HPAVC/HPAVC CD-ROM.iso/SNEWSV35.ZIP/SICKNEWS.DOC

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Program        : Sicknews.
Version Number : 3.50.
Release Date   : 01/06/1995.

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                        Contents of this Document
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                        - What is Sicknews?
                        - Installing Sicknews.
                        - Format of SICKNEWS.TXT.
                        - Configuring Sicknews.
                        - The Defineable Headers.
                        - Color Codes.
                        - The Kewl Colors.
                        - Benefits of Registering.
                        - Registration.
                        - Creditz and Greetz.

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                             What is Sicknews?
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 Sicknews is a utility that can create customised ANSi, ASCii, and PCB News
 files simply using a text editor. Unlike most news programs, Sicknews is
 totally 100% configurable.

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                                Disclaimer
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 I truly cant see anyway this program can fuck up your equipment, but if
 something bad does happen, we take no responsibility for the damage. Use
 at own risk.

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                            Installing Sicknews
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 ─ Unzip the archive into a directory. I guess you've already done this eh.

 ─ Run NEWSCFG.EXE to install and configure Sicknews. See "Configuring-
   Sicknews" for details on the configuration.

 ─ Create a file called SICKNEWS.TXT. See "Format of SICKNEWS.TXT".

 ─ Run Sicknews.EXE.

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                          Format of SICKNEWS.TXT
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 [ There is a sample text file included in this archive, called SAMPLE.TXT ]

- Format of SICKNEWS.TXT:

 DATE     -- Date of the Bulletin.
 TiTLE    -- Title of the Bulletin.
 BULLETIN -- Your News Text. This can be an unlimited amount of lines.
 ***      -- FINISH EACH ENTRY WITH "***".

- Example of SICKNEWS.TXT

█  01/01/95
█  FidoNET!
▓  We have just joined up to FidoNet. FidoNet is blah blah blah...
▓  Leave a message to Flax if you have any questions.
▒  ***
▒  02/01/95
▒  D0H.
░  We Have been kicked out of Fidonet.
░  ***

 REMEMBER: You can REMARK lines in your SICKNEWS.TXT file (make them exempt
 from the output files) by beginning a line with ";".

 Eg. "; This line would not be in the output files"

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                           Configuring Sicknews
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   MAiN
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 ▌ Save and Exit       -- Exit NEWSCFG and Save Changes.
 ▌ Save Without Exit   -- Save Changes without Exiting NEWSCFG.
 ▌ Exit Without Save   -- Exit NEWSCFG without Saving any Changes.
 ▌ Program Information -- Information on SickNews.
 ▌ Info on SiCk        -- Information on Art/Coding group SiCk.
 ▀

   PATHS
 █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
 ▌ Path To ANSi Output -- Path And FileName of your ANSi News File.
 ▌ Path To ASCii Output-- Path And FileName of your ASCii News File.
 ▌ Path To PCB Output  -- Path And FileName of your PCB News File.
 ▀
   N0TE: -If these are set to a PATH only, Eg. "C:\RA\TXTFILES\", then
          SickNews will create C:\RA\TXTFILES\SICKNEWS.ext.

         -If these options are Empty, iE. they are set to Nothing,
          SickNews will create the output files in the CURRENT directory.

         -The files are only created if the corresponding options in
          NEWSCFG > TOGGLES are set to "YES".

   STRiNGS
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 ▌ Hit Enter String  -- Eg. "Hit Enter To Continue...
".
 ▀                      Use [CTRL-A] for a Smiley face thingo.
                        PCB users should use @PAUSE@.

