Subj : CAPTCHA mod or something like that
To   : acn
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 17 2022 12:35:17

  Re: CAPTCHA mod or something like that
  By: acn to Digital Man on Mon Jan 17 2022 02:41 pm

 > Hi DM,
 >
 > > Waiting for someone to hit ESC in your login module would be just a couple
 > > lines of JS code. Something like:
 >
 > > print("Press ESC to login...");
 > > while(bbs.online && console.getkey(K_NOECHO) != KEY_ESC);
 >
 > > (K_NOECHO is defined in sbbsdefs.js and KEY_ESC is defined in key_defs.js)
 >
 > I've tried adding these lines to the top of login.js (copied to mods/), just
 > before "bbs.logout()".
 >
 > But this is displayed *after* answer.msg/banner1.msg...
 >
 > Would it have any side-effects if I remove answer.msg/banner1.msg and let
 > them get displayed at the beginning of login.js after the "Press ESC to
 > login" message?

Another way to do that would be to add at the top of your banner*.msg file:
@exec:yourmod@ (EXEC in uppercase)

then create exec/yourmod.js with those lines you want to execute before the body of the banner (and answer.* file) is displayed.
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