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TextView is a text-file viewer meant to be used as an add-in program to
existing BBS packages.
It's freeware, comes with no warranty of any kind, etc...
What does TextView do ?
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TextView loads a text file and allows the user to navigate through it,
quite like 4OS2's LIST command. But it lets you do it through a modem
connection, using ANSI or Avatar commands, making it usefull in a BBS
setup.
Among the uses one may imagine :
- view log files from a remote site when logged-in at SysOp level,
- display on-line information to users (bulletins, help documents...)
- etc...
TextView can load any file up to 16300 lines long.
Running TextView
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The syntax to run TextView is the following :
TextView <handle> <file_name> [Avatar|ANSI]
<handle> : handle of the opened COM port ; 0 may be used
for a local connection, in which case TextView
will accept input from the keyboard and send
output to the screen through its own Avatar/
ANSI emulator.
<file_name> : name of the file to display.
Avatar : send Avatar commands.
ANSI : send ANSI commands (default).
Here is a example of how to setup TextView for use with the LoraBBS BBS
package :
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ Menu ═╗
║ 0....5...10...15...20...25...30...35...40...45...50...55. ║
║ Display View <^C^>urrent Log File; ║
║ Type 10 - Run external program ║
║ Data e:\lora\textview.exe %p e:\lora\lora.log *X ║
║ Hot-key C ║
║ Automatic No ║
║ First time No ║
║ Hide display No ║
║ Color Sample color text ║
║ Hilight Sample color text ║
║ Security Sysop ║
║ Flags-A -------- ║
║ Flags-B -------- ║
║ Flags-C -------- ║
║ Flags-D -------- ║
║ ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
When invoked, this menu option will let the user navigate through Lora's
log file.
(Anybody having set TextView up for use with other BBSes, please e-mail me
for inclusion in this document).
TextView's user interface
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You may want to take a look at how TextView works by typing :
TextView 0 textview.doc
When looking at a file with TextView, the following commands are
available :
Esc : quit TextView (back to the BBS).
Cursor : move around within the text.
R : search for a string in the text.
If no input is received for 120 seconds, TextView automatically exits.
Note: to use TextView, the remote terminal should operate in 'DoorWay'
mode, that is it must send the untranslated key codes.
History
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01/06/95 version 1.0
version 1.01 (bugfix)
To do
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- add help screen.
- ANSI function keys.
- check the validity of the handle.
- add national support for French.
- monitor the CD signal.
Anyone having ideas of features which could be added to TextView, please
e-mail me at :
Internet : rvanney@ibm.net
or zlika@chaos2.frmug.fr.net
FidoNet : 2:230/215.9
Raphaël Vanney.