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CONFLIST v1.2 - PCBoard Conference list processor May 92 Release
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(c)1991,92 Key Research and Development.
Written by Chris Lautenbach
NEW IN THIS VERSION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A couple of little bugs have been fixed with color processing, and one where
an odd number of conferences would end up having itself truncated to an even
number.
In addition, a new specification type has been added; SINGLE. This is for
when you have one conference that needs to be different from the rest.
Some people tried using RANGE for this, but specifying RANGE 60-60 for
example, would cause CONFLIST to produce some pretty strange results.
So to avoid any problems, I've added this new type.
Also, the following switches have been added:
/? - shows help on available switches
/n - negates adding of PCB @X codes. Leaves output file pure ASCII.
/v - verbose. Gives all sorts of internal info, to help you find out
what's wrong with your config file if something odd is happening.
The next version will support a couple of new styles, including multi-page,
color-coded, four-column color-coded, and multi-page four-column color-coded.
INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
I wrote this utility, because on my BBS, we were constantly adding new nets,
new local conferences, changing conference names, etc etc. I didn't want to
have to waste time in an ANSI editor all the time making new menus. I
decided to sit down and write this program.
The program, in a nutshell, reads your CNAMES file, and produces a file
called CNFN.
CONFIGURING CONFLIST
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Your config file (CONFLIST.CFG) should look something like this:
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bordercolor =@X1F
numcolor =@X1E
netcolor =@X13
namecolor =@X1B
undefined =<blank>
N-,front =(NANet)
S-,front =(ShadowNET)
-DV,inside =(DevNet)
1-20,range =(Local)
41,single =Private!
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The first five lines are static - meaning you should leave them there, in the
order they are in. The fields are as follows:
Bordercolor - the color for the border of the conference menu.
Numcolor - the color for the conference numbers on the menu.
Netcolor - the color for the 'net' that the conference belongs to.
Namecolor - the color for the conference name itself.
Undefined - this is the text that will be put beside conferences that
have no definition below. (ie. Local conferences) If you
want this to be blank, merely put "<blank>" in that field.
NOTE: The colors come predefined, as close to what PCB menus,etc would
normally look like. Feel free to change them, just refer to the
PCBoard manual for actual @X?? color codes. Theoretically, you
should be able to put ANSI codes in here instead of the PCB codes,
but I've never tried it. If you do - let me know if it works.
DEFINING CONFERENCES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On our BBS, we've set up all the netmailed conferences, so that they are
either suffixed or prefixed by a distinctive network 'id' so-to-speak. For
example; the NANet administration conference would be "N-NETADMIN", and
sysops would be "N-SYSOPS" and so-on and so-forth. This is what the first
method of indexing conferences is for:
N-,front=(NANet)
^ ^ ^
| | |
| | +------ This specifies the name of the network, how you'd like it
| | to appear in your CNFN file beside the conference name.
| |
| +------------- This tells CONFLIST, to look for the conference identifier
| at the beginning of the conference name. The other method
| similar to this one is, "inside", which will look for the
| identifier ANYWHERE in the conference name. (This can
| cause problems if your naming conventions are too simply
| chosen.)
|
+----------------- And this - is the conference identifer. Therefore, this
whole line - would trap any conferences, that BEGIN with
"N-"
The second:
-DV,inside =(DevNet)
^ ^ ^
| | |
| | +--- Again, the name of the network.
| |
| |
| +------------- This tells CONFLIST that the conference identifier could
| could be located anywhere within the string. (ie. BA-DV,
| -DVBAD, L-DV-RT)
|
+----------------- See above.
The third:
0-20,range=(Local)
^ ^ ^
| | |
| | +---- Again, the name of the network.
| |
| +---------- This tells CONFLIST to to include all conferences within
| a specified range under this network name.
|
+---------------- This is the range of conferences to include. Just make
sure there are no spaces in here.
And the final and newest:
5,single =(DevNet)
^ ^ ^
| | |
| | +--- Again, the name of the network.
| |
| |
| +------------- CONFLIST will only give this identifier to ONE conference,
| and that's the one specified in the number at the beginning
| of this statement.
|
+----------------- The number of the conference this identifier belongs to.
THE WRAP-UP
~~~~~~~~~~~
CONFLIST is small and fast. It's well under 20k in size, and on my 386-25,
does over 200 conferences per second in non-verbose mode. There is no limit
to the maximum number of conferences, and a limit of 500 defined networks.
The only important thing to know, is that CONFLIST.EXE, CONFLIST.CFG and your
CNAMES file must all be in the same directory.
In addition, I have only tested CONFLIST with PCBoard v14.5a/E3. I doubt it
makes any difference what /XX version you're running, but I wouldn't try it
with anything less than PCB v14.5.
If you find this program useful, registration is only $15US. Registration
entitles you to download the registered version of CONFLIST, which allows you
to specify the path of your CNAMES file, and the output path/filename for your
CNFN file, and free upgrades forever.
Please, cheques and money orders only, do not send cash. Mail registrations
to:
Key Research and Development
17 Annapearl Crt,
Willowdale, Ontario
M2N 4H6 CANADA
Make cheques payable to "Key Research and Development".
Also, call our support BBS:
Toronto Twilight Communications
(416) 733-9012
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Online role-playing games, RoseMail, Qmail, many online games!
NANet, ShadowNet, DevNet, EchoNet, BahNet, City2City mail networks
online, more coming soon.
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Other fantastic Key Research and Development products 8-)
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PCMail Elite v1.0 - A great little .QWK mail reader, from the people
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