BTNC v1.10 4D V1.00

                     BinkleyTerm/ST Nodelist Compiler


                             by Daniel Roesen

                           FidoNet   2:243/95.2
                           NeST     90:400/1031



                           and  Olivier Booklage

                           FidoNet  2:320/107.10
                           AtariNet 51:901/1.10
                           NeST     90:800/1.10


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Why this version ?
==================

  We see that most of the PointLists produce right now are in 4D,
  so those version of BTNC offers to compile that kind of Lists.


Modifications done
==================


1/ Addlist 4D
   ----------

  You just have to indicate inside the nodelist.cfg file that the
  Addlist is in 4D putting a '4d' indication after the address.

 e.g. of nodelist.cfg :

Domain            fidonet.org    nodelist 2
Addlist           plistr32.*     2:32     4d
MakeUserlist
Statistics
Display


  The 4D lists are defined like that :  

Region,32,France,F,Philippe_Feuerstein,33-75676164,9600,CM,XA,H16,V34,V32T,VFC
Host,320,Net_Paris_Host_NEC,Paris,Evaldas_Auryla,33-1-45696431,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B,VFC
Hub,100,Paris_East_Hub,Dammartin_en_Goele,Eric_Delord,33-1-45845623,9600,CM,XX,V34,H16,V32T,VFC
,107,320/107,Paris,Herve_Piedvache,33-1-42511135,9600,CM,XA,V32B,VFC
Point,5,Power_With_Fun_:_Falcon_030,La_Baule_France,Philippe_Riguidel,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,7,The_Bazdash_Vool,Villecroze_France,Gilles_Picard,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,9,Delphine_Soft,Villeneuve_Saint_Georges_France,Fabrice_Rodet,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,10,Froggys_love_Atari_too_!,Boulogne_Billancourt_France,Olivier_Booklage,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,12,Arrakis_BBS,Evry_France,Arnaud_Pignard,-Unpublished-,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,14,Waiting_for_the_Milan...,Boulogne-Billancourt_France,Antoine_Calando,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,15,Point's_TheBBS,Meylan_France,Christian_Marillat,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Point,16,TheBBS_Point_That's_all_!,Fondettes_France,Christophe_Boyanique,-Unpublished-,9600,CM,XA,V34,V42B
Hub,200,Paris_Sud_Ouest_HUB,Plaisir,Jean-Philippe_Luiggi,33-1-30555221,9600,CM,XA,V32B,V42B


 Nota : 'Point' and 'Pvt' are accepted.



2/ Addlist 3D New German format
   ----------------------------

   The new German 3D PointList is defined as the POINTS24. file.
   To use those lists you have to indicate 'Nf' like in this example :


Domain            nest.ftn       nestlist
Addlist           nestpr08.*     90:8     Nf

 

   

3/ 'LogFile' Command
   ------------------

   Everyone asked for it ... now you get it ... a LogFile command 
   which offer to know what exactly have been done by BTNC inside a 
   file.

   To use this function, this is an example file :  

Logfile           c:\btnc.log
Domain            fidonet.org    nodelist 2
Addlist           plistr32.*     2:32     4d
MakeUserlist
Statistics
Display


  So all the screen actions are saved inside the file called 
  c:\btnc.log. The name of the file must be lower than 127 characters.


4/ Error sound advertisment
   ------------------------

   When BTNC find a writing file error, for example when the file is 
   full, you can hear during 10 sec an alarm to inform you about the 
   problem, then BTNC is quit.



5/ Error during reading
   --------------------

   In this version of BTNC, and otherwise of the original version, 
   now when BTNC get a mistake during reading file there is no bomb 
   but an error message to inform you about the problem !


Informations
============


 Fidouser.lst :
 ------------

  Only the privates points from a nodelist, the points from a new 
  German 3D pointlist and from a 4D pointlist are added inside the 
  fidouser.lst.

  The points from a classical 3D pointlist, are compiled but never 
  appear inside this list.

 Nodelist.cfg :
 ------------

   I have seen that BNTC do not like tabulations inside this file, so 
   you must replace then by real space !


Update
======


  -V1.1
         Now correctly compile Pvt from Nodelist


  -V1.2

        The 4D detection is now done with a '4d' indication after the 
        address ("Addlist  fichier.*  zone:region  4d").

        Stay compatible with the orginal version 1.86 of BTNC, known 
        new German 3D PointList like POINTS24 or N_POINTS.GER.


  -V1.3

       New command 'logfile' inside nodelist.cfg to know exactly what 
       have been done by BTNC.


  -V1.4

       Points from a 4D PointList are now added to the fidouser.lst 
       file.


  -V1.5

       Logile look is better now.

       Add verification during reading/writing with alarm and 
       messages, but no bomb !


  -V1.6
 
       Big bug from the original version corrected if none nodelist 
       found !


  -V1.7

       Bug corrected with user name in several parts inside the 
       fidouser.lst.

       E.g.: Win_Van_Sebroeck (2:292/875) :
      'Van, Win  2:292/875', will be 'Van Sebroeck, Win  2:292/875'


  -V1.8

       First official version sent to the author Daniel Roesen in 
       waiting for approbation of BNTC 4D :)



Beta-Tests have been done by :
==============================

        Herv‚ Piedvache     2:320/107@fidonet.org
        Pascal Ricard       2:320/107.26@fidonet.org
        Dorian Darcourt     2:320/107.9@fidonet.org

Thanks to them !




Bugs :
====


      The 'Logfile' command must be put at the beginning of the 
      nodelist.cfg file.


If you find other things or if you have any ideas for getting BTNC 
better, just write me :

Olivier Booklage

FidoNet  2:320/107.10
AtariNet 51:901/1.10
NeST     90:800/1.10