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- Newsed ][ v1.0 Beta QuickDocs
- by Ariel Benzakein
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- No long docs are needed for a program this short, so I wrote this one
- to get you started with the program. First off I'd like to thank Casey
- Whiteley for registering the old version of NewsEd... I haven't seen a check
- for it in a LONG time. That's what prompted me to write this new and much
- more powerful and configurable version.
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- To get Newsed up and running, type NEWSED at the DOS prompt. Make sure
- that all of the files included in the ZIP are in the same directory. Now,
- go to option 2 of the main menu, Configuration. Here is what the different
- values mean:
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- 1 - First Character:
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- This is the first character of the "header" line. In the original NewsEd
- program, the header consisted of "*" and "/" characters. Now, you can make
- it whatever you want. The final product will be a line of these characters
- combined (i.e. "*/*/*/*/*/*", etc).
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- 2 - First Character Color:
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- Now you can configure the colors that Newsed uses. This is the color for the
- first character of the header. The different colors are listed at the bottom
- of the screen, directly above the prompt. Choose the number before the color
- for this value (so blue would be 1, red would be 4, etc).
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- 3 - Second Character:
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- This is the second character of the header, and it is combined with the first
- character to create a line of text displayed before each news item.
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- 4 - Second Character Color:
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- This is the color of the second character of the header.
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- 5 - Subject String:
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- This is the string for the subject of the news file. When you create a new
- news file, you will be prompted for the subject. This string is displayed
- to the user with one space after it, then the subject. So say that the
- subject string is "Subject:". The user enters "New Modem!" for the subject
- when he creates a new news file. The total string would come out to
- "Subject: New Modem!" at the top of the news file.
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- 6 - Subject String Color:
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- This is the color of the subject STRING that you set for #5.
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- 7 - Subject Color:
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- This is the color of the actual subject that you will input when you create a
- new news file. This way, the subject can be a different color from the subject
- string. So "Subject:" could be green and "New Modem!" could be yellow, for
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- 8 - Date String Color:
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- This is the color of the string that says "Date : " in the beginning of the
- news article.
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- 9 - Date Color:
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- This is the color of the date, which will come after "Date : " in the beginning
- of the news article.
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- 10 - Text Color:
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- This is the color of the actual news text.
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- 11 - ANSI News File
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- This is the full path and file name of the ANSI news file your BBS reads. Make
- sure the path exists! If the file doesn't exist, that's OK, because Newsed
- will create a new file for you when you go to add the first article.
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- 12 - ASCII News File
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- This is the same as the ANSI news file, except that color codes won't be sent
- to the file. Even if your BBS doesn't use this file, Newsed must create one.
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- Now that you know how to set up Newsed, it's time to create a news file.
- Instead of using the crude editor that came with the first version of NewsEd,
- I decided to let you use your text editor. Simply create a text file with
- any editor (TheDraw (only if saved in ASCII format), Edwin, Qedit, and others
- will all work fine). Next, run Newsed and select option 3 from the menu to
- create a news file. Enter the full path and file name of the text file you
- created with the news article in it. Next, enter the subject for the news
- article.
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- Newsed will update your news file at lightning speed. You may think it
- couldn't have possibly updated both files in the time it takes, but go check,
- and to your amazement (and mine the first time I ran it!) both news files
- will be updated!
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- That's all you need to know. If you'd like a registered copy of Newsed
- and would like more info about some of my current and planned programs, send
- $15 to:
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- Ariel Benzakein
- 286 Ritchie Ave.
- Cincinnati, OH 45215
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- I can also be contacted on:
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- Telephone: (513)821-4797
- My BBS : (513)821-6543 (The Guild of Legends)
- Prodigy : PRNC51A
- PC-Link : Ariel17
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- I hope you enjoy Newsed!
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