//COLORS command does not work on linux

[robbiew]

Typing //COLORS does not allow the user to edit the color set, per the slash menu.
Ubuntu 24.04

[ericpareja]

Can you try editing gfiles/menus/wwiv/main.mnu.json and look for this block of code:

                "item_key": "COLORS",
                "item_text": "ColorConfig",
                "visible": true,
                "help_text": "Configure Colors",
                "log_text": "COLORS",
                "instance_message": "",
                "acs": "",
                "password": "",
                "actions": [
                    {
                        "cmd": "colorconfig",
                        "data": "",
                        "acs": ""
                    }
                ]
            },

Then edit the line that says: "cmd": "colorconfig", and change it to "cmd": "user:colors",. Save the file, then test if it does what you expect.

[the-godfather-007]

I tested this and a couple of things that I had to do before it worked:

1. The .json is in menus/wwiv/ not /gfiles/menus/wwiv/
2. Changing the above to "cmd": "user:colors", did not work.
3. I loaded ./wwivconfig - menu editor - main menu - menu items - COLORS.
4. The security level is set as something along the lines of user.sysop==true which when arrowed over states "The expression is invalid". I removed the statement and left the ACS field blank for now.
5. [ESC] back to COLORS menu option, arrow to Actions, press enter to modify the command and from the menu editor select user:colors
6. [ESC] back to COLORS - Actions - and select I to insert an action below (after) user:colors, and select from system actions "pause."
7. Lastly change the last option to Visible.

Test and then begin possibly removing non essentials. I have not had time to do that, but at the moment it now works.