   TOGGLES
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 ▌ ANSi        -- Should Sicknews Create the ANSi News File?
 ▌ ASCii       -- Should Sicknews Create the ASCii News File?
 ▌ PCB         -- Should Sicknews Create the PCB News File?
 ▌ Header      -- If Set to YES, Sicknews will add the news header to the top
 ▌                of your News file [the default header or the external file].
 ▌ Format2     -- If set to YES, Sicknews will add your "Hit Enter String"
 ▌                after each bulletin, and then Clear the Screen before
 ▌                displaying the next. Its an alternative way of displaying
 ▌                your news.
 ▌ ClearScr    -- If Set to YES, your News file will clear the screen before
 ▌                it begins displaying. Useful if HEADER is set to NO.
 ▌ Kewl Color  -- Please See "The Kewl Colors" for details on this format of
 ▀                display.

   COLOURS
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 ▌ News Text      --  Default color of your news Text. Your news Text
 ▌                    can also change colour with Sicknews Color Codes
 ▌                    (see "Color Codes" for more info).
 ▌ Hit Enter      --  Default colour of your "Hit Enter" String. This can also
 ▌                    be changed with Sicknews Colour Codes.
 ▌ UpperCase
 ▌ LowerCase
 ▌ Punctuation    -- These come into effect when Kewl Color is set to YES,
 ▌ Hibit ASCii       and effect only your News Text.
 ▌ Numbers
 ▌
 ▌ Default Colours-- Set all colours to their defaults.
 ▀

  OTHER
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 ▌ Sysop Name
 ▌ BBS Name
 ▌ Register Code -- Leave as 0 if Sicknews is Unregistered.
 ▌ Indentation   -- How many spaces to indent your News Text [ANSi+PCB].
 ▌ Empty Lines   -- Number of empty lines to add to the end of each bulletin.
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   [ NOTE: ".???" represents the extensions ".ANS", ".ASC" and ".PCB" ]

 IF THE FILES "S-HDR.???" AND "S-BUL.???" ARE NOT PRESENT, SICKNEWS USES A
 DEFAULT NEWS AND BULLETIN HEADER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CREATE THESE FILES.

 S-HDR.??? and S-BUL.??? are two External Files which you can create to make
 Sicknews fit in more comfortably with your system.

 You can create these files using a standard ANSi Editor.

 S-HDR.ANS/ASC/PCB: This is any Header you wish to use, and is at the very top
                    of the News File. [ This is a REGiSTERED ONLY Feature ]
                    Inside it you can include:

 █  #######  Sicknews will replace these codes with the Total Amount of
 ▓           Bulletins in the SickNews.TXT file.


 S-BUL.ANS/ASC/PCB: This file is displayed at the beginning of each bulletin.
                    Inside it you can include:

 █  ///////  Sicknews will replace these codes with the DATE which was
 █           entered into SICKNEWS.TXT for each Bulletin.
 █
 ▓  \\\\\\\  Sicknews will replace these codes with the TITLE which was
 ▓           entered into SICKNEWS.TXT for each Bulletin.
 ▓
 ▒  !!!!!!!  Sicknews will replace these codes with the Current Bulletin
 ▒           Number. Eg. The First bulletin would replace these codes with
 ▒           a number 1, second with a 2 etc.
 ▒
 ░  #######  Sicknews will replace these codes with the Total Amount of
 ░           Bulletins in the SickNews.TXT file.
 ░

   NOTE: Sicknews will LEFT JUSTIFY both the "!!" codes and the "##" codes.
         Ie. In the third bulletin of ten, "!!!! of ####"
         ... would produce the output:     "3    of 10  "

  -There is no limit on how many of these codes you can put into S-BUL.???.

  -You do not need to make the codes the same colour. ie. This is valid:

   Red Yellow   Blue  Cyan                     White
  ┌─┴─┐┌──┴──┐  ┌─┴─┐┌──┴──┐┌────────────────────┴─────────────────────┐
  ////////////  \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

   -The Codes do not need to be on the same line. ie.This is valid:

        Title: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  Date: ////////
               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  Bulletin Number: !!
               \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\  Total Bulletins: ##

    -Remember NOT to save S-BUL.??? with a "ClearScreen" Video Preparation.

