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How to Send Improvements
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RBBS-PC continues to evolve and be "debugged." The following coding
conventions have been helpful in the past and you are requested to observe
them in the future:
Updates consist of two types of ASCII files. One called *.MRG which are
the BASIC source statements for the particular base-line source code
component of RBBS-PC to be updated. The lines that have been modified are
indicated as being so modified with a comment beginning in column 70 in the
format as follows:
4330 CALL QuickTPut("This line has been changed!",1) ' GS091402
The comment in column 70 consists of the changer's initials, the month and
day of the change, and a sequence number. Thus, the comment GS091402 means
Gregg Snyder made this change on Sept 14th, and it was the second change
he made that day.
These .MRG files can be applied to the base-line source code via Ken
Goosens' Batch Line EDitor utility program (BLED). The BLED utility can
easily create .MRG files as it has both a file compare and file merge
function that is specifically geared to the new BASIC compiler's
capabilities that allow lines of source to be unnumbered.
The second file type is called *.DOC. It describes on a line-by-line basis
the specific functions added or bug that was fixed. The .DOC file is what
allows us to integrate several .MRG files and resolve whatever conflicts
that may exist.
If you have comments or fixes, please let us know so that they can be
reflected in the RBBS-PC program and shared with all other users. You can
do that by sending your changes by mail to:
Ken Goosens
5020 Portsmouth Road
Fairfax, Virginia 22032
or uploading the changes to Ken Goosens' BBS at 703-978-6360.
If you have difficulties reaching Ken, you may send to:
Gregg Snyder Fido Net 1:109/363
RBBS Net 8:935/130
InterNet gsnyder@mailgate.com
BBS 703-323-6423
and or
Marion Royal Fido Net 1:109/372
RIME ->FLUSH or ->988
InterNet marion.royal@f372.n109.z1.fidonet.org
BBS 703-221-1710
Please make your uploads public so that other members of the
development team may evaluate your suggestions.
All comments and suggestions are welcome, but those that are come with
source code changes carry more weight.