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T H E
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The best news generator available in the world!
Easy to configure, Easy to use and Easy to register!
Copyright (C) 1993,94,95,96 - Daniel Lafraia
IRON Informatica Ltda.
Main Support Site: IRON BBS +55-13-222-5775
Santos/Sao Paulo/Brazil - 24 Hours a day!
Fido: 4:801/51 - Internet: s-news%iron@at.ax.apc.org
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║▒▒▒ Getting Smart ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Hello my friend SysOp,
This program generates ANSI/ASCII, PCBoard or WildCat news screen format
for your BBS or anything else.
It's compatible with RemoteAccess, EzyCom, PCBoard, WildCat and much more!
If your BBS program is not compatible with Super News, you're able to
send us an example of your news file with a little text explaining about
the file structure. Then it will be analyzed and maybe we can create an
option for your BBS program.
Super News generates the following files:
(Obs.: The file name can be changed, see chapter 2 - Configuring)
NEWS.ANS -=> News screen in ANSI Codes
NEWS.ASC -=> News screen in ASCII Codes
NEWS.BBS -=> WildCat! format
NEWS.PCB -=> PCBoard format
The parameters are:
Syntax: S-NEWS </1|/2|/3|/4|/5> [/P|/H|/M1|/M2]
/1 - Continuous form. Like printer paper.
/2 - Standart form.
/3 - Full Screen form. One news per page.
/4 - Windowed screen mode.
/5 - Shadowed screen mode.
/P - Printer output.
/H - HaCkEr function. It displays the text file LiKe ThiS!
/M1 - Magic ANSI 1 - Read about this in the end of this chapter
/M2 - Magic ANSI 2 - Read about this in the end of this chapter
Sugestions and examples are welcome.
The file that will be loaded is NEWS.TXT. Here is the format of this file:
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
Observation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
After each news, you have to put /***/, but when writing the
the last news, it's not necessary.
In the Message Line buffer, the words are centered on the
screen, then it's not necessary to add spaces in the line.
If you do not want that Super News center your text, you can
define it using S-CONFIG, read Chapter 2 for further info about
configuring.
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
/***/
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
/***/
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
Observation:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
As you can see, on the last news there's no /***/, because
it means that it's the last news of the NEWS.TXT file and
S-NEWS can recognize the EOF char.
Be careful: Date option is optional!
Take a look at the examples given.
WARNING:
~~~~~~~~
The maximum number of characters that you should put in each
line is 70, else you will be able to receive some ERROR messages!
----- Explanation about MAGIC ANSI 1 -----
It's a new ANSI coding, you're going to make your BBS much more attractive
with this ANSI animation. Let's work:
Take this phrase as an example: Super News 5.0
Each character will be displayed three times in the same line and column,
first it will be displayed as gray, the second time it will be bright
white and the third time it will be your desired color.
It seems to be simple, but when you see it in your communication window,
you're going to have an hypnotical feeling. Try this!
----- Explanation about MAGIC ANSI 2 -----
We now have another great ANSI animation. Let's take the same phrase as
an example.
Now the whole phrase will be displayed as gray twice, after this it will be
displayed as bright white twice and finally the original color.
Try this! It's wonderful!
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║▒▒▒ Configuring ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Running S-Config you're going to get the following menu:
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1 ->║ Border color ║
2 ->║ Header color ║
3 ->║ Text color ║
4 ->║ Date color ║
5 ->║ Paths ║
6 ->║ Options ║
7 ->║ Registration ║
8 ->║ End configuration ║
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1 - Change the border color
2 - Change the header color
3 - Change the text color
4 - Change the date color
5 - Change some directories
- You should only type the directory without the filename
6 - Some options (Will be explained later)
7 - Some registration info
8 - Quit S-Config
Let's begin with color changing:
If you select one of the options to change the color, you will receive
the following menu and a box with the color sample.
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║ Next foreground ║
║ Last foreground ║
║ Next background ║
║ Last background ║
║ ┘ Accept colors ║
║ Fore: x Back: y ║
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If you press left or right key, the foreground color will be changed.
If you press up or down key, the background color will be changed.
The chars bellow "x" and "y" are variables to show you the current
foreground and background colours.
When you find the color that you desired, you should press enter and
it will be in memory until you save it to disk before you quit S-Config.
(It will ask for saving if any change is made)
The next step is the destination directory. It's very simple, you should
only type the directory that you wish that the generated files will be
moved.
Another possibility of configuration are the options defined by S-Config:
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1 ->║ Use Log File Yes ║
2 ->║ Center Text Yes ║
3 ->║ File name NEWS.??? ║
/-║ Use ANS/ASC format Yes ║
4-| ║ Use PCB format No ║
\-║ Use WildCat format No ║
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1 - This option turns on or off the log file generation.
