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- | Enhanced Bulletin Lister v1.0 |
- | Written by Drew [PWA] |
- | Docs Last Updated 04-06-95 |
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- | 0. Table of Contents |
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Packaging
- 3. Installation
- 4. Configuration
- 5. Last Words
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- | 1. Introduction |
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- Enhanced Bulletin Lister (EBL) is a simple and limited, but attractive
- lightbar and hotkey driven PPE to replace your "B" command while functioning
- as a seamless add-on to your existing defined bulletins.
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- It is simple because unlike numerous other bulletin PPE's, you do not
- have to type in the pathnames of each and every bulletin you wish to have
- available to be shown for this PPE, since you may do so already (and have
- probably done so) in PCBSETUP. It is limited because if the number of
- bulletins you have for a conference exceed one page in length, then the
- original method of the "B" command is used (no lightbars or hotkeys) for
- that conference.
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- EBL is totally conference aware. The only real configuration involved
- is defining your bulletins (in BLT.LST) and drawing your own bulletin menu
- files (BLT) in the normal fashion within PCBSETUP. Hence, EBL is behaves
- more like an add-on to your existing bulletin setup.
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- Source is also included, so feel free to improve upon this in any
- fashion. Let me know (send me) if you make any worthwhile changes that
- should be included in future versions.
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- | 2. Packaging |
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- Your zip file should contain the following files:
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- EBL.CFG The main configuration file.
- EBL.DOC Documentation (you are reading it now).
- EBL.PPE The PPE itself.
- EBL.PPS Source code.
- INSTALL.BAT Installs STUFF.ME for PCBTEXT Prompts #224 and #611
- SAMPLE.BLT Sample BLT menu file for use with default config file.
- STUFF.ME Text file to replace Prompts #224 and #611
- STUFF.PPE Used in STUFF.ME
- STUFF.PPS Source for STUFF.PPE
- OTHERDJP.DOC Other stuff I've written.
- FILE_ID.DIZ File (zip) description.
- PWA.NFO PWA info file.
- TSP.NFO My bbs ad.
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- If any of these files are missing, be warned that you may have a copy
- that has been tampered with. If you have any extra files, they are
- extraneous and unnecessary.
-
- Typically, my bbs ad may not be there, which is not a problem. However,
- the idiots who contribute this to the fidonet backbone (usually originating
- from the Clipper Workshop BBS) edit the FILE_ID.DIZ, remove PWA.NFO and
- OTHERDJP.DOC, and insert their own bbs ad which is bigger than most ppe's.
- Just be aware, since who knows what other stupidities they may pull.
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- | 3. Installation |
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- Add EBL.PPE to your CMD.LST as a replacement for the "B" command.
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- Also, you will need to have PCBTEXT Prompts #224 and #611 point to the
- STUFF.ME text file. Ie: "%C:\PPE\EBL\STUFF.ME". If you wish, you may run
- INSTALL.BAT and have this part done semi-automatically.
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- | 4. Configuration |
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- Assuming you have conferences defined with bulletins via PCBSETUP, you
- will need to edit EBL.CFG for configuration options. Note that the same
- menu file (SAMPLE.BLT) is totally ficticious. I have only included it so
- that you can see how the configuration file's information matches with this
- particular menu. If you have really dull looking BLT menus, you might want
- to use the the sample one instead. :)
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- Also, you will need to edit the file "STUFF.ME", and have the correct
- directory paths listed in there.
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- Obviously, in all normal cases, it is up to you to draw your own BLT
- menu files and make sure the starting row and column positions for the
- lightbars is entered into the config file for that particular conference.
- You will also need to specify the BLT file as you would normally do inside
- of PCBSETUP for each particularconference.
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- | 5. Last Words |
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- The reason I made this PPE is because I lacked a bulletin ppe that was
- simple to configure. I really dislike typing in bulletin names for each
- bulletin since that made it PPE specific (compared to just reading it from
- BLT.LST). Also, PCBoard has a nice feature where it can automatically check
- and inform the user if any bulletins have been updated. Most all other
- bulletin PPE's bypass this feature. Lastly, it has a hotkey feature, so you
- can just "A" for first bulletin, "B" for the second, and so on.
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- Otherwise, if you need to reach me for some reason, you can send internet
- email to "drew@xinet.com", or leave me a message on Attitude Net, or call my
- board: The Silicon Phalanx at 310-575-8567 and apply for access.
-
- Peace,
- --Drew
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