Subj : Re: good afternoon asking about baja and menu shells
To   : Accession
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jul 09 2024 20:03:00

-=> Accession wrote to Gamgee <=-

 G> That's great info, and thanks Nightfox for taking the time to post that.
 G> Saved for future reference, and greatly appreciated.

 Ac> Now to answer your original question, if you're currently using
 Ac> default.src, I do believe there's a default.js that you can just switch
 Ac> to now. Should be in the repo:

 Ac> // Default/Classic Synchronet Command Shell
 Ac> // replaces default.src/bin

I'm using a somewhat customized shell, where I edited the default.src to 
change/remove a few things.

 Ac> Then, rather than trying to completely learn javascript in order to do
 Ac> anything with Synchronet like some say to do, just look at some of the
 Ac> stock .js files, and if interested, copy one to your mods directory.
 Ac> Then, slowly tinker with it with easy things like
 Ac> bbs.menu("ansi_name_here"); to display an ansi or console.pause(); to
 Ac> add a pause prompt, etc. The Synchronet Javascript Object Reference
 Ac> page will tell you just about anything and everything you can use.

Great idea, yes.  I of course didn't know "baja source" either, but was 
able to adjust things just based on exactly what you're describing here.

 Ac> If you mess anything up, you can simply remove the one from your mods
 Ac> directory, or copy the original from the exec directory to your mods
 Ac> directory again (overwriting whatever you broke) and start over.

 Ac> I'm still not even close to being mediocre at javascript by any means,
 Ac> but I can do what I need to do to make the BBS look the way I want it
 Ac> to.

Perfect, and thanks for the boot to wake me up.  Not sure why I didn't 
think of that myself, as it's exactly what I did with the default baja.  
Appreciate it!



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