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IBBS NEWS GENERATOR V3.25ß
BY KRISTINN TOMASSON
(C) 1993 INFIDEL SOFTWORKS
+36 72 81 39 Sapphire Public Network
ZyXEL 19200 Baud
24Hrs.
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───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Introduction.......................................3
2.1 Installation & Operation...........................4
3.1 History............................................8
4.1 Bugs Detected......................................9
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INTRODUCTION
The concept of this program started, when I decided I didn't feel like
registering some copy of a News Generator, those 100 D.Kr were more needed
for paying my phone bills, aswell as my 3 Wifes, and 1 Kid, who were almost
starving, so I was forced to start producing my own Software!!!
Infidel BBS has closed, I will though still continue to release shareware
programs. My new support BBS's are:
SAPPHIRE PUBLIC NETWORK - 36 72 81 39
AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to the following:
Henrik Dahm, at the SAPPHIRE PUBLIC NETWORK for testing the program, and
bearing over with me for sending, BUG Fixes every other day :-). Aswell
as starting a NewReleases FileRequesting Service!
Same goes to Brian Vinberg, at BKV DATA BBS...
And finally, to my 3 Wifes, 1 son, and my adopted daughter, who, were forced
to watch Scanned pictures of food, while I was eating, as I am their only
source of Income...
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INSTALLATION
Install the software in your SuperBBS / RA Text Directory. Make sure that
the Color.CFG is in the same Directory, as The program will not work without
it. If you run a Registered Version, The NEWS.CFG should also be present,
otherwise you will just get the UNREGISTERED Message!
Now Featured, in version 3.25ß is an internal Text editor! So when you start
NEWS.EXE you will start in a text editor. If you have used IBBS News
generator earlier, then the NEWS.TXT file will be loaded. If it, however,
doesn't exist, the editor will create a new file.
The format of NEWS.TXT is:
dd-mmm {The Date }
!NEW INEWS VERSION {The Headline, the '!' is IMPORTANT }
%02 The [IBBS News Generator V3.22] {The %02 indicates to change color of }
{text inside brackets see below for }
{Different Colors Availeable }
is finished. {The News Article }
\$$\ {Show END of ARTICLE }
....
....
\$$\
....
....
\$$\ {END OF FILE }
{!!!!!MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO EMPTY LINES AFTER THE LAST '\$$\'!!!!}
Examine The Enclosed NEWS.TXT.
THE COLOR.CFG FILE
The Color.cfg File as been set to default Values, however, if you want to
change the color Setup of the News.ANS (The Output) Do The following:
Use your favorite Text Editor, and Open COLOR.CFG;
1. TOPBAR COLOR: This is the Bar which appears at the top of the Screen.
In Version 2.00 There Are only 2 Possible Settings. Blue/Green or
Green/Blue...
2. HEADLINE COLOR: This is the 'HEADLINES' Title in the News Summary Part
of the News File, I have only Permitted 4 Different Colors.
3. HEADLINE DATE: This is the Date part of the News Summary, here you have
8 Colors Availeable.
4. HEADLINE TEXT COLOR: The Headline, Connected to the Above.
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COLOR.CFG FILE CONT'D
5. UNDERSCORE COLOR: The Underline of all the Titles in the News File
eg. HEADLINES
> ───────── <-- Here We get a little more Advanced, I have selected
4 different color shades; blue, Green, Red, and Gray, If you select the
Blue, the Underline will go from light blue to a deep blue, and then back
again (To the Light Blue).
6. TOPBOX COLOR: Same as Above, except, The color, of The News Article
Separator.
7. TOPBOX DATE COLOR: This is the Color of The Date, enclosed in the above
Separator.
8. NEWSHEADLINE COLOR: This is The color of The NewsHeadline.
9. NEWSTEXT COLOR: This is the Physical News...
When you Change The Values, Make Sure there is only ONE Space between the
Color Command, and The Value, only values in the Ranges specified are
accepted.
THE NEWS TEXT FILE
You can now change the color of text inside the news article, you are
permitted one changing color per line, but as many changes as you desire.
That is:
%01 Hello [How] are [you] this [fine] morning?
Will change all the text Inside the brackets to DarkGray, and all the other
text will remain as defined in your Color Config file!
COLORS AVAILEABLE
%01 - DarkGray %08 - Blue %15 - Light Gray
%02 - Red %09 - Light Blue
%03 - Light Red %10 - Magenta
%04 - Green %11 - Light Magenta
%05 - Light Green %12 - Cyan
%06 - Yellow %13 - Light Cyan
%07 - Brown %14 - White
If you Add 20 to the above values, the text will blink.
%26 Mary had a [Sheep]
'Sheep' will now be blinking yellow.
