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- Program : Sicknews.
- Version Number : 3.50.
- Release Date : 01/06/1995.
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- Contents of this Document
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-
- - What is Sicknews?
- - Installing Sicknews.
- - Format of SICKNEWS.TXT.
- - Configuring Sicknews.
- - The Defineable Headers.
- - Color Codes.
- - The Kewl Colors.
- - Benefits of Registering.
- - Registration.
- - Creditz and Greetz.
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- What is Sicknews?
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- Sicknews is a utility that can create customised ANSi, ASCii, and PCB News
- files simply using a text editor. Unlike most news programs, Sicknews is
- totally 100% configurable.
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- Disclaimer
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-
- I truly cant see anyway this program can fuck up your equipment, but if
- something bad does happen, we take no responsibility for the damage. Use
- at own risk.
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- Installing Sicknews
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-
- ─ Unzip the archive into a directory. I guess you've already done this eh.
-
- ─ Run NEWSCFG.EXE to install and configure Sicknews. See "Configuring-
- Sicknews" for details on the configuration.
-
- ─ Create a file called SICKNEWS.TXT. See "Format of SICKNEWS.TXT".
-
- ─ Run Sicknews.EXE.
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- Format of SICKNEWS.TXT
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-
- [ There is a sample text file included in this archive, called SAMPLE.TXT ]
-
- - Format of SICKNEWS.TXT:
-
- DATE -- Date of the Bulletin.
- TiTLE -- Title of the Bulletin.
- BULLETIN -- Your News Text. This can be an unlimited amount of lines.
- *** -- FINISH EACH ENTRY WITH "***".
-
- - Example of SICKNEWS.TXT
-
- █ 01/01/95
- █ FidoNET!
- ▓ We have just joined up to FidoNet. FidoNet is blah blah blah...
- ▓ Leave a message to Flax if you have any questions.
- ▒ ***
- ▒ 02/01/95
- ▒ D0H.
- ░ We Have been kicked out of Fidonet.
- ░ ***
-
- REMEMBER: You can REMARK lines in your SICKNEWS.TXT file (make them exempt
- from the output files) by beginning a line with ";".
-
- Eg. "; This line would not be in the output files"
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- Configuring Sicknews
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-
- MAiN
- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- ▌ Save and Exit -- Exit NEWSCFG and Save Changes.
- ▌ Save Without Exit -- Save Changes without Exiting NEWSCFG.
- ▌ Exit Without Save -- Exit NEWSCFG without Saving any Changes.
- ▌ Program Information -- Information on SickNews.
- ▌ Info on SiCk -- Information on Art/Coding group SiCk.
- ▀
-
- PATHS
- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- ▌ Path To ANSi Output -- Path And FileName of your ANSi News File.
- ▌ Path To ASCii Output-- Path And FileName of your ASCii News File.
- ▌ Path To PCB Output -- Path And FileName of your PCB News File.
- ▀
- N0TE: -If these are set to a PATH only, Eg. "C:\RA\TXTFILES\", then
- SickNews will create C:\RA\TXTFILES\SICKNEWS.ext.
-
- -If these options are Empty, iE. they are set to Nothing,
- SickNews will create the output files in the CURRENT directory.
-
- -The files are only created if the corresponding options in
- NEWSCFG > TOGGLES are set to "YES".
-
- STRiNGS
- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- ▌ Hit Enter String -- Eg. "Hit Enter To Continue...".
- ▀ Use [CTRL-A] for a Smiley face thingo.
- PCB users should use @PAUSE@.
-
- TOGGLES
- █▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
- ▌ ANSi -- Should Sicknews Create the ANSi News File?
- ▌ ASCii -- Should Sicknews Create the ASCii News File?
- ▌ PCB -- Should Sicknews Create the PCB News File?
- ▌ Header -- If Set to YES, Sicknews will add the news header to the top
- ▌ of your News file [the default header or the external file].
- ▌ Format2 -- If set to YES, Sicknews will add your "Hit Enter String"
- ▌ after each bulletin, and then Clear the Screen before
- ▌ displaying the next. Its an alternative way of displaying
- ▌ your news.
