm using gcc (GCC) 16.2.1 20260810. See
the latest version in my tearline, compiled about 15 minutes ago with "make GOLD_UTF8=1".

That's right. This script is outdated; it hasn't changed in years and isn't used in current builds, so I'm not even sure if it still works. The entire build system is based on GNU Makefile or CMake and doesn’t require any separate scripts. The script in question clearly hasn’t been updated in decades and was migrated to GitHub from the old SourceForge repository.

Eugene

... It's full of stars!
--- GoldED+/BSD 1.1.5-b20260904 (NetBSD 11.0 Intel Core Haswell)
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Dennis Slagers wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

I m using Debian 12, compiled it, gets a a lot of warnings, but someone many years told me
as long as it compiles and does not exit before creating the final binaries are made you are just fine
Run it and if it works .. it works..

Turning off warnings can occasionally speed things up considerably which is
why I do it.

-- Sean

... What does a nosey pepper do? It gets jalapeno business.

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Nick Boel wrote to Vincent Coen <=-

I'm unaware of what "dist-gpl.sh" does or if it has been modified in
the last decade or more.

It's the script that resides in the main directory of the source code
directory that compiles GoldEd+ for Linux.

I don't use it; I manually install it using cmake and it works fine under
Linux and FreeBSD.

I did just try it in a Slackware 15 VM and the script works for me, even as outdated as it is.

-- Sean

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Vincent Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Now I program as well although using the GnuCobol compiler that
traslates into C and compiles to binary etc AND I do not get warning or errors and if I do I fix them as a matter of course. I do not accept
any warning or error messages as acceptable.

That's just the nature of running 35-year-old C code through a modern compilerΓÇö-it's going to shout, but it is what it is. Since we can't change how GCC behaves much with old code, there's not much use worrying about it unless you want to refactor the whole codebase for free...which is something
I don't think anyone wants to do on their own time.

-- Sean


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Hello Sean!

Friday September 04 2026 13:21, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

@CHRS: CP850 2
compilerΓÇö-it's going to shout, but it is what it is. Since we can't

^^^
Looks like wrong charset selected: UTF-8 sequence under CP850 CHRS kludge :)

Eugene

... It's full of stars!
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Hello Sean,

On 04 Sep 26 13:21, you wrote to Vincent Coen:

@MSGID: 1:18/200@fidonet 66966797
@PID: MBSE-BBS 1.1.7.2 (Linux-x86_64)
@CHRS: CP850 2

The CHRS kludge in your messade says CP850

That's just the nature of running 35-year-old C code through a modern compiler—-it's going to shout, but it is what it is. Since we can't

^
But the first "dash" here is UTF-8. There is a misconfigution in your setup.

Luckily this gives me an opportunity to test the "XLATUTFAUTODETECT override" option. It works as expected! ;-)


Cheers, Michiel

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Hello Sean!

04 Sep 26 13:21, you wrote to me:

Vincent Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

Now I program as well although using the GnuCobol compiler that
traslates into C and compiles to binary etc AND I do not get
warning or errors and if I do I fix them as a matter of course. I
do not accept
any warning or error messages as acceptable.

That's just the nature of running 35-year-old C code through a modern compiler—-it's going to shout, but it is what it is. Since we can't
change how GCC behaves much with old code, there's not much use
worrying about it unless you want to refactor the whole codebase for free...which is something I don't think anyone wants to do on their
own time.

If you are referring to age of sources, my site of programs that is over 500k lines of code in Cobol started life around 1970 odd. Some sections before and others later. The compiler at the time was Micro Focus Workbench but I discontinued that after the later new version of its successor went to 6k pounds and now that yet another company has bought it it is ever more expensive
with even less support, even for obtaining the personal edition (as I now
offer all the sources FOC as O/S on SF.

So switched to using GnuCobol which is free to obtain and use.
Just took some time to migrate it but not that long - under 40 hours.


Vincent


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Hello Eugene,

04 Sep 26 22:21, you wrote to me:

Looks like wrong charset selected: UTF-8 sequence under CP850 CHRS
kludge :)

Yep, been dealing with that for 30 years from Windows boxes.

- Sean

... Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers.
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Hello Vincent,

04 Sep 26 21:14, you wrote to me:

If you are referring to age of sources

No, I was not. I was referring to the GoldEd source code, not whatever 'sources' you are talking about. To repeat what I said more succinctly: don't look a gift horse in the mouth. The developers are spending their own free time and effort to help the community. If you aren't going to use your 'decades of professional experience' to submit a code fix for them, complaining about the warnings is just wasting everyone's time.

-- Sean

... "It compiles? Ship it!" -- Bill Gates, probably
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260304
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Hello Eugene,

04 Sep 26 22:21, you wrote to me:

Looks like wrong charset selected: UTF-8 sequence under CP850 CHRS
kludge :)

Just built your binary successfully here using the instructions I gave Vince.

My system info for you:

mbse@bbs.outpostbbs.net
-----------------------
OS: Slackware 15.0 x86_64 x86_64
Host: Wistron Corporation HPE ProLiant ML110 G6
Kernel: 5.15.209
Shell: bash 5.1.16
CPU: Intel Xeon X3430 (4) @ 2.395GHz
GPU: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. ProLiant
Memory: 592MiB / 7938MiB

Thanks for bringing GED forward!

-- Sean

... The slowest checker is always at the quick check-out lane.
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Hello Nick!