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INSTALLATION CONT'D
Save The COLOR.CFG file, and execute NEWS.EXE, you can now view the
generated news files, by typing (For MS-DOS 5.0):
TYPE NEWS.ANS |more
THE INEWS EDITOR
This Release, 3.25ß, features a plain vanilla, text editor, which allows
you to edit your News file. The Keys of operation are:
<F1> - Will Show These Keys, aswell as the current set of commands availeable
ie. The ColorCodes, the various command signs (eg. '!', etc...)
<F2> - Will 'compile' the news.txt you are working on, and show the resulting
ANSI file on the screen, and the return to the editor.
<ESC>- Will Quit the editor, and if you have made changes, ask you if you want
to save them, press Y-Yes, N-No.
Y- The text will be saved, and the text will be Compiled with changes
to an ANSI / ASCII file called NEWS.ANS / NEWS.ASC.
N- The old text will be re-compiled til ANSI / ASCII Files.
^ = <CTRL>
^N - Insert Line
^W - Move Text down ^Z - Move Text up
PageDn - Move 1 Page down PageUp - Move 1 Page up
Home - Move to Home pos. of line End - Move to end pos. of line
^PgDn - Move to Bottom pos. of Doc. ^PgUp - Move to top Pos. of Doc.
THE PARAMETERS
NEWS.EXE -C : If you for some strange reason don't like the editor in INEWS,
use the parameter -c, Which starts the compiler straight away,
and that way skips the Editor. But note: You won't get my
Excellent Inline Help, nor the preview function :-).
NEWS.EXE -V : Instead of typing TYPE NEWS.ANS |more, the function just types
out the NEWS.ANS onto the screen.
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If you Have any problems, don't hesitate to write to me, either through
my Support BBS:
SAPPHIRE PUBLIC NETWORK
+36 72 81 39
Open 24 Hrs
Or write to me: 2:231/339.30@FidoNet
Or: Kristinn Tomasson
ScharlingsVej 16, 4tv
2500 Valby
Denmark
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HISTORY
V1.00 - Had no external Features (The color Screen).
A Bug fixed: If you had an Uneven Number of News Articles
The Last was not printed.
V1.10 - Some People said they wouldn't mind being able to decide
what colors to use. This Version never made it Past the BETA
Release, was only used at Beta Sites.
Main Beta Site: Sapphire Public Network 36 72 81 39
V2.00 - This was the official Color Release, which was widely availeable
One feature missing, was the capability of changing colors inside
the news Article.
V2.10 - We now Implemented the feature of changing Colors Inside News
Articles. After releasing the version, we however discovered that
the color codes weren't removed, in the ASCII news file!
V2.11 - The above problem was Corrected, but was however only availeable
to Registered Users. (One benefit of Registering INEWS, you will
be informed of BUGS, etc) However, this problem will be corrected
as of Version 3.00.
V3.0ß - A Beta Release, With built in IBBS News Editor <tm> :-)
and ASCII bug Fix. A small bug in this one :-). For some STRANGE
reason, the ANSI News file wasn't always created ???
V3.1ß - Weeeell fixed that problem, I think, I will now test it for a few
days...
V3.20 - Got some complaints about my colorcodes :-) So I have now
Included an internal help screen which also shows the editor
keys / Command Symbols etc... Found a bug in this version, if the
NEWS.TXT didn't exist, the program would crash, and changes would
not be saved.
V3.21 - Fixed above Save problem, and I can now, hopefully, take a
vaccation from all these PROBLEMS :-)
V3.22 - Some Minor Internal Improvements, such as making the code more
structured, making it easier to imrpove later on... I also made
this version ready to be released, world wide...
V3.23 - Never released...
V3.25ß - Beta-Release. Added Blink values, and the -C command which
deisables the editor, and jumps straight to the Compile function
(For people who don't like my editor, with built in help...)
I added the View NEWS.ANS function through <F2> or the -V
command
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BUGS
There are still a few bugs, not very serious, but the time is now
04:00, and I won't hav much time, the next couple of weeks, to
make new versions.
Bugs are: Do not forget the last \$$\ at the end of the text file
Do not leave any empty lines after the last \$$\ The
program will freeze if you do, I suggest you get a file
editor which displays <EOF> at the end of the file.
Do not leave any blank lines in the NEWS.TXT file, if you use
the editor, there should be a '<' at the end of EVERY line,
otherwise, the program will mess up a little...
I discovered, by accident, that you can have TWO or more, headlines
under one day!!!
Do the following:
dd-mmm
!HEADLINE 1
NEWS TEXT
{BLANK LINE}
!HEADLINE 2
NEWS TEXT
The program will Create two headlines in the Summary, It looks pretty
neat!!!
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