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These seem a little outdated.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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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

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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


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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


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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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Hello Chris!

07 Sep 26, Chris Jacobs wrote to Kai Richter:

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.

I don't have this file either but it's working.
I can't remember that i've done something with the help system.
Maybe your installation is incomplete?

Regards

Kai

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Hello Kai!

08 Sep 26 11:12, you wrote to me:

Maybe your installation is incomplete?

My installation has everything that is in the zip file.
My current version is golded-plus-1.1.5-20260904-win64-msvc18.zip

Regards

Kai

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Chris


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