Log is a history of what happens while Super News is
running. The log file name is S-NEWS.LOG (See Paths
menu)
2 - This option center or not the text.
3 - Here you define the output filename. The default is NEWS.???
you can put anything else. For ANSI/ASCII output, the extension
is ANS and ASC, for PCBoard is PCB and for WildCat is BBS. If
you have to change the extension we recommend the creation of
a batch file.
4 - On option 4 you define the output format saving time on command
line typing.
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║▒▒▒ Displaying the date ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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In header buffer you can put the date.
Like this:
Birthday!|March 12th
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
Date option is not necessary!
Depending on the style of the news the date will be displayed in
different places, like mode 2:
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│ Birthday! │
╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ March 12th ╞══════╛
If you don't want to put the date, it will be shown like this:
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│ Birthday! │
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If you have some troubles you can find help on any Super News
support sites or even with the author in one of his mailing addresses.
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║▒▒▒ Changing colors ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Hello!|Jul 15th
This is an ^^example^G of S-NEWS!
Why don't you register it?
/***/
Test 2
Testing S-NEWS!
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On line 2, the word "example" will be shown in flashing white because
the character (^^). And the character (^G) will turn the rest as gray.
For help concerning the colors, you should run S-TABLE.EXE
Obs: You can't change colors yet!
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║▒▒▒ Learn about the purge method ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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In order to help the SysOps to erase old news automatically, the Purge Method
is now done!
Now one line after the "/***/" you can put as an optional option the following
parameter:
Purge=mm/dd/yyyy
For example:
Purge=01/01/1996 -> January 1st, 1996
Purge=02/01/1996 -> February 1st, 1996
Purge=03/03/1996 -> March 3rd, 1996
Purge=11/25/1996 -> November 25th, 1996
It's too simple! Now pay attention in the next example:
----(Begin of NEWS.TXT)----
Purge=01/02/1996
Marry Christmas and happy new year|December 25th
I wish to all of you "Marry Christmas and
Happy new year!"
/***/
Purge=07/16/1996
Happy birthday|July 15th
Happy birthday to Daniel Lafraia!
Today is his birthday! :-)
Regards,
Super News Team
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Well, now let's analise the examples given.
News 1:
Header: Marry Christmas and happy new year
Date : December 25th
Text : I wish to all of you "Marry Christmas and
Happy new year!"
Purge : January 2nd, 1996
In January 2nd of 1996 (or if you run Super News later) it would be removed
from NEWS.TXT file automatically!
News 2:
Header: Happy birthday
Date : July 15th
Text : Happy birthday to Daniel Lafraia!
Today is his birthday! :-)
Regards,
Super News Team
Purge : July 16th, 1996
In July 2nd of 1996 (or if you run Super News later) it would be removed
from NEWS.TXT file automatically!
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║▒▒▒ The key file system ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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When you make a registration of Super News, you receive a key file with
your name and a registration number. The registration number is:
yxxx
y = Registration Site
0 = Brazil
1 = Italy
2 = USA
3 = The Netherlands
xxx = The registration number.
For example:
0001 = Registration 001 by reg site in Brazil
1001 = Registration 001 by reg site in Italy
2001 = Registration 001 by reg site in USA
3001 = Registration 001 by reg site in The Netherlands
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║▒▒▒ Special Thanks and Honours [Alphabetical Order] ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Special Thanks:
Adriano Garcia from ADRI'S SUPER HOST BBS in Brazil.
Antonio Ianiri from THE BIBLE'S BBS in Italy.
Celso Lopes from SHADOW BBS in Brazil.
Cor Gloudie from MAINSTREET BBS in Nederland.
Richard Wallen from ON-LINE AFTER LATE NIGHT BBS in USA.
Walter Kurt from ALPHA CENTAURI BBS in Germany.
And all other members of Super News Team! They know who they are.
Super News is dedicated to:
God
In memory of Ayrton Senna
Brazillian Soccer Players - Winners of World Cup'94
My family
My friends
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║▒▒▒ Sending Questions and Opinions ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Opinions and questions are welcome in:
FidoNet.........: 4:801/51
SyNC Net........: 30:1000/28
RBT.............: 12:1213/4
Prime Net.......: 98:1100/1
Tekno Net.......: 58:132/1
InterNet........: daniel.lafraia@f51.n801.z4.fidonet.org
s-news%iron@at.ax.apc.org
IRON BBS: +55-13-222-5775 (Santos/Sao Paulo/Brazil)
Thanks for using S-NEWS,
Daniel Lafraia