[nos-bbs] JNOS updates for winlink and aprs IS issues ...

[Maiko Langelaar]

> You're using "*10" but the manual says "* NN". So, I guess the space 
doesn't matter?

The manual is correct, but so is *NN - the space does not matter.

The function used to get the time out value is atoi () which ignores
leading spaces. If you have lots of time on your hands, you can refer
to this article below (one of many out there in internet land) :

   http://www.eternallyconfuzzled.com/arts/jsw_art_atoi.aspx

Search for `atoi defers to strtol, which in turn defers to strtoul` and
you will see a section on skipping whitespace while searching for the SIGN
of the integer value.

>>   '.' before the callsign is used to setup the EOL sequence
> I don't understand.  Can you explain what the extra "." does?

That might be a remnant from the older Airmail and CMS stuff. I just tried
it without the extra `.`and it `seems`to work. The `.` supposely indicated
to the remote system that it should use transparent TCP, not telnet mode,
which has build in control sequences. BPQ does something similar. I have
always used the double `.`, even now, and it seems to work. That`s all I
know.

Maiko