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  MenuConfig version 1.3 by Robert Masters for use with MenuMaster 1.3

To set the config file for MenuMaster, run MenuConfig with the argument
being the name of the file you want to configure. If no argument is
given then it will use the default S:MenuMaster.con.

You will be shown a screen with the 40 items and which are active, enter
the key for the item you want to change or you can set up the following;


BackDrop   - This is the name of the ansi screen you want shown, this can
           contain MAXsBBS codes..

Copy       - Lets you copy one item to another.

Easy Text  - Makes item text entry easy. First you set up a global start
           and end ansi sequence for the on and off text, then you enter
           the text and they are automaticly fixed up. Eg: If I wanted
           to have all my TextOn start with /e37;5m and end with /e0m
           and all the TextOff start with /e37m and end with /e0m, then
           I enter these and them tpy the text for each item, I might
           want item 1 to be 'Enter File Areas', this will be converted
           to TextOn : '/e37;5mEnter File Areas/e0m' and
           TextOff :  '/e37mEnter File Areas/e0m'. Since most of the
           time you will want the same colours, and same text you can
           enter the item text very quickly like this.

Start Item - This is the item that the cursor will be on when started.

Global Access - Set the access level of all items.

Auto scrolling - Sorts out adjacant items, see below..

Hotkey     - Set each hotkey for item

Global Data- Set the Extra of all the items function calls.

Save       - Save your config.

Quit & Save - Quit and save..

Exit       - Piss off without saving

To set each individual item these are the differant fields;


Text On and Text Off :

Text off is the default item text that will be shown, text on is how it
will be displayed when the cursor is over the top of it. To place an
escape sequence in the line use /e, this will be converted to "escape [ "
Eg: \e5;37m This is blinking in white.


Item right and item down:

This is the placing for your text, it will be placed x characters down
and x characters right from the top left corner of the screen.


Item hotkey:

This is the hotkey that can also be used to select an item. You can only
select numbers and letters with the exception of A,B,C and D as these
are used in Ansi codes and could be confused with input from the user..
Use at your own risk..


Low and High access:

You can set the access required here to use that item. Ie: 5000 to 10000
will only allow people to use that item if they have that access.


On entry:

Here you can set to either goto a menu and exit the program, or run a
MAXsBBS function.

You can also load a new config for each item.


Up, Down, Left & Right:

These control the scrolling needed for cursor function, they tell
MasterMenu what item to goto when pressed left, right, up or down.
Eg:

    1    2    3    4

    5    6    7    8

    9   10   11   12

For item 6 the settings would be:

       left    5
       right   7
       down    10
       up      2

For item 3 the settings would be:

       left    2
       right   4
       down    7
       up      11

If you have auto scrolling on, the following would also be set when you
enter item 3 settings:

       item 2 right 3
       item 4 left  3
       item 7 up    3
       item 11 down 3


You could also set 'up' to 10 for item 3, and by doing it that way with
the other items, as you scroll of 1 list, you go to the next.

When you direct an item, make sure that you direct it ONLY to an active
item ! MenuMaster assumes you know what you are doing and doesn't
question it.


Item active:

This switches items on or off, only active items will be used in the
program.


There is an example setup included in the archive. The most appropriate
way to use this is in the main menu of the bbs, and set each item to go
into sub menus that will run MenuMaster again when they quit the
submenu. The example is only very basic, and may not work with your bbs
beacause of differant menu numbers, but but expanding on it you can get
some incredible results.

To design a menu, first write down all the items, and give them number,
and write down all the relevant information. If you do it this way, it
will only take a few minutes to design a menu.


Notes:

1.0 -  First release.
1.1 -  Any menu function can now be used.
1.2 -  Can do menu functions and load config at the same time, enhanced
       the editor to be easier to use. Can have upto 40 items now.
1.3 -  Fixed up a couple of small bugs in the editor.


         Thanks to Norbert Feist for Beta testing this program.

         For bug-reports and updates, call The Nut Factory BBS.

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