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Just a few of TurboEDIT's many features include: ■» Text-editor style editing keys ■» Full-featured quoting options ■» Taglines ■» Message censoring ■» Phrase expansions (i.e. "l8r" expands to "Later!", etc) ■» Tagline keyword searching (users can search for certain taglines) ■» 100% configurable colors (user-config and SysOp-config) ■» Group-specific lockouts (keep certain users out of certain echos) ■» Supports Mail Reader style tagline macros (i.e. @N@ = Username) ■» User-defineable taglines ■» Separate configuration for each user ■» Pre-defineable signatures for each user ■» Registration is NOT MANDATORY! (possibly the BEST feature! =]) ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Legal Stuff │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ■» Disclaimer As a formality, this had to be included. TurboEDIT *should* be safe to use on just about any IBM or compatible, but... TurboEDIT comes with no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of mer- chantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to this software and accompanying documentation. In no event shall Steve Blinch, Michael Helliker, or any other member of Mikerosoft Productions be liable for any damages (including loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use this software, even if Mikerosoft Productions has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The execution of TEDIT.EXE or any other executable packaged with TurboEDIT signifies your agreement to the above terms. ■» Distribution TurboEDIT may be freely distributed and used provided that the following conditions are met: 1) TurboEDIT must be distributed and/or used UNALTERED, with all documentation and support files. 2) The TurboEDIT executables may not be modified, disassembled, cross-assembled, re-assembled, or in any way changed without express written permission from the author (Steve Blinch). 3) Only the UNREGISTERED version of TurboEDIT may be distributed. Registered copies (and/or registration keys) may NOT, for any purpose, be used by any person other than the person to whom the key belongs. 4) It is preferred that the original compression style (the RAR self extractor) is maintained. However, if absolutely necessary, the compression format may be changed (perferrably to the regular RAR format, but if a change to another archiver is necessary, so be it.) ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Authenticity Verification │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Due to a recent switch to the RAR archiver, our archives now have AV (Authenticity Verification) signatures. When you run the TurboEDIT self-extractor (TE????.EXE), the TurboEDIT logo should come up, and then you should see the following: ─[cut]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Verifying authenticity information ... Ok Extracting (filename) Ok . . . Archive TE120A.EXE created at hh:mm:ss dd mmm yyyy by Mikerosoft Productions Done ─[cut]─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If the AV signature is missing, the verification fails, or our name (Mikerosoft Productions) does not appear as shown above, the software has been altered since we released it. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ NOTICE!!! │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT has been designed to be useable with many different BBS systems. As long as they produce MSGTMP. and DORINFO1.DEF/DOOR.SYS, TurboEDIT should work with them. However, we have added special additional features for RemoteAccess BBS systems, as we feel that RA is one of the best BBS systems avail- able. Any option in this documentation that's marked with [RA] means that it's for RemoteAccess BBS systems only, and is not available with other BBS programs. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Installation │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ■» Step-by-Step Instructions ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── For quick and easy reference, complete, step-by-step installation instructions have been included a separate file, INSTALL.DOC. Specific instructions have also been included for installing TurboEDIT with RA (INS_RA.DOC), Synchronet (INS_SYNC.DOC), or EzyCom (INS_EZY.DOC). ■» Command-line Parameters ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ∙» -L Specify local mode (no dropfile required) ∙» -P<path> Specify path to your dropfiles, MSGTMP., MSGINF., etc. If you're not running TurboEDIT from your dropfile path, you MUST use this parameter. ∙» -N<#> Specify node, replace <#> with the number. ∙» -1 Force DORINFO1.DEF (do not use DORINFO2.DEF for node 2, etc.). ∙» -! Use DOOR.SYS instead of DORINFOx.DEF. ∙» -@<x> Force multitasker, replace <x> with one of the following: D = DESQview W = Windows N = NetWare 2 = DoubleDOS O = OS/2 X = Force NO detection If you don''t use this parameter, the multitasker will be detected. ∙» -% Force flushing of modem buffers after every modem write. NOT usually used, slows down OS/2 and Win95 horribly. ∙» -S<###> Releace timeslice every <###>/100ths of a second (default is 100/100ths, or every 1 second. If this door is running slow, play around with this (should speed it up). Or use the F9 key. ■» Quick How-To ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In short, just decompress TurboEDIT into it's own directory, and run TESETUP.EXE. After setting up your preferences, TurboEDIT can be run by executing TEDIT.EXE -P<bbspath>. