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CREATIVE INTERFACE DESIGN, INC.
presents...
THE MOO INTERFACE 1.1 (c) 1995
For RIPterm 1.54
DISCLAIMER
This RIPscrip is being offered as FREEWARE, and as such, the author does
not take responsibliy for any anguish, mental, physical, or virtual dammage
that a user of this RIPscrip may sustain while utilizing it...the interests
of the author are only that user who implements this learns more about
RIPterm 1.54 and RIPscrip in general, and of course gain a deeper insight
into the nature of RIP...
The author of this product reserves all rights on the use of the
Icon design for this interface, which are original PCX-->IC1 conversions
using DeadPaint version 3.1 (I'm still trying to register this great
program!), and define a distinct look & feel for this interface.
This RIPscrip set is made to run with and ONLY with RIPterm 1.54, using
an older or more recent version of RIPterm could mean that it will
function erratically, of at all.
The terms RIPterm and RIPscrip are the Property of Telegrafix, Inc.
----warning---warning---warning---warning---warning---warning---warning------
This interface IS NOT FOR THE UNSKILLED...as a college student and new
father, I do not have enough time to make a bullet-proof program to create
a file of user information and stuff it into this RIPscrip interface, so
it is up the user to utilize a text editor to include items within the
picklists available for your use.
I would also caution you to read thru this poorly written document
a few times...unless you are contemptuously familiar with RIPterm,
you could find this a little bewildering, or just mildly pleasant.
----warning---warning---warning---warning---warning---warning---warning------
The INTERMOO.ZIP file set:
MOO.PBB Ripscrip interface file
Device2.msk \ These two files are the multi-button device in the
Device2.icn / center of the interface, this is the updated part.
LPanel1.Ic1 The hz. bars labeled picklist 1-5
Bar1.Ic1 The Blue underlay bar for the square buttons
Readme What you're being smart enough to read now, thank you :)
TO IMPLEMENT THIS INTERFACE:
1) Unpack the InterMoo.zip file into your Icons subdirectory
within your RIPTERM subdirectory. By unpacking it in this directory,
RIPterm will always be able to find MOO.PBB (the RIPscrip file) and
implement it.
2) Once you've unpacked the files into the Icons sub, run RIPTERM and
make a keystroke macro which will call up MOO.PBB. In the event that
you've never made a playback macro call, press [ALT-K] and press
[E], the macro editor should display a box over the current menu
and prompt you to make a keypress to assign something to.
Don't make any really obvious keypresses...I've found that Alt+0-9
are the quickest, least used by RIPTERM itself choices to put macros
under.
The playback macro format:
$>MOO.PBB$
3) Once this has been done, be sure to save the RIPTERM.KEY file by
clicking on the button to do that...answer yes to the prompts and
they click on the [ok] button to return to the terminal screen.
4) Test your macro call by pressing your selected keys.
-If nothing worked...they you need to make sure that you've:
a) Entered the proper filename, extender and all (yep, it's important)
b) Entered the Macro properly
c) That the MOO.PBB file exists within the Icons subdirectory.
-If almost everything worked, but there are those funny "icon missing"
boxes, then unzip the Intermoo.zip archive again, making sure that the
destination [c:\ripterm\icons] is correct. Then try making the
interface work again...if it doesn't then you're obviously in deep
karmatic debt, and I'm sorry it had to be collected while running this
interface. :)
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How to enter picklist fields with a text editor...
A picklist can contain 20 different selections, however, these selections
shouldn't have too many odd characters in them, ie. colons, parenthesis, and
other RIP delimiters...Plaintext is usually the best, and any control
characters (ie. CR/LF=^M, and arrow key assignments, etc.) will return odd
characters from the picklist...solution: Use simple text in these lists or
the consequences could be drastic.
If you get comfortable with modifying the list values, please feel free
to experiment with the values in these lists.
A Sample Picklist
((List Name::Field1, Field2, field3, \
field4, field5, @_E_xit))^M
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((
All picklists begin with these characters
::
This tells the picklist when to begin displaying selections
\
This is a line continuation marker, your picklist lines shouldn't
exceed 80 characters. This character, should be preceeded by a comma
which concludes the field before the line is continued to the next.
This will allow the picklist to span multiple lines.
@
The AT symbol means that nothing will be sent to the host when a
selection prefaced by this character is displayed. This is really
my flawed understanding, so if you learn/experience a different
behavior, please, let me know.
^M
This is the command for a Carriage Return/Line Feed, and will serve
to 'enter' the command you just selected from the picklist. Please
note that it is on the END of the picklist, and is not part of
a field within it.
In its current mode, this interface has no 'HOT' picklists, however,
if you wanted to make any picklist act immediately with a command,
putting the (^M) after the list will accomplish this.
This interface was created for my personal use...to navigate
the World-Wide-Web and interact with my favorite Multiple-User
Object-Oriented Environment, The Spawl.
This interface has some 'embedded' verbs which are particular
to one or two 'common' Feature objects within Chiba.moo, so using, say,
the [teleport] button, nothing may happen. It is up to you, the
interface communicating 100% with whatever MOO/MUD/etc..etc. you
happen to connect to.
If you have any troubles with graphics characters and garbled text,
press alt-r and the screen will clear and the text will be sorted out,
refer to the Scrollback buffer for anything you may have lost.
My Handle there is Tambu. If you find this interface using, amusing,
or just a full-blown pain in the butt, and have access to CHIBA, please,
@Join Tambu, and check out my closet in VR...:)
The Telnet address to The Sprawl is chiba.picosof.com 7777
or 165.227.31.2 7777
Otherwise, I can be reached by the following means...
Fido 1:300/508 Name: David Chandler
This is the Thieves' Guild BBS in Tucson, AZ.
And In the Real World, my Address is:
David Chandler
2505 N. Dodge Blvd Apt E-1
Tucson, AZ 85716
And thank you for Using InterMOO!