- ▌ ClearScr -- If Set to YES, your News file will clear the screen before
- ▌ it begins displaying. Useful if HEADER is set to NO.
- ▌ Kewl Color -- Please See "The Kewl Colors" for details on this format of
- ▀ display.
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- COLOURS
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- ▌ News Text -- Default color of your news Text. Your news Text
- ▌ can also change colour with Sicknews Color Codes
- ▌ (see "Color Codes" for more info).
- ▌ Hit Enter -- Default colour of your "Hit Enter" String. This can also
- ▌ be changed with Sicknews Colour Codes.
- ▌ UpperCase
- ▌ LowerCase
- ▌ Punctuation -- These come into effect when Kewl Color is set to YES,
- ▌ Hibit ASCii and effect only your News Text.
- ▌ Numbers
- ▌
- ▌ Default Colours-- Set all colours to their defaults.
- ▀
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- OTHER
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- ▌ Sysop Name
- ▌ BBS Name
- ▌ Register Code -- Leave as 0 if Sicknews is Unregistered.
- ▌ Indentation -- How many spaces to indent your News Text [ANSi+PCB].
- ▌ Empty Lines -- Number of empty lines to add to the end of each bulletin.
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- The Defineable Headers
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-
- [ NOTE: ".???" represents the extensions ".ANS", ".ASC" and ".PCB" ]
-
- IF THE FILES "S-HDR.???" AND "S-BUL.???" ARE NOT PRESENT, SICKNEWS USES A
- DEFAULT NEWS AND BULLETIN HEADER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CREATE THESE FILES.
-
- S-HDR.??? and S-BUL.??? are two External Files which you can create to make
- Sicknews fit in more comfortably with your system.
-
- You can create these files using a standard ANSi Editor.
-
- S-HDR.ANS/ASC/PCB: This is any Header you wish to use, and is at the very top
- of the News File. [ This is a REGiSTERED ONLY Feature ]
- Inside it you can include:
-
- █ ####### Sicknews will replace these codes with the Total Amount of
- ▓ Bulletins in the SickNews.TXT file.
-
-
- S-BUL.ANS/ASC/PCB: This file is displayed at the beginning of each bulletin.
- Inside it you can include:
-
- █ /////// Sicknews will replace these codes with the DATE which was
- █ entered into SICKNEWS.TXT for each Bulletin.
- █
- ▓ \\\\\\\ Sicknews will replace these codes with the TITLE which was
- ▓ entered into SICKNEWS.TXT for each Bulletin.
- ▓
- ▒ !!!!!!! Sicknews will replace these codes with the Current Bulletin
- ▒ Number. Eg. The First bulletin would replace these codes with
- ▒ a number 1, second with a 2 etc.
- ▒
- ░ ####### Sicknews will replace these codes with the Total Amount of
- ░ Bulletins in the SickNews.TXT file.
- ░
-
- NOTE: Sicknews will LEFT JUSTIFY both the "!!" codes and the "##" codes.
- Ie. In the third bulletin of ten, "!!!! of ####"
- ... would produce the output: "3 of 10 "
-
- -There is no limit on how many of these codes you can put into S-BUL.???.
-
- -You do not need to make the codes the same colour. ie. This is valid:
-
- Red Yellow Blue Cyan White
- ┌─┴─┐┌──┴──┐ ┌─┴─┐┌──┴──┐┌────────────────────┴─────────────────────┐
- //////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
-
- -The Codes do not need to be on the same line. ie.This is valid:
-
- Title: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Date: ////////
- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Bulletin Number: !!
- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Total Bulletins: ##
-
- -Remember NOT to save S-BUL.??? with a "ClearScreen" Video Preparation.
-
- -Some Samples of S-BUL.??? and S-HDR.??? are included in SAMPLES.ZIP.
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- Color Codes
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- Using Sicknews Color Codes, you can change the color of your news text.
-
- COLOUR CODE = "|" + [BACKGROUNDCOLOUR] + [FOREGROUNDCOLOUR].