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ System Requirements │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT requires the following to run: ■» An IBM XT/AT/386/486/Pentium/P6+ or compatible + Test computers...: One or more of the following: - Intel Pentium/75, 486dx2/66, 386dx/33, 286/12 - COMPAQ 486sx/25 ■» A modem, 300-38400 BPS + Test modems......: Multiple USRobotics 28800 Baud Couriers, Multiple USRobotics 14400 Baud Sportsters, One Logitech QuickTel 28800 Baud Modem. ■» A FOSSIL communications driver + Test driver......: BNU v1.70 (X00 or compatible should work fine) ■» DOS 3.0+, OS/2 2.0+/Warp 3.0+, Win 3.0+, DV 2.0+, or Win95 4.0+ + Test Op Systems..: One or more of the following: - DOS v6.22 - Alone - with Windows 3.11 - with DESQview 2.60 - OS/2 2.1 - OS/2 Warp Connect v3.0 <-- FAST! - Windows '95 ■» DOOR.SYS or DORINFO1.DEF (produced by your BBS program) + Test BBS prog....: RemoteAccess v2.02 ■» A terminal supporting ANSI emulation (user only) + Test terminals...: Telemate v4.20, Telix v3.22, InterMail v2.29g ■» About 150-200k on your hard disk (plus space for taglines) + The test software/hardware above are only the systems & software that our official beta testers and/or support sites are using. TurboEDIT has been run on many other systems with a wide range of hardware/software and works well with almost all of them. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Environment Variable │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ After receiving numerous requests for a better configuration file search routine, we've added support for a TurboEDIT environment variable, indicating the full path to TEDIT.CFG. If you are having problems with TurboEDIT not being able to locate TEDIT.CFG, add the following lines to your AUTOEXEC.BAT (or BBS batch file, whatever): SET TEDIT=C:\RA\TEDIT Of course, if C:\RA\TEDIT is not the path to your TEDIT.CFG, you would have to change the SET command appropriately. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ In-Depth Configuration │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The following is a step-by-step breakdown of what each option in TurboEDIT's setup program is used for, and how to use it. ■» General Setup ∙» Allow Taglines ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Taglines are one-line quotes, usually humourous in nature, that are added to messages "just because". ° Yes - Allow users to add taglines to their msgs. ° No - Do not allow users to use taglines. [RA] In the registered version, you may decide which areas allow taglines and which do not. ∙» Text Phrase Expand ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Text Phrase Expansions are used to expand acronyms or short forms of words into their full phrases. For example, you could expand the text "DOS" into "Disk Operating System" or "L8r" into "Later". ° Yes - Allow users to use phrase expanding. ° No - Do not allow users to use phrase expanding. [RA] In the registered version, you may decide which areas phrase expansion and which do not. ∙» Tagline Keywords ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Tagline keywords allow the user to only use taglines containing certain words or phrases. This is useful if you have a large list of taglines covering many topics, and the user only wants taglines on a certain topic. ° Yes - Allow users to use tagline keywords. ° No - Do not allow users to use tagline keywords. [RA] In the registered version, you may decide which areas tagline keywords and which do not. ∙» Censor Messages ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Message censoring is useful if you do not allow strong language to be used on your BBS, or if you [RA] In the registered version, you may decide which areas censoring and which do not. ∙» Miscellaneous ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This is a separate menu containing miscellaneous options: ∙» TurboEDIT Tearline ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ° Long Sig - TurboEDIT appends a one-line tearline, i.e. "TurboEDIT v#.##x [MSP96]" ° Short Sig - TurboEDIT does NOT append a one-line sig, but instead adds the text "[TE]" (or "[TE+]" in the reg'd ver) to the beginning of the tagline, i.e. "... [TE] Tagline would be here" ° None - No tearline, no [TE]. (Reg'd only). ∙» RemoteAccess BBS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TurboEDIT includes many special features for RemoteAccess. ° Yes [RA v2.50] - You are using RemoteAccess v2.50. ° Yes - You are using RemoteAccess. ° No - You are not using RemoteAccess. ∙» BBS Path [RA] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are using RemoteAccess, TurboEDIT will take info from the RA message area & group files, MESSAGES.RA and MGROUPS.RA. This is the full path to these files. ∙» Registration UEC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Upon registering TurboEDIT, you will be provided with a special number -- your UEC. You must enter it here exactly as it was provided for TurboEDIT's registered features to be enabled. ∙» Registration Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your name, as it appeared on the registration form. ∙» Max Message Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The maximum number of message lines the user will allow the user to enter. Normally, this should be set to 4000 (the maximum. If there is not enough memory for the specified number of lines, TurboEDIT will allocate as much as it can. ∙» Quoting Submenu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ∙» Max Quoted Text % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option prevents users from using too much quoted text in their messages. If the user has more quoted text than this amount, he/she will be stopped before he/she saves the message to disk. ∙» Quote % Handling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option controls how TurboEDIT handles too much quoting in messages, when the user goes over the limit, as set above. ° Inform user he/she is over the limit This setting simply tells the user that he/she is over the quoting limit, and asks him if he would like to go back and remove some of the quoted text. ° Force user to remove quoted text This setting forces the user to remove some of the quoted text (and bring himself below the limit) before TurboEDIT will allow him to save the message. ∙» Quote Window Key ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Under some operating systems and/or terminals, Ctrl+Q will not work properly, and therefore quoting will be rendered impossible. This option allows you to change the quote key to ^W, therefore re-enabling quoting. ∙» Quote Window Size ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some SysOps/users have complained that the quote window is too small. With this option, you can change the size of the quote window to however many lines you like. ∙» Swapping ~~~~~~~~ ∙» Swap to EMS ~~~~~~~~~~~ This option allows you to toggle swapping to EMS (when shelling to DOS or running a utility). ∙» Swap to XMS ~~~~~~~~~~~ This option allows you to toggle swapping to XMS (when shelling to DOS or running a utility). ∙» Swap to Disk ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This option allows you to toggle swapping to disk (when shelling to DOS or running a utility). ∙» Swap Order ~~~~~~~~~~ This option allows you to change the order in which TurboEDIT should try to swap out (EMS/XMS/Disk, or XMS/EMS/Disk). ∙» Alt-Fx Macros ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This submenu allows you to configure up to 10 external utilities to be run when you press any key from Alt+F1 to Alt+F10. ■» Phrase Expand ∙» Original Typed Text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This column should contain the text that you wish TurboEDIT to expand. ∙» New Replacement Text ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This column should contain the text that you wish TurboEDIT to replace the original text with. Example: Original Text = DOS Replacement Text = Disk Operating System In this example, any time the user typed in "DOS", it would be replaced with the text "Disk Operating System". ∙» Adding MORE Expansions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Due to the fact that some SysOps like to have more than 10 expansions at a time, we've added a new Expansion Control File, EXPAND.CTL. This file allows you to add up to 256 more phrase expansions to TurboEDIT. Instructions for use are included inside the file. ■» Color Setup ∙» Frame 1, Frame 2, Frame 3, and Frame 4 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── These settings control the colors of the frames around the info boxes at the top and bottom of the TurboEDIT editing screen. ∙» Fade ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This setting controls the color of the fading in the corners of the top info box (█▓▒░, etc). ∙» Capital, Lowcase, Symbols, Digits ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── These settings control the color of general text. Capital is the color of capitalized text (A-Z), Lowcase is the color of lowercase text (a-z), Symbols is the color of any non-alpha- numeric characters (`~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[{]}\|;:'",<.>/?, and any high-ascii characters), and Digits is the color of the digits (0-9). ∙» Inp-Capital, Inp-Lowcase, Inp-Symbols, Inp-Digits ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── These settings control the color of information fields (From, to, date, time, subject, etc). ■» Tagline/Spellchecker Setup ∙» Tagline Datafile Name ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This is the full path & filename of the tagline datafile. This is a plain ASCII text file containing one tagline per line. If no path is specified, TurboEDIT looks in it's own directory. If no datafile is specified, TurboEDIT exits with an error. ∙» Censor Taglines ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This in an extension of the message censor option. If you want to ensure that all messages leave your board 100% clean, enable this option and TurboEDIT will apply censoring to your taglines as well as the message body. ∙» Use Spellchecker ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This option allows you to configure whether or not users may spellcheck their messages. See the section below on Spell Checking. ∙» Dictionary Name ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This is the full path and filename (without extension) of the spellchecker dictionary files (usually "TE_DIC"). ■» Censor Setup ∙» Words to Censor ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── This is a list of words which you do NOT want to appear in any censored areas. If a user tries to post a message containing any of these words, they will be replaced, letter by letter, with the Censor Cover Char. ∙» Overstrike Setup ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Configures the way TurboEDIT handles text censoring. ∙» Censor Overstrike Char ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets the character that TurboEDIT uses to replace censored text. Example: Censor Cover Char = * Words to Censor = TEETH Text typed by user = "21 miles to go, teeth grinding" Text after censor = "21 miles to go, ***** grinding" ∙» Use Symbols Instead (!