Subj : re: Question about Menu commands
To   : paulie420
From : gcubebuddy
Date : Fri Jan 22 2021 21:43:11

Thanks ya that does help. 
I have the first ansi file made, although people probably can tell i'm new to
ANSi art. still getting the hang of shading lol. From what i have seen in the
BBS community, there is alot of great art out there in ANSI. 

On 22 Jan 2021, paulie420 said the following...
 
 pa>  gc> Hi guys,
 pa>  gc>  i had a quick question... is there any document that has all the mys
 pa>  gc> menu commands? also when incorperatiing ANSI art, do i use the ANSI
 pa>  gc> editor to input the text commands dirctly into the ANSI file, or is
 pa>  gc> there some other way of setting up the menu commands out side of the
 pa>  gc> ANSI file? thanks :-)
 pa>  gc> - gcubebuddy
 pa> 
 pa> wiki.mysticbbs.com/doku.php?id=menu_commands&s[]=menu&s[]=command
 pa> 
 pa> Or, just goto wiki.mysticbbs.com and search for 'menu_commands'.
 pa> 
 pa> If I understand the second part of your question correctly, it can be a
 pa> bit of a... biscuit. :P I usually edit my ANSI file the way I want it,
 pa> and set the line length to < 24... save. Then I open it with a text
 pa> editor and insert "" at the VERY beginning and "|PA" at the VERY end.
 pa> You can add other commands that you need, like disallow canceling, or
 pa> add pause or whatever else you need.
 pa> 
 pa> Advanced, you can like... change the fonts to Amiga by displaying the
 pa> correct code, call a script or other things... but basically, I save the
 pa> ANSI first... then add MCI codes with a text editor. It works for me
 pa> best this way.
 pa> 
 pa> I hope that helped, as I'm not the best at describing things.
 pa> 
 pa> 
 pa> 
 pa> pAULIE42o
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