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- | Enhanced End of Message v1.3 |
- | Written by Drew [PWA] |
- | Docs Last Updated 03-29-95 |
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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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- See HISTORY.DOC for all changes. Otherwise, Enhanced End of Message is a
- PPE which replaces your end of message prompt with a nice and attractive
- hotkey and lightbar driven prompt. Since this was written in PPL 3.0, you
- must be running PCBoard 15.2+ in order to use this.
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- | 2. Packaging |
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- Your zip file should contains the following files:
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- EEOM.PPE Enhanced End of Message PPE
- EEOM.DOC Documentation (you are reading it now)
- EEOM.PCB The "header" printed just before the PPE
- EEOM.HLP Help screen
- EEOM.CFG Configuration options
- LB.CFG Lightbar text and colours
- STRINGS.CFG Text strings
- INSTALL.BAT For those lazy people. :)
- HISTORY.DOC Revision history.
- 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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- If you are upgrading from any previous version, simply replace the old
- EEOM.PPE. From v1.1 to v1.2, one extra line (#3) was added in EEOM.CFG, so
- take a look at the one included in this version for the description. In
- v1.3, a bunch of new text strings was added to STRINGS.DAT. Please refer to
- there for more information. All other config files remain the same as before.
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- For a new installation run INSTALL.BAT. Alternatively you can manually
- edit your PCBTEXT and have prompts 197 and 612 point to this ppe.
- Ie: !C:\PCB\PPE\EEOM\EEOM.PPE
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- | 4. Configuration |
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- Edit EEOM.CFG to change the two options available inside. Edit LB.CFG for
- text and colours associated with the lightbars. Edit STRINGS.CFG for all text
- strings and prompts which get printed. Each file is rather small and could
- have been put in one big file, but it is more organized in this manner.
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- Edit EEOM.PCB for the header that is displayed before the main command
- prompt is printed.
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- | 5. Last Words |
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- Just about every PCB system I'm on uses either CEOM or an old CIA Footer
- ppe. CEOM by MS is nice and all, but seeing either 3 or 4 lines for a prompt
- such as this drove me nuts. As for the CIA Footer ppe, it just wasn't very
- configurable. So hence, I broke down and wrote this out of fear of going
- insane.
-
- If you are interested in hard-coding your configuration for maximum
- speed, feel free to drop me a note and include a copy of all your config
- files.
-
- 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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