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- An Online Users Guide to Opus(tm)
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-
- Enhancements to an idea by an unknown author
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- This version written by Simon Blears
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- SysOp of Lightning BBS (3:690/903 or 3:690/0)
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- (+619) 275-7900 at v21, v22, v23, v22bis, PEP
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- What is it?
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-
- Well, I've always wanted to have an online User Manual for Opus. I've always
- had the actual manual (v0.00, is there a later one?) online for users to
- download, but, as I'm sure you're all aware, users tend to have a reluctance
- to download anything that's important!
-
- I obtained a program from 3:711/805 called GUIDE. This was exactly what I
- wanted! But, there was one BIG problem! The .ARC file was corrupt and a good
- version of it wasn't available, so I decided to write it myself.
-
-
- What does it do?
- ----------------
-
- There are several files, the same structure as the bulletin menus that some of
- you may already use. The user selects from a menu of topics and is given the
- relevant part of the User Manual. Each 'page' has the option to continue
- (return key supported) or to abort and return to the GUIDE menu.
-
-
- How do I install it?
- --------------------
-
- Well, if you're anything like me or the rest of the guys in this net, you'll
- have looked at the files already, so I'll keep it short! unARC the file
- GUIDE_2.ARC into your scratch directory (what, you don't have a directory
- called TEMP? I thought everyone did!) and the run the GUIDEINS batch file
- with the drive that you're going to be running them from (usually C) after the
- GUIDEINS command. ie:
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- GUIDEINS C - This will install the files for drive c
- GUIDEINS D - This will install the files for drive d
- etc
-
- Simple huh? Well, I hope so. You can do them manually if you prefer (you'd
- have to be mad!) The next thing is to alter you BULLETIN screen, or whatever
- screen you want to call GUIDE from. ie:
-
- What option do you require? R123
- U1SC:\opus\misc\guide
- U2SC:\opus\misc\rules
- U3SC:\opus\misc\bulletin
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- Refer to your SysOp manual for more info as to how to build this type of file.
- The C:\ in the above example will, of course, be whatever drive you are
- running off (the same one you used in GUIDEINS).
-
- Well, that's about all. Hope this is of use to you and your users, I've had
- several favourable reports already.
-
-
- LICENSE
- -------
-
- You are hereby granted an unconditional license to use, copy, erase, wipe,
- delete, alter or anything else you can think of this group of files. I don't
- intend to charge you $10 for the use of it, after all, you wouldn't pay $10
- would you? <grin> Please feel free to distribute it as far and wide as
- possible. The only thing I'd ask is that it would be *nice* to receive an
- idea of how far afield of Australia this file gets, drop me a line on
- 3:690/903 sometime.
-
-
- ENHANCEMENTS
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-
- As I said, this group of files already exists somewhere, but I've made some
- enhancements to the original concept.
-
- o The dropthru option now works, if a user presses Return at
- a [Y/n] prompt, the answer Y will be assumed.
-
- o A .GBS opening screen. I *will* get around to OANSIfying
- the whole box and dice, but after the New Year, huh? I
- haven't even attempted that one yet!
-
- o Added a couple of screens to the original which I felt were
- relevant.
-
- That's really it this time! Have fun.
-
-
- Ooops, just though of something, if your directory is \opus\misc off
- the root, you've got some changes to do!
-
- The batch files uses the *great* PD utility called CHANGE. The syntax
- for this utility is as follows:
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- CHANGE filename.ext "target string" "new string" (for text conversion)
-
- or
-
- CHANGE filename.ext nnnnnnnn aaaaaaaa (where nn and aa are decimal)
-
- Send E-Mail if you need more help, but you're a SysOp so you should be
- able to work it out <smile>
-
- That is REALLY it!
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