This file contains upgrade notes for sysops who are upgrading from earlier versions of SlyEdit. Only versions with significant/noteworthy configuration changes, etc. are listed in this file, with the most recent version on top. Upgrading to version 1.63 ------------------------- This version allows using the full width of the terminal for message text. After upgrading to this version, if you are using a Synchronet build from April 13th, 2019 or later, ensure that the "Record Terminal Width" setting in SCFG is enabled for SlyEdit. This helps ensure that Synchronet re-wraps message text for readers if the author used a different terminal width than the reader. Upgrading to version 1.34 ------------------------- This version includes a new configuration option in SlyEdit.cfg for Ice-style colors: menuOptClassicColors. If this option is set to false, then new colors will be used for Ice-style menu options. If this is set to false, then the classic Ice-style menu option colors will be used. Upgrading to version 1.33 ------------------------- In this version, taglines can now be optionally prefixed with some text and/or surrounded by double quotes. Three new configuration settings have been added in this version: taglinePrefix Some text to be added to the front of a tagline that is selected from the user. The intention of this setting is to differentiate taglines from the rest of the message. This defaults to the string "... " (3 dots and a space). If desired, this can be set to a blank string (nothing after the =) - for instance, if you only want to put double quotes around text lines, you could set this to blank and enable the quoteTagLines setting. quoteTaglines Whether or not to put selected taglines in double quotes. This defaults to false. If you like taglines to have double quotes and no prefix, you can set this to true and set taglinePrefix to a blank string (nothing after the =). shuffleTaglines Whether or not to shuffle (randomize) the list of taglines displayed to the user for selection. Upgrading to version 1.32 ------------------------- A new color setting has been added, listBoxItemHighlight, which is used for the currently selected item in a list box. The color setting txtReplacementList has been changed to listBoxItemText. This color applies to items written inside any list box, including the list of text replacements and the list of tag lines. Taglines: Users can now (optionally) select a tagline to append to their message upon saving their message. Users can configure whether or not they want to use taglines in their user settings, which is also a new feature in this version of SlyEdit (see the paragraph below). New configuration settings have been added in SlyEdit.cfg: - tagLineFilename: This specifies the name of a text file where tag lines are stored. By default, it is SlyEdit_Taglines.txt. - enableTaglines: This serves as a default for user settings for whether or not to enable the option to add a tagline to their message upon saving the message. - allowUserSettings: Whether or not to allow users to configure their user settings. User settings: Users can now configure their own user settings in this version. Settings include whether or not to use tag lines, whether or not to quote messages using the original author's initials, and whether or not to indent quoted lines with initials. The configuration settings useQuoteLineInitials indentQuoteLinesWithInitials in SlyEdit.cfg now serve as defaults for user settings rather than being used for everyone. Upgrading to version 1.29 ------------------------- A new "text replacements" (AKA macros) feature has been added. This feature lets you (the sysop) define words to be replaced with other text. This feature can be used, for instance, to replace commonly misspelled words with their correct versions or to replace swear words with less offensive words as the user types a message. For more details, see the section regarding text replacements in the "Read Me.txt" file. The color settings crossPostBorder and crossPostBorderText have been renamed to listBoxBorder and listBoxBorderText. crossPostBorder and crossPostBorderText will still work, but if listBoxBorder and listBoxBorderText are used in your theme configuration files, those will be used instead. Also, the following color setting has been added (for both the DCT-style and Ice-style theme files): txtReplacementList The color to use for the text replacements in the text replacement list. Upgrading to version 1.28 ------------------------- New general color settings (for both the DCT-style and Ice-style theme files): msgWillBePostedHdr The color to use for the text “Your message will be posted into the following area(s)” text when exiting SlyEdit msgPostedGrpHdr The color to use for the group name header when listing the message's posted message areas when exiting SlyEdit msgPostedSubBoardName The color to use for the message sub-boards when listing the message's posted message areas when exiting SlyEdit msgPostedOriginalAreaText The color to use for the text ”(original message area)” when listing the message's posted message areas when exiting SlyEdit msgHasBeenSavedText The color to use for the text “The message has been saved.” when exiting SlyEdit msgAbortedText The color to use for the Message Aborted text when exiting SlyEdit emptyMsgNotSentText The color to use for the Message Not Sent text when exiting SlyEdit genMsgErrorText The color to use for general message error text when exiting SlyEdit Upgrading to version 1.20 ------------------------- Version 1.20 added a cross-posting feature, and there is a new configuration setting and some new color settings for cross-posting. Also, starting with version 1.20, you can put your customized SlyEdit configuration file (SlyEdit.cfg) and color theme files in the sbbs/mods directory so that they won't be accidentally overwritten when updating the Synchronet files from the Synchronet CVS repository. New setting for SlyEdit.cfg: allowCrossPosting Whether or not to allow cross-posting messages into different/multiple message areas. Valid values are true and false. New color settings (for both the DCT and Ice-style theme files): crossPostBorder The color to use for the border of the cross- post area selection box crossPostBorderText The color to use for the top border text of the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgAreaNum The color to use for the message group/sub- board numbers in the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgAreaNumHighlight The color to use for the highlighted (lightbar) message group/sub-board numbers in the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgAreaDesc The color to use for the message group/ sub-board descriptions in the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgAreaDescHighlight The color to use for the highlighted (lightbar) message group/sub-board descriptions in the cross-post area selection box crossPostChk The color to use for the checkmarks for the enabled message sub-boards in the cross-post area selection box crossPostChkHighlight The color to use for the highlighted (lightbar) checkmarks for the enabled message sub-boards in the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgGrpMark The color to use for the current message group marker character in the cross-post area selection box crossPostMsgGrpMarkHighlight The color to use for the highlighted (lightbar) current message group marker character in the cross-post area selection box Upgrading to version 1.18 ------------------------- * Important: If you use Digital Distortion's Message Lister on your BBS, then you must update Digital Distortion's Message Lister must to at least version 1.31 in order for message quoting with author's initials to work properly when replying to a message from Digital Distortion's Message Lister. The latest version of the Digital Distortion BBS doors & add-ons can be downloaded from the following web page: http://digdist.bbsindex.com/DigDistBBSStuff/DigDistBBSStuff.html A feature has been added to allow quoted lines with author's initials to be indented by a space. It is disabled by default. To enable that option, add the following line in SlyEdit.cfg in the [BEHAVIOR] section: indentQuoteLinesWithInitials=true That option can also be set to false to disable it. Upgrading to version 1.17 ------------------------- Starting with version 1.17, when replying to a message, quoted lines from the previous message will be prefixed with the last author's initials by default. If desired, this behavior can be disabled by adding the following line in the [BEHAVIOR] section of SlyEdit.cfg: useQuoteLineInitials=false When disabled, SlyEdit will quote message lines as before, prefixing them with " > " as was done in IceEdit, DCT Edit, and other editors of the early-mid 1990s. Since many users participate in public message areas, it is recommended to let SlyEdit add the last author's initials to quote lines in order to make it easier for other readers to identify who wrote which parts and make it easier to follow the conversation. That option can also be set to true in SlyEdit.cfg to enable it. Upgrading to version 1.16 ------------------------- As of version 1.16, the configuration files may be placed in the sbbs/ctrl directory if desired, and the .js files can be placed anywhere else (for (example, sbbs/exec would work easily). Also, the following notes apply if upgrading from a version below 1.15: Upgrading to version 1.15 ------------------------- In version 1.15, the configuration setting "splitLongQuoteLines" was removed and replaced with the following setting: reWrapQuoteLines: Whether or not to re-wrap quote lines so that quoted text is complete yet still looks good when quoted. Also added the following configuration options and capabilities: add3rdPartyStartupScript: Add a 3rd-party JavaScript script to execute (via loading) upon startup of SlyEdit. The parameter must specify the full path & filename of the JavaScript script. For example (using the excellent Desafortunadamente add-on by Art of Fat Cats BBS): add3rdPartyStartupScript=D:/BBS/sbbs/xtrn/desafortunadamente/desafortunadamente.js addJSOnStart: Add a JavaScript command to run on startup. Any commands added this way will be executed after 3rd-party scripts are loaded. Example (using the excellent Desafortunadamente add-on by Art of Fat Cats BBS): addJSOnStart=fortune_load(); add3rdPartyExitScript: Add a 3rd-party JavaScript script to execute (via loading) upon exit of SlyEdit. The parameter must specify the full path & filename of the JavaScript script. addJSOnExit: Add a JavaScript command to run on exit. Example (don't actually do this): addJSOnStart=console.print("Hello\n\1p"); Upgrading to version 1.08 ------------------------- In version 1.08, two new configuration settings were added to the main configuration file (SlyEdit.cfg) in the BEHAVIOR section: userInputTimeout Whether or not to use an input timeout for users. Valid values are true and false. Note: The input timeout is not used for sysops. inputTimeoutMS The amount of time (in milliseconds) to use for the input timeout. Note that the sysop is now always exempt from the input timeout. In version 1.13, another new setting was added to the main configuration file (SlyEdit.cfg) in the BEHAVIOR section: splitLongQuoteLines Whether or not to split quote lines that are too long (rather than truncating them). Valid values are true and false. If true, quote lines that are too long will be wrapped (rather than truncated), with the last word(s) on their own separate line. If this option is not specified, this feature will be disabled by default. Upgrading to version 1.07 ------------------------- If upgrading version version 1.07 or earlier of SlyEdit, the option "Expand Line Feeds to CRLF" in SCFG should now be set to Yes. This option enables Synchronet to save messages properly, regardless of whether Synchronet is running in Windows or a *nix system. Enabling this option fixes problems with line wrapping that was seen on Linux Synchronet systems when the messages were sent across some networks to other BBSs. Thanks goes to Access Denied, sysop of The Pharcyde, for helping to test this. In Synchronet's configuration program, your SlyEdit configuration should look like this (ICE mode is used here): +[¦][?]--------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ SlyEdit (Ice style) Editor ¦ ¦--------------------------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦Name SlyEdit (Ice style) ¦ ¦ ¦Internal Code SLYEDICE ¦ ¦ ¦Remote Command Line ?SlyEdit.js %f ICE ¦ ¦ ¦Access Requirements ANSI ¦ ¦ ¦Intercept Standard I/O No ¦ ¦ ¦Native (32-bit) Executable No ¦ ¦ ¦Use Shell to Execute No ¦ ¦ ¦Quoted Text All ¦ ¦ ¦Editor Information Files QuickBBS MSGINF/MSGTMP ¦ ¦ ¦Expand Line Feeds to CRLF Yes ¦ ¦ ¦Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines No ¦ ¦ ¦BBS Drop File Type None ¦ +--------------------------------------------------------------------+.