Subj : Feature Requests
To   : Ryan
From : Deuce
Date : Mon Jul 04 2005 01:38 am

  Re: Feature Requests
  By: Ryan to All on Mon Jul 04 2005 01:27:00

 > Two features that could be really handy that I just thought of, (someone
 > correct me if you can already do this.)
 > 
 > One would be to have the ability to have say the num-lock key or scroll lock
 > toggle the sysop availability for chat function. I always forget to check or
 > uncheck the box and always wonder in the middle of the night if the box is
 > checked or unchecked (or rather, pressed or unpressed.) This would help.
 > 
 > Also, I have a line printer. It would be very nice if the BBS would echo any
 > critical errors directly to LPT1 so I could become aware of them much
 > quicker.

Hrm... number one seems to require that sbbs always have input focus.  As for
number two, it's currently possible on *nix using syslog... or piping the error
log to the printer.

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