04 Sep 26 10:09, you wrote to me:

(and I only used 'make')

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

You were saying?

.. damn those timezones .. When I looked when I had time yesterday there was no new release yet
Now 17 hours later there was ..

still ? why the binaries are executable and golded not after the 'make' where my system needs golded to be executable
LOL ;)

Dennis


... I don't have a solution, but I admire the problem.
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Hello Sean!

04 Sep 26 12:35, you wrote to me:

I m using Debian 12, compiled it, gets a a lot of warnings, but
someone many years told me as long as it compiles and does not
exit before creating the final binaries are made you are just
fine Run it and if it works .. it works..

Turning off warnings can occasionally speed things up considerably
which is why I do it.

Check! ;)
I am just a silly user sometimes forced into 'make' where he prefers ready to use systems ;)


Dennis


... That feature isn't broken; it's "dynamic."
--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260904
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Hello Dennis!

05 Sep 26 08:33, you wrote to Nick Boel:

(and I only used 'make')

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

You were saying?

.. damn those timezones .. When I looked when I had time yesterday
there was no new release yet Now 17 hours later there was ..

I'm still seeing golded-plus-1.1.5-20260425 as Latest (?)

... I don't have a solution, but I admire the problem.
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Javier


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Hello Sean!

04 Sep 26 18:22, you wrote to me:

Hello Vincent,

04 Sep 26 21:14, you wrote to me:

If you are referring to age of sources

No, I was not. I was referring to the GoldEd source code, not whatever
'sources' you are talking about. To repeat what I said more
succinctly: don't look a gift horse in the mouth. The developers are spending their own free time and effort to help the community. If you
aren't going to use your 'decades of professional experience' to
submit a code fix for them, complaining about the warnings is just
wasting everyone's time.

IT has been well over 20 years since doing any C coding but I have no knowledge
of C++ and at 79 I have no intention of trying to learn it or any other OO product.



Vincent


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Hello Javier!

05 Sep 26 10:09, you wrote to me:

I'm still seeing golded-plus-1.1.5-20260425 as Latest (?)

Depends were you look, this version is a fork https://github.com/evs38/golded-plus/releases/tag/golded-plus-1.1.5-20260904


Dennis


... The only secure password is "password123!"
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Hello Nick!

04 Sep 26 10:09, you wrote to Dennis Slagers:

Hey Dennis!

On Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:39:04 +0200, you wrote:

And it does .. Running the new version now.

(and I only used 'make')

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

Just relooked at https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus

last update was 5 months ago.

Where did you see it ?


Vincent


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05 Sep 26 17:18, you wrote to Nick Boel:

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FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

Just relooked at https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus

last update was 5 months ago.

Where did you see it ?

https://github.com/evs38/golded-plus/

'Tommi

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Hello Tommi!

05 Sep 26 20:05, you wrote to me:

05 Sep 26 17:18, you wrote to Nick Boel:

--- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20260830

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

Just relooked at https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus

last update was 5 months ago.

Where did you see it ?

https://github.com/evs38/golded-plus/

Thanks.


Vincent


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Hey Dennis!

On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:33:02 +0200, you wrote:

FYI, there's a newer version already. ;)

You were saying?

And again.. ;)

still ? why the binaries are executable and golded not after the 'make' where my system needs golded to be executable LOL ;)

I'm not sure what you mean here. After running 'make' your binaries are in golded's 'bin' directory. If you 'sudo make install' afterwards, they should end up in a more system-wide directory, like '/usr/local/bin' or something similar.

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Regards,
Nick

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Hey Vincent!

On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:18:20 +0100, you wrote:

Just relooked at https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus

last update was 5 months ago.

Where did you see it ?

It's currently a fork off the master branch named 'unicode'.

Regards,
Nick

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Hello Nick!

06 Sep 26 10:46, you wrote to me:

Hey Vincent!

On Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:18:20 +0100, you wrote:

Just relooked at https://github.com/golded-plus/golded-plus

last update was 5 months ago.

Where did you see it ?

It's currently a fork off the master branch named 'unicode'.

Another one - that's three so far and all using v1.1.5.


Vincent


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Hello Nick!

06 Sep 26 10:43, you wrote to me:

I'm not sure what you mean here. After running 'make' your binaries
are in golded's 'bin' directory. If you 'sudo make install'
afterwards, they should end up in a more system-wide directory, like '/usr/local/bin' or something similar.

in /bin there are a number of files including 'Golded'
my 'Fidian' system needs 'GoldED' to be executable.

just a chmod + and I am up and running after copying the files to /usr/bin



Dennis


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Hello Chris!

03 Sep 26, Chris Jacobs wrote to Nick Boel:

A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.

Press F1 and then page down.

Regards

Kai

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Hello Vincent!

05 Sep 26, Vincent Coen wrote to Sean Dennis:

IT has been well over 20 years since doing any C coding but I have no knowledge of C++ and at 79 I have no intention of trying to learn it
or any other OO product.

Crediting your experience, what is your understanding of a compiler warning?

Regards

Kai

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Hello Kai!

07 Sep 26 17:00, you wrote to me:

Hello Chris!

03 Sep 26, Chris Jacobs wrote to Nick Boel:

A list of ALT keys Golded uses would be nice.

Press F1 and then page down.

Help file not found: C:\fido\goldhelp.gew
Press a key to continue.

Regards

Kai

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Chris


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