    -Some Samples of S-BUL.??? and S-HDR.??? are included in SAMPLES.ZIP.

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 Using Sicknews Color Codes, you can change the color of your news text.

 COLOUR CODE =  "|" + [BACKGROUNDCOLOUR] + [FOREGROUNDCOLOUR].

 Here's a List of the Sicknews Color Codes:

 -------- FOREGROUND COLOURS:

 █    0  Black Foreground.       8  Dark Grey.
 █    1  Dark Blue.              9  Blue.
 █    2  Dark Green.             A  Light Green.
 ▓    3  Cyan.                   B  Light Blue.
 ▓    4  Red.                    C  Light Red.
 ▓    5  Deep Purple.            D  Light Magenta.
 ▒    6  Brown.                  E  Yellow.
 ▒    7  Light Grey.             F  Bright White.
 ▒
 ░    !  = Default Foreground Color as defined in NEWSCFG.
 ░

 -------- BACKGROUND COLOURS:  [BG=Background,FG=Foreground]

 █    0  Black  BackGround.      8  Black  BG + FLASHING Foreground.
 █    1  Blue   BG.              9  Blue   BG + FLASHING FG.
 █    2  Green  BG.              A  Green  BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▓    3  Cyan   BG.              B  Cyan   BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▓    4  Red    BG.              C  Red    BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▓    5  Purple BG.              D  Purple BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▒    6  Brown  BG.              E  Brown  BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▒    7  Grey   BG.              F  Grey   BG + FLASHING FG.
 ▒
 ░    ! = Default Background Color as defined in NEWSCFG.
 ░

  So to return to the default Background and Foreground colour, [ which are
  defined in NEWSCFG > Colours > News Text ], the colour code would be |!!

 For example...

               "|0DHeaps of |03SiCk-ASS |!!options!!!"

 A line such as this in your message text will come out as such:

                      Heaps of SiCk-ASS options!!!
                      └┬──────┘└┬──────┘└┬───────┘
                      Magenta  Cyan     Default News Text Colour

  ------- IMPORTANT N0TE:

  Color Codes are removed when writing to the ASCii file.

  iE. |0FL|0A8|07r|08! would be written to the ASCii file as "L8r!".

  ..also, when KEWL COLOR is set to YES, the color codes are removed from
  the SiCKNEWS.ANS/PCB files.

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 You have the ability to disregard all Color Codes and display the news text
 in your output ANSi/PCB files in "Kewl" colors, ie. the color of Uppercase
 letters can be different to the colour of the lower case letters, etc.

 [ This is a -Registered Only- feature ]

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  - No "-UNREGiSTERED-" line at the end of your News file.

  - Ability to use your own ANSi, ASCii and PCB Headers for the news file,
    rather than the Sicknews default header.

  - Ability to use the KEWL COLORS feature.

  - Support the freeware concept (??)

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  Sicknews is FREE. All it takes to register is to call the SiCk WHq, and
  type "REGNEWS" from the logon matrix. You'll be asked to enter:

  -Sysop Name     (As in NEWSCFG)
  -BBS Name       (As in NEWSCFG)

  And Optionally:

  -Comment about this program, you hate it, you love it, whatever
  -If you've found any bugs, please report them.

             THE PSYCH0TiC BBS - [phone] - SiCk WHQ

  TiP: A code can be entered while in NEWSCFG, whereby a registration key is
  calculated and automatically entered into your configuration !! See if you
  can work it out...

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                             Creditz and Greets
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 Coding, Docs - FLAX [SiCk]
 FILE_ID.DIZ  - WOJ  [SiCk]

 [Special Greets]

 ASM - hello?? you still alive? Thanks for making me NO-KILL, I was deleted
       off FΘRTRΣSS.. nice infoform btw
 WOJ - hi
  EP - i co-founded this group, now I have to ask you for permission to do
       shit.. fark
  VG - thanks for the wkd image man!!

 To winona ryder and everyone: ENJOY!