• New sysop with a few questions

    From Momotombo@VERT/MMBBS to All on Sun Feb 12 12:58:45 2012
    Hello sysops. I've suddenly become interested in creating and running my ownãBBS, and I'd like to modify Synchronet's menus in order to give it my own lookãand feel.ããI've already read the customization guide for sysops and it's really good. ButãI have a couple of problems; hopefully I haven't missed something obvious.ããI decided to download PabloDraw in order to edit the .ans files I converted.ãHere's my biggest issue, however: http://i.imgur.com/6EHeZ.pngããAs you can see, this file is a little garbled-looking. I can see that there areãCTRL codes that are causing it to look that way, and when they're actuallyãbeing displayed it looks much nicer. I was wondering if there's some way toãdisplay the file a bit more "correctly" so that I can have an easier timeãediting it.ããHere's another example: http://i.imgur.com/IVhrz.pngããI've looked at the .src files and they look easy enough to edit. I can probablyãjust comment out commands in the default.src in order to restrict users fromãgoing to certain screens, right? I assumed default.src was for the main menuãhere.ããOne issue I've had with looking at the src files is that there's a strangeãcharacter in an oval shape that says "SOH" inside it wherever there's a CTRLãcode. This is from displaying it in notepad++. Is there a better program Iãcould use that would display the CTRL codes properly?ããThanks, and I apologize for my noobishness. I think I accidentally deleted oneãof Digital Man's posts and I'm not sure if that affects DOVE-Net entirely orãjust my BBS locally. I'll be more careful when scrolling through messages fromãnow on.ãã---ã þ Synchronetã
  • From Momotombo@VERT/MMBBS to Jason H.@@nospam on Sun Feb 12 20:14:25 2012
    Re: Re: New sysop with a few questionsã By: Jason H.@@nospam to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Feb 12 2012 05:20 pmãã > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronetã > ã > On Feb 12, 12:58 pm, "Momotombo" <momoto...@MMBBS.remove-sbs-this>ã > wrote:ã > > One issue I've had with looking at the src files is that there's a strangeã > > character in an oval shape that says "SOH" inside it wherever there's a CTã > > code. This is from displaying it in notepad++. Is there a better program Iã > > could use that would display the CTRL codes properly?ã > you can change the CTRL+A character to \1 in all your .src filesã > i use xchange from ruth's utilities for this [google it]ã > when messing with a file that displays, convert it to ansi first withã > the msg2ansã > utility or whatever they are calling it now. asc2ans maybe.ã > then change it back [if you wish. i wouldnt]ã > > Thanks, and I apologize for my noobishness. I think I accidentally deletedã > > of Digital Man's posts and I'm not sure if that affects DOVE-Net entirely ã > > just my BBS locally. I'll be more careful when scrolling through messages ã > > now on.ã > when you delete a msg on your bbs, it is just removed from your bbs.ãyeah, when I used asc2ans it came out like those screenshots I linked to. Iãthought I still had to convert them back to asc, but I guess not. I kinda hopeãnot.ããI don't really understand what \1 means. is it just a placeholder? how do Iãchange it back to a ctrl code afterward?ããthanks for your help.ãã---ã þ Synchronetã