-
- Here's a List of the Sicknews Color Codes:
-
- -------- FOREGROUND COLOURS:
-
- █ 0 Black Foreground. 8 Dark Grey.
- █ 1 Dark Blue. 9 Blue.
- █ 2 Dark Green. A Light Green.
- ▓ 3 Cyan. B Light Blue.
- ▓ 4 Red. C Light Red.
- ▓ 5 Deep Purple. D Light Magenta.
- ▒ 6 Brown. E Yellow.
- ▒ 7 Light Grey. F Bright White.
- ▒
- ░ ! = Default Foreground Color as defined in NEWSCFG.
- ░
-
- -------- BACKGROUND COLOURS: [BG=Background,FG=Foreground]
-
- █ 0 Black BackGround. 8 Black BG + FLASHING Foreground.
- █ 1 Blue BG. 9 Blue BG + FLASHING FG.
- █ 2 Green BG. A Green BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▓ 3 Cyan BG. B Cyan BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▓ 4 Red BG. C Red BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▓ 5 Purple BG. D Purple BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▒ 6 Brown BG. E Brown BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▒ 7 Grey BG. F Grey BG + FLASHING FG.
- ▒
- ░ ! = Default Background Color as defined in NEWSCFG.
- ░
-
- So to return to the default Background and Foreground colour, [ which are
- defined in NEWSCFG > Colours > News Text ], the colour code would be |!!
-
- For example...
-
- "|0DHeaps of |03SiCk-ASS |!!options!!!"
-
- A line such as this in your message text will come out as such:
-
- Heaps of SiCk-ASS options!!!
- └┬──────┘└┬──────┘└┬───────┘
- Magenta Cyan Default News Text Colour
-
- ------- IMPORTANT N0TE:
-
- Color Codes are removed when writing to the ASCii file.
-
- iE. |0FL|0A8|07r|08! would be written to the ASCii file as "L8r!".
-
- ..also, when KEWL COLOR is set to YES, the color codes are removed from
- the SiCKNEWS.ANS/PCB files.
-
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- The Kewl Colors {+}
- - -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-- -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-
-
- You have the ability to disregard all Color Codes and display the news text
- in your output ANSi/PCB files in "Kewl" colors, ie. the color of Uppercase
- letters can be different to the colour of the lower case letters, etc.
-
- [ This is a -Registered Only- feature ]
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- Benefits of Registering
- - -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-- -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-
-
- - No "-UNREGiSTERED-" line at the end of your News file.
-
- - Ability to use your own ANSi, ASCii and PCB Headers for the news file,
- rather than the Sicknews default header.
-
- - Ability to use the KEWL COLORS feature.
-
- - Support the freeware concept (??)
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- Registration
- - -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-- -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-
-
- Sicknews is FREE. All it takes to register is to call the SiCk WHq, and
- type "REGNEWS" from the logon matrix. You'll be asked to enter:
-
- -Sysop Name (As in NEWSCFG)
- -BBS Name (As in NEWSCFG)
-
- And Optionally:
-
- -Comment about this program, you hate it, you love it, whatever
- -If you've found any bugs, please report them.
-
- THE PSYCH0TiC BBS - +613-571-7456 - SiCk WHQ
-
- TiP: A code can be entered while in NEWSCFG, whereby a registration key is
- calculated and automatically entered into your configuration !! See if you
- can work it out...
-
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- Creditz and Greets
- - -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-- -░-∙∙-─∙-─-∙─░-░-─-─-─∙─∙─∙──-─--─ -░-
-
- Coding, Docs - FLAX [SiCk]
- FILE_ID.DIZ - WOJ [SiCk]
-
- [Special Greets]
-
- ASM - hello?? you still alive? Thanks for making me NO-KILL, I was deleted
- off FΘRTRΣSS.. nice infoform btw
- WOJ - hi
- EP - i co-founded this group, now I have to ask you for permission to do
- shit.. fark
- VG - thanks for the wkd image man!!
-
- To winona ryder and everyone: ENJOY!
-