ok i would like to do something sort of like the sysops menu useing ;String
for the commands... how ever i was thinking of back to that darn MBBS/WG
thing again of a global package and using the key i was used to like " ' "
or the " ~ " how ever i wanted to do a who's on but cant seem to locate the CTRL Key menu i know that ^U is who's online but what does it call...

and if i wanted to have one for sending a message to another node what is
that command... basically i want to by pass the ^P and go right to message
mode

SprayPaint



"Digital Man" <digital.man@VERT> wrote in message news:3C739FFF.1406.bajaprog@vert.synchro.net...

Re: Global Commands
By: Evan Elias to Digital Man on Wed Feb 20 2002 11:10 am

and can I only use CTRL-Keys as a global command?

Yes. Otherwise, they would interfere with normal operations. Imagine

if y

the letter 'T' for a global command. How would you send e-mail to

Tom?

Well, using ordinary letters wouldn't work well for obvious reasons,

but

there's many alternatives to CTRL keys. Several BBS packages have

globals

begin with a / or an =... for example, listing who's online in WG is

done by

typing =# or /# at the start of a line. I guess the difference comes

into p

that WG is not hotkey-based while Sync (usually) is though... but I

still

find myself trying to to /# on Sync boards from time to time, old

habits are

hard to break :(

Those types of global commands would interfere with other

features/functions of

the classic Synchronet command shell, the internal message editor, and eventually external programs/doorgames. Ctrl keys have a lot fewer

conflicts.

-Rob

digital man

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Re: Re: Global Commands
By: SprayPaint to Digital Man on Tue Feb 22 2005 09:17 pm

ok i would like to do something sort of like the sysops menu useing ;String for the commands... how ever i was thinking of back to that darn MBBS/WG thing again of a global package and using the key i was used to like " ' " or the " ~ " how ever i wanted to do a who's on but cant seem to locate the CTRL Key menu i know that ^U is who's online but what does it call...

and if i wanted to have one for sending a message to another node what is that command... basically i want to by pass the ^P and go right to message mode

I'm not really sure what want to do. Perhaps SCFG->External Programs->Global Hot Key Events is what you're looking for? You can use these to launch any Baja or JavaScript module at the press of a ctrl key.

digital man

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ok i would like to do something sort of like the sysops menu useing

;String

for the commands... how ever i was thinking of back to that darn

MBBS/WG

thing again of a global package and using the key i was used to like "

' "

or the " ~ " how ever i wanted to do a who's on but cant seem to locate

the

CTRL Key menu i know that ^U is who's online but what does it call...

and if i wanted to have one for sending a message to another node what

is

that command... basically i want to by pass the ^P and go right to

message

mode

I'm not really sure what want to do. Perhaps SCFG->External

Programs->Global

Hot Key Events is what you're looking for? You can use these to launch any

Baja

or JavaScript module at the press of a ctrl key.

digital man

OK lets try it this way...one thing at a time... sorry my mind is always 20 miles ahead of my hands
Baja Command PRIVATE_MESSAGE
This function is used for private internode messages, telegrams, or chat.
Same as the Ctrl-P initiated function.

can i just have a key defined to send inernode messages only, rather than giving them the choice like the Crtl-P

The same thing for the who's online Ctrl-U gives just who is online, i would like to be able to do the same thing but not use the Ctrl-U

and yes i understand that the Ctrl-Keys are contained in the C++ code for
the EXE it self i just wanted to make a sort of uniform globals package, i
am working on a more indepth Major BBS clone,

which makes me need to ask another question, does the chat offer any way to
use the sysop functions like uedit or do i need to mod the chat source files and recomplie?

SprayPaint

Re: Re: Global Commands
By: SprayPaint to Digital Man on Wed Feb 23 2005 03:11 pm

ok i would like to do something sort of like the sysops menu useing

;String

for the commands... how ever i was thinking of back to that darn

MBBS/WG

thing again of a global package and using the key i was used to like "

' "

or the " ~ " how ever i wanted to do a who's on but cant seem to locate

the

CTRL Key menu i know that ^U is who's online but what does it call...

and if i wanted to have one for sending a message to another node what

is

that command... basically i want to by pass the ^P and go right to

message

mode

I'm not really sure what want to do. Perhaps SCFG->External

Programs->Global

Hot Key Events is what you're looking for? You can use these to launch any

Baja

or JavaScript module at the press of a ctrl key.

OK lets try it this way...one thing at a time... sorry my mind is always 20 miles ahead of my hands
Baja Command PRIVATE_MESSAGE
This function is used for private internode messages, telegrams, or chat. Same as the Ctrl-P initiated function.

can i just have a key defined to send inernode messages only, rather than giving them the choice like the Crtl-P

Yes. But you'll need to use JavaScript instead of Baja as it has finer-grained control over those facilities. See http://synchro.net/docs/jsobjs.html for details.

The same thing for the who's online Ctrl-U gives just who is online, i would like to be able to do the same thing but not use the Ctrl-U

Absolutely.

and yes i understand that the Ctrl-Keys are contained in the C++ code for the EXE it self i just wanted to make a sort of uniform globals package, i am working on a more indepth Major BBS clone,

which makes me need to ask another question, does the chat offer any way to use the sysop functions like uedit or do i need to mod the chat source files and recomplie?

You'd need to either write a chat module in JS (see exec/irc.js for an example) or modify the C++ source and recompile.

digital man

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SprayPaint wrote:

and yes i understand that the Ctrl-Keys are contained in the C++ code
for the EXE it self i just wanted to make a sort of uniform globals
package, i am working on a more indepth Major BBS clone,

which makes me need to ask another question, does the chat offer any
way to use the sysop functions like uedit or do i need to mod the chat source files and recomplie?

actually, you can replace ctrl-key hotkey menus within sync itself, it's
in the scfg.exe -> external programs ... you can specify a *bajamod or a ?javascript mod .. this can override ctrl-p/u .. if you go to my board,
you can see what I did here.. :)

Unless it is a hardcoded area (like file listing, or message reading
(the headers are fully modable)), you *REALLY* don't need to touch the
c/c++ source to change *anything* in the telnet interface.

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