@#$) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets whether or not to use random symbols (!@#$%*) to re- place censored text, rather than using the Censor Over- strike Char Example: Use Symbols Instead = YES Words to Censor = TEETH Text typed by user = "21 miles to go, teeth grinding" Text after censor = "21 miles to go, !&@%$ grinding" ∙» Only Overstrike Vowels ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sets whether TurboEDIT should censor the entire word or only the vowels. Example: Only Strike Voewls = YES Use Symbols Instead = NO Words to Censor = TEETH Text typed by user = "21 miles to go, teeth grinding" Text after censor = "21 miles to go, t**th grinding" Use Symbols Instead = YES Text after censor = "21 miles to go, t$%th grinding" ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Using TurboEDIT │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The following keys and options are available when using TurboEDIT: ■» Import File (Local keyboard only) F3 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Brings up a window (local side only) prompting for a filename. If the file exists, it will be imported into the message text. NOTE: TurboEDIT has an internal maximum of 4000 lines of message text (or whatever you set it to in TESetup). If the text file exceeds this limit, it will be truncated. ■» Word Left ^A or ^Left ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor one word to the left. ■» Reformat Paragraph ^B ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reformats the current paragraph. ■» PageDown ^C or PageDown ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor down one page. ■» Cursor Right ^D or Right Arrow ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor once space to the right. If at the end of the line, the cursor moves down to the next line, and returns to the first column. ■» Cursor Up ^E or Up Arrow ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor up one line. ■» Word Right ^F or ^Right ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor one word to the right. ■» Delete ^G or Del ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Erases the character under the cursor. ■» Backspace ^H or Backspace ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Erases the character to the left of the cursor, and moves the character one space to the left. If at the beginning of the line, the cursor is moved to the end of the line above. ■» Cursor Tab ^I or Tab ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor right, to the next tab stop. Tab stops are every eight characters. ■» Join Lines ^J ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Joins the current line with the next line. ■» User Configuration ^K ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In the unregistered version, allows the user to enter his/her per- sonal signature, which may be appended to each message the user writes. In the registered version, loads up the user configuration menu, allowing the user to define his/her own editor preferences. ∙» Expand Text ~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to define his/her OWN personal Phrase Expan- sions. This works exactly the same way as in TurboEDIT Setup. ∙» Use Taglines ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to decide whether or not to use taglines. ∙» Use Expand ~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to decide whether or not to use Phrase Expan- sions. ∙» Use Keywords ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to decide whether or not to use tagline key- words. ∙» Your Signature ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Allows the user to enter his/her personal signature, which may be appended to each message he/she writes. ∙» Colors ~~~~~~ Exactly the same as in TurboEDIT Setup, this allows the user to customize TurboEDIT's colors to his/her own preference. ∙» Tag Keywords ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This allows the user to set specific text to search for when loading the keyword file. This way, if he/she only wants tag- lines containing, say, the word "JOE", one of his/her tag keywords could be "JOE", and only taglines containing the word "JOE" would appear. ■» Beginning of Line ^L or Home ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. ■» Newline ^M or Enter ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Splits the current line at the cursor, and moves it (and the cursor) down to the next line. If there is no text to split, the cursor is simply moved down to the beginning of the next line. ■» Split Line ^N ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Splits the line at the cursor, and moves the trailing portion down to the next line. ■» Redisplay ^O ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Redraws the current screen. ■» End Of Line ^P or End ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor to the end of the line. ■» Quote Window ^Q or ^W ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── If the user is replying to a message, this opens up the quote win- dow, allowing the user to quote what the other users said in his message. The user may use the Up/Down/PgUp/PgDn/Home/End keys and <enter> to choose which line or lines he/she wishes to quote. ■» PageUp ^R or PageUp ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor up one page. ■» Cursor Left ^S or Left Arrow ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor once space to the left. ■» Delete Word ^T ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Erases the word nearest the cursor. ■» Help ^U ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Displays TurboEDIT's online help. ■» Insert Mode ^V or Insert ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Toggles insert mode on or off. In insert mode, characters are in- serted into the current line at the cursor when a key is pressed. When in overstrike mode (opposite of insert mode) characters are typed over existing text, and the existing text is destroyed. ■» Cursor Down ^X or Down Arrow ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the cursor down one line. ■» Erase Line ^Y ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Erases the current line. ■» Save Message ^Z ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Retrieves a tagline (if enabled), censors the message (if enabled) and saves the message to disk. ■» Menu ^[ or Escape ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Brings up the TurboEDIT function menu. This allows the user to select [Save], [Abort], [Resume], or [Help], using the arrow keys. ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ ■» Shortcut Strings ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In addition to the above keys, TurboEDIT also allows the user to use Slash (/) commands. To enter a slash command, the cursor must be positioned on the FIRST (leftmost) column of the editor. Press / followed by one of the following keys: A ∙» Abort Message (Same as Esc) S ∙» Save Message (Same as Ctrl+Z) H ∙» Editor Help (Same as Ctrl+U) C ∙» Configuration (Same as Ctrl+K) Q ∙» Quote Window (Same as Ctrl+W or Ctrl+Q) ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Prohibitions from Posting │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If your BBS carries echomail areas, you may, from time to time, be forced to remove a user's access to an echomail network for a certain period of time (i.e., due to the user misbehaving in the echo and being suspended by a moderator, etc). For this reason, TurboEDIT has the ability to read the bad user control file, BADUSER.CTL. Instructions for use are included inside the control file. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ SpellChecker │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT now allows users to check the spelling of their messages prior to saving them. To check the validity of a word, TurboEDIT opens its dictionary of over 50,000 words and attempts to locate the word in question. If it cannot find the word, it assumes the word is spelled incorrectly. If TurboEDIT finds that the word is spelled incorrectly, it will pause the spellchecker, hilight the word it cannot find, and present the user with the options listed below. ■» Spellchecker Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Skip ∙» Ignore the word and move on. Useful if the word is, for example a name, address, or another word that the user believes is spelled correctly. Skip all ∙» Ignore the word and any further occurrances of the word in the message, and move on. Add word ∙» Adds the hilighted word to the dictionary. Useful if the user knows (without a doubt) that the word is spelled correctly. The dictionary is large, but it obviously cannot contain *every* word in the English language, so some words are bound to be missing. This option is only available if the user's sec- security level is greater than the "Add Security" specified in TESetup. Change Word ∙» Allow the user to enter a new spelling for the word. This is the main purpose of the spellchecker. The hilighted (misspelled) word will be replaced with the newly spelled word. Quit ∙» Stop, abort spellchecking. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In order to use the spellchecker, you must have the TurboEDIT Spellchecker Dictionary file. This file is distributed separately from TurboEDIT to reduce the size of the archive. If you would like a copy of the Spellchecker Dictionary, it should be available as "TEDIC???.EXE" (where ??? is the version number) from wherever you received TurboEDIT. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ User Signatures │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Many users have their own personal one, two, or three line signature that they always use to sign their messages. For added convenience, TurboEDIT now has the ability to store each user's signature and automatically append it to the end of each message he/she writes. To enter his/her signature, the user should load TurboEDIT and press ^K. In the unregistered version, this will jump directly to the sig- nature screen. In the registered version, this will jump to the user configuration menu, from which the signature screen can be loaded by pressing I. The user may then enter a one, two, or three line signature. Whenever the user saves a message, he/she will be asked whether or not he/she would like to append his/her signature to the message. If the user selects Yes, the signature is appended to the message, and then the message is saved. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Taglines │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If enabled, TurboEDIT will search through the tagline datafile for five random taglines, and present the following options: ■» Hilight Bar Down Down or 2 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the hilight bar down one tagline. ■» Hilight Bar Up Up or 8 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Moves the hilight bar up one tagline. ■» Random Tagline R ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Selects one of the five taglines randomly and appends it to the user's message. ■» Manual Entry M ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Allows the user to enter his/her own tagline manually, and app- end it to the message. ■» Keyword Search K ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Prompts the user for a keyword and does a search for any tagline containing that keyword. Works exactly like the Keyword option in the User Config menu and in TESetup, but allows the user to do instant searches. ■» New Picklist P ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Re-scans the tagline file and retrieves five new taglines, in case the user doesn't like the first selection he's given. ■» Confirm Tagline Enter ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Appends the hilighted tagline to the user's message. ■» Save Without Tagline Esc ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Saves the message without a tagline. A few sample taglines have been included in the file TAGLINES.TAG, but you will probably want to get more if you intend to use this feature. The sample taglines provided are from the Fido Backbone Taglines Conference. Thanks to all who posted! ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Screen Header │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT now gives you the option of using the header control file, HEADER.CTL, to customize the top 6 lines of the screen (where the sender's name, recipient's name, date/time, subject, area name, etc. are displayed). The header may not exceed 6 lines in length (when displayed). All ANSI codes are available except for ESC[x;xH, ESC[xA, ESC[xB, ESC[xJ, and ESC[xR. The text and control codes in this file may not exceed 10 lines. Any text after 10 lines (or a '%') is ignored. Control Code Returns ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── @FROM@ The name of the sender of the message @TO@ The name of the recipient of the message @AREA@ The name of the area being posted in @SUBJ@ The subject of the message @DATE@ The current date/time @MSG@ The message number @P@ Private: " Yes " or " No " ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── |NC Frame Color 1 |HC Frame Color 2 |PC Frame Color 3 |BC Frame Color 4 |FZ "Fade" Color |FC Capital Letter Color |FL Lowercase Letter Color |FS Symbol Color |FD Digit Color |IC Capital Letter Color (Input fields) |IL Lowercase Letter Color (Input fields) ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── In most cases, you will want each control code to be justified in a field of a certain size. For example, the second line of the default header: │█▓▒░ From: @FROM...................@ Date: @DATE.............@ ░│ This would be displayed as: │█▓▒░ From: _Steve_Blinch____________ Date: _04-Mar-96_01:20am_ ░│ (the _'s above represent colored spaces.) The entire size of the control code, from opening @ to closing @, is the actual size of the field of data that will be displayed on the screen. If this seems complicated, just play around with it -- it's really not too difficult! This is a registered-only feature. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ ANSI Required │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT, being a full screen message editor, requires that the user supports ANSI emulation to run. This should be no surprise, as there are very few (if any) FSEd's out there that do not require ANSI. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Registration │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Please see BENEFITS.REG for registration information. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Support, Distribution, and Contacting the Author │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ■» Getting TurboEDIT Upgrades ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Please see DISTRIB.TXT for a full list of our support & distrib- ution sites, along with our Webpage and FTP site. TurboEDIT is available for F'req via 1:153/554 with the magic name of "TEDIT" (without the quotes). ■» Contacting The Author ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The author can be contacted via any of the following: Internet E-mail: fvhelm57@ucfv.bc.ca Fido Backbone : Post to Steve Blinch in the RA_UTIL conference Netmail : Crash or Route to Steve Blinch, 1:153/554.1 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Credits │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The author would like to thank the following people for assistance in creating TurboEDIT (in one way or another)... In no particular order: Michael Helliker (beta-1), Ian Miller (beta-2), Damien Sam (webpage), David Desrosiers (many excellent suggestions), Darrell Harder (OS/2 & RAR assistance), and all of the participants in the Fido Taglines Conference. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ Info │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TurboEDIT was created in about two months, and is just under 4000 lines long (plus a 2300+ line utility unit and a 3000+ line commun- ications unit). It was programmed using Turbo Pascal v7.0, and best of all, it's Canadian! (eh?) ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ░░░░░ │ The End │ ░░░░░ │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