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Quips, v1.41 README File by Dotoran of Frontiers!
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What Is It?
~~~~~~~~~~~
Quips is my idea of those little sayings that pop up before the MAIN
prompt, although I've made mine so they pop up in front of ALL major prompts
throughout the bbs. Using the command "EQ" (Edit Quip), your users can edit
a quip to hold any text they wish. Using the "EQ x", where "x" is a number
from 1 to 100 will allow anyone to edit a specific Quip. This could allow
you to edit quips you notice may contain foul language or other material you
deem inadequate on your BBS. Quips can be up to 60 characters in length and
may contain any MCI codes the user has access to. SysOps could even create
Quips containing the MCI {* } command to display text file quips, etc. Each
Quip entered will be ENDED with the MCI \q1 command, if not already done to
insure the MCI's used don't run away on the rest of your system.
How Do I Install It?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1: Copy "Quips!", "QuipShow", and the "Quips/" directory into your PFILES:
path. (If you wish to keep THIS file, toss it into the "Quips/" Dir)
2: Using LHA, unarc the contents of the "quips_data.lha" archive into the
"pfiles:quips/" directory. There should be 100 files upon completion.
(101 files, including the archive! hehe)
3: Now, load your "cnet:bbsmenu" file into a text editor and add the following
line to the end of Menu # 2, Available Everywhere:
EQ, Edit Quip `1- | {#0 pfiles:Quips!}
^
4: You now need to add the following MCI Commands to the FRONT of one or
more of the following lines in your "cnet:bbstext" file, depending on
how often you wish the Quips to be displayed. As I stated earlier, I
have them running at ALL of the following locations, so I KNOW for FACT
they work in these locations.
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}
^ ^ ^ ^
`-------`------|------------------'
Control-Q's
The {T55 #3} and {JE 2+} MCI commands test the user's HELP Level, and if
it's set to "3" (SuperUser), then the Quip's will be SKIPPED. You can
change the "3" to a "2" or whatever if you wish to lower the HELP Level
used. Remember, there are FOUR(4) Control-Q's used in the above line!
OK, so you take the ABOVE line and place it in FRONT of one or more of
the following lines in BBSTEXT:
CNet Prompt Line# What's on that line(In Stock 3.0 BBSTEXT File)
=====================================================================
Main Prompt 68: \n1\q0\c6Main> \q1
UDBase/Base 397: \n1\q0\c6%s> \q1
P-Files 672: \n1\q0\c6Program files> \q1
G-Files 673: \n1\q0\c6General files> \q1
News Files 674: \n1\q0\c6News files> \q1
Voting 1531: \n1\q0\c6Voting (topic#, List, New, Quit)> \q1
BBS-List 1610: \n1\q0\c6BBSList> \q1
And finally, here's what the lines should look like AFTER you've made the
stated additions:
Line 68: Main Prompt
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6Main> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|--------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 397: Upload Base / Message Base
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6%s> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 672: Program Files
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6Program files> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|-----------------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 673: General Files
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6General files> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|-----------------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 674: News Files
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6News files> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|--------------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 1531: Voting Prompt
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6Voting (topic#, ...etc.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|----------------------------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
Line 1610: BBS-List Prompt
{T55 #3}{JE 2+}{#0pfiles:QuipShow}{2}\n1\q0\c6BBSList> \q1
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
`-------|------'------------------' `--`--|--------'
Control-Q's Control-Y's
5: Finally, you'll need to reload your BBSMENU/BBSTEXT files by either doing
a reboot (CNet 2.63), or pressing RAMIGA-T (CNet 3.0P). Provided you have
your HELP LEVEL set low enough, you'll be presented with a QUIP. You can
EDIT a quip, regardless of your HELP LEVEL by typing "EQ" from anywhere!
That's It Folks!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And that's all there is to setting up Quips! You'll notice the command
files are quite small, so as to execute as fast as possible. The Quips,
themselves, are stored in their own individual files for speed also. I tried
using a relative file to store them all, but found it was actually a bit
faster if it didn't have to seek out the location all the time.
If you have any feedback on this mod, please get in touch!
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Written by Dotoran of Frontiers BBS (716)/823-9892!
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