Subj : Re: Attention: Sysop's - I need Help with Telnet
To   : alt.bbs.lists
From : Frank Vest
Date : Sun Aug 15 2004 05:27 am

EnjoyDialup wrote:
>>>I had no idea SBBS made it to telnet!
>>
>>:) yup. Been there for some time.
> 
> SyncronetBBS is not SuperBBS which is the one i was talking about.

True. My mistake. Both seem to share the initials. :)

>>SBBS would probably be easier. Synchronet has menu "shells" that emulate
>>several of the BBS styles. There Major BBS, Power BBS, PcBoard and some
>>others. Proboard isn't there, but could probably be created.
> 
> How do you make a shell?  I want to make my own set of menus that have a
> subset of the command provided, use differnt menus keys, etc.

You have to edit or create a BAJA script. The default menu script for 
the menus is in the "sbbs>exec" directory and is named, oddly enough, 
"default.src". :)

BAJA is a "program" language specific to Synchronet. You could also, if 
you only run the telnet version, modify some of the ".js" files to 
effect changes, but I have no idea on that end. :)

Pop the "default.src" file in a text editor and look at it. It's really 
not that hard to do simple changes such as command key letters. Once you 
make the change(s), save the file and then compile it with the BAJA 
compiler provided. The compile syntax is simply "baja default.src". This 
will compile the script into "default.bin"... which is the actual 
command shell file.

I would recommend that you make a backup of the default.src and 
default.bin files first..... just in case. :)

> In the QuickBBS days you would use a menu editor to create menu files and
> then make an .ans and .asc file for that menu.  I can see the .asc files are
> still there as well as a msg file.  but i cant find the menu files or a way
> of editing them.

I remember Spitfire BBS and many others that had "simple" menu change 
ability. It was easier.

> I assume this is because i dont know how to make a shell and isntall it?

Once you figure out the BAJA and script stuff, make the changes that you 
want, you can edit the ansi screens with "Thedraw" or some other ansi 
editor. Those ansi files can then be used as is, or converted for use by 
Synchronet with the "ans2msg.exe" program that also comes with 
Synchronet. Once the ansi is converted, it will show properly to ansi or 
ascii callers using only the one (.asc) file.

> I need more help!

Take a good look at the doc on the Synchronet web page. They tell a lot 
about the BAJA and display stuff. :)

> I have ditched proboard for now.   From what i can see i could run it as a
> door from syncronet bbs. and probably will at some stage.

Could be run as a door.... or even use Synchronet as a "telnet front 
end" for Proboard.

> Thank you for your help.

You're welcome. There are many in the "alt.bbs.synchronet" newsgroup 
that could probably help you better and know a lot more than I do. :)

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