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- | Prompts Galore! v1.0 |
- | Written by Drew [PWA] |
- | Last Update 8-29-94 |
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- | 0. Table of Contents (gee, sounds like we're in school, doesn't it?) |
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
- 3. Configuration
- 4. Quick Description of Files
- 5. Miscellaneous Notes
- 6. Caveats
- 7. Greets
- 8. How to Contact Me
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- | 1. Introduction |
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- Replace those boring prompts with lightbar prompts! This package of
- ppe's will replace 10 of your default prompts with prompts that have full
- lightbar and hotkey support.
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- | 2. Installation |
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- Step 1. Create a separate directory for this package.
- ie: mkdir c:\ppe\pg
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- Step 2. Unzip the original zip file into the new directory.
- ie: pkunzip dj-pg10 \ppe\pg
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- Step 3. Run INSTALL.BAT to install the prompts. It will tell you the
- correct syntax necessary (ie: you will need to specify the
- location of your PCBTEXT file).
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- You are welcome to edit INSTALL.BAT to suit your needs. You
- may want to take a peek down below for a quick description of
- the prompts and what they replace.
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- | 3. Configuration |
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- Feel free to modify all the config files as you see fit. I have also
- included prepackaged config files for each basic color scheme. Inside the file
- "COLORS.ZIP" are corresponding zip files for each color. Simply pick the one
- you want to use by unzipping COLORS.ZIP and then the file for your color (for
- example, "RED.ZIP" for the red color configuration).
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- | 4. Quick Desscription of Files |
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- Each ppe and its corresponding configuration file is named according
- to the prompt it replaces (ie: 192.ppe and 192.cfg). Additionally, some of
- the ppe's have a "help" screen. These are named in a similar fashion (ie:
- 192help.pcb).
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- Prompt # Description
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- 196 "More" prompt- Continue, Stop, Nonstop
- 296 "Scan for new messages?"
- 403 "Abort entry" (when entering a message)
- 449 "Continue upload will lose flagged files!"
- 474 "Upload Commands"
- 500 "Download flagged files?"
- 550 "Download Commands"
- 551 "Batch Commands"
- 662 "You have new mail! Read it now?"
- 678 "QWK Commands"
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- | 5. Miscellaneous Notes |
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- This could have looked neater/more tidy by doing all of these prompts
- in one ppe, but then that would be terribly slow to parse at run time. Hence,
- I just decided to create a separate ppe for each prompt. No extra variables
- are wasted and no humongous config file containing all the config options for
- all the prompts (imagine the mess!).
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- I would have included source for all of them as part of the distribu-
- tion, but they all look alike and including them would only bloat the zip file
- unnessarily. These were not terribly difficult to write, as my code was more
- or less cut and pasted from my "Turbo Logon" ppe (which includes source). So
- if looking at my Turbo Logon ppe source is not good enough and you really
- really REALLY want the source to all of these prompt ppe's for some reason,
- just drop me a note and I'll be happy to give you a copy.
-
- (Drew's personal opinion: what's the big deal about keeping source code a
- big secret to some simple ppe's anyway??? It's not like we're going to be
- making money off of them!)
-
- Look for version 1.1 of Prompts Galore! to replace over TWO DOZEN
- of your prompts with more lightbar action. :)
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- | 6. Caveats |
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- Sorry, the hot-keys for each possible command in the prompts are not
- configurable. This shouldn't cause too much a problem, but I suppose if enough
- people complain, I will try to make it configurable in some manner in the next
- version.
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- | 7. Greets |
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- Orion, Blackhawk, Dream Weaver:
- Is IRC an addiction yet or has it always been? :)
- Quick "Hello" to:
- Snake, Scimitar, Vigilante, Liquidater, MindFryer, Nomadd, Balrog
-
- If someone has a better format for writing up docs (or is willing to write
- the docs!), let me know.
-
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- | 8. How to Contact Me |
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- You can reach me through internet email at drew@xinet.com (fastest
- method), through Attitude Net, and once in a blue moon, I do the trendy thing
- and you can find me also on irc somewhere.
-
- Peace,
- --Drew