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07-05-92 EDIT174.DOC
What
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This archive, commonly distributed as EDIT174.ZIP, is a replacement
set of merges to add the ANSIED full-screen editor merge to RBBS-PC
v17.4. Replacement merges are provided for the EDIT and ETOG-style of
merge. If you have the AED244A.ZIP file, the merges provided will not
work with RBBS v17.4.
Why
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This release of the EDIT and ETOG merges addresses some of the new
features found in RBBS v17.4. In particular, after entering a
message, RBBS now offers the E)dit more option. This new set of
merges fully supports the features found in RBBS-PC v17.4.
How
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To merge ANSIED into RBBS-PC v17.4, you'll need the archive
AED244A.ZIP (the original ANSIED v2.44a archive), BLED.EXE (Ken
Goosens' merge utility), QuickBASIC and these files. To do the merge,
follow the instructions in the AED244A archive, but use the .MRG files
in this archive instead of the ones in AED244A.
Basically, you run the UPGRADE4 (or UPGRADE3) batch file like this:
UPGRADE4 EDIT y for the EDIT merges, or
UPGRADE4 ETOG y for the ETOG merges.
To include my UGLY merges also, get UGLY174.ZIP and type:
UPGRADE4 UGLY EDIT y or...
UPGRADE4 UGLY EDIT y
Notation
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Merges are added to the released RBBS source code in the form of .MRG
files. MRG files contain only the lines of source code that were
changed. In the EDIT and ETOG merges, modifications are indicated
with a comment in column 70 (or greater) that look like:
' ET070501
Changes marked as "' ET070501" are for the ETOG merges. Changes
marked as "' ED070501" are the EDIT merges. These comments make it
easy to see what lines of code actually change.
Changes marked as "' UG0705xx" are part of my UGLY merges. You get
these changed lines for free!
About ETOG
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If you're using the ETOG merges, you may notice that when you
recompile, your users no longer have their editor toggle set
correctly. In RBBS v17.4, the bit in the users file that used to be
used for the editor toggle is now the "files waiting" flag. So, the
ETOG merges now use a different bit, and all of your users need to go
through and re-toggle ANSIED on if they'd like to use it.
-- Tom Collins