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T H E
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The best news generator available in the world for SysOps!
Many styles of screen output.
Now supporting date and environment buffer.
With simulataneous printer output.
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║▒▒▒ Getting Smart ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Hello my friend SysOp,
This program generates an ANSI and ASCII news screen for your BBS.
It runs under Remote Access, EzyCom, PCBoard, WildCat and compatibles.
If your BBS program isn't compatible with Super News, you're able to
send an example of your news file with a little explain about the file
structure to one of author's mailing addresses.
S-NEWS generates the following files:
NEWS.ANS -=> News screen in ANSI Codes
NEWS.ASC -=> News screen in ASCII Codes
NEWS.BBS -=> WildCat! format
NEWS.PCB -=> PCBoard format
NEWS.AVT -=> Probably on next versions (5.00)
NEWS.RIP -=> Probably on next versions (5.00)
The parameters are:
Syntax: S-NEWS [/P|/O|/A] </1|/2|/3|/4|/5> [/PCB|/WC]
/P - Printer output.
/O - Rename NEWS.A?? to ONCEONLY.A?? [Read Common Questions]
/A - Rename NEWS.A?? to ALTNEWS.A?? [Read Common Questions]
/1 - Continuous form. Like printer paper.
/2 - Standart form.
/3 - Full Screen form. One news per page.
/4 - Windowed screen mode.
/5 - Shadowed screen mode. {+}
/PCB - Force PCBoard output.
/WC - Force WildCat! output.
On next versions much more modes will be included.
Sugestions and examples are welcome.
Parameters with <> are necessary, and you should pick up ONLY one.
Parameter with [] is optional.
At first you must specify the environment buffer on the MS-DOS (or
whatever), like this (You should include it into your AUTOEXEC.BAT):
Syntax.: SET S-NEWS={drive}{path}
Example: SET S-NEWS=C:\RA\S-NEWS
The configuration, text and key files, MUST be in the same directory
of S-NEWS.EXE.
The text that will be included in the generated files is on NEWS.TXT
and the format is:
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
Observation:
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After each news, you have to put /***/, but when writing the
the last news, it's not necessary.
In the Message Line buffer, the words are centered on the
screen, then it's not necessary to add spaces in the line.
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
/***/
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
/***/
Header|Date
Message Line 1
.
.
.
Message Line xxx
Observation:
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As you can see, on the last news there's no /***/, because
it means that it's the last news of the NEWS.TXT file and
S-NEWS can recognize the EOF.
Take a look at the examples given.
Date option is optional!
WARNING:
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The maximum number of characters that you should put in each
line is 70, else you will be able to receive some ERROR messages!
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║▒▒▒ Setting Up Configuration File ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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S-CONFIG.EXE has all support necessary.
If your last S-NEWS version was less than 4.06 you *MUST* run:
S-CONFIG /CREATE
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In header buffer you can put the date.
Like this:
Birthday!|March 12th
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxx
Date option is not necessary!
Depending on the style of the news the date will be displayed in
different places, like mode 2:
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│ Birthday! │
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If you don't want to put the date, it will appear like this:
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│ Birthday! │
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If you have some troubles you can find help in all of Super News
support sites or even with the author in one of his mailing addresses.
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Hello!|Jul 15th
This is an ^^example^G of S-NEWS!
Why don't you register it?
/***/
Test 2
Testing S-NEWS!
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On line 2, the word "example" will be shown in flashing white because
the character (^^). And the character (^G) will turn the rest as gray.
For help concerning the colors, you should run S-TABLE.EXE
In the header, you can't change colors yet!
On 5.0 version IT WILL BE DONE!
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║▒▒▒ Common Questions ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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When I have a new News (!), where should I place them?
A: You have to put them on TOP of NEWS.TXT
Where should I use ALTNEWS.A?? ?
A: This file is displayed only if the NEWS.A?? file was not
displayed to the user because the user requested to skip it
during an IEMSI session. If you want all users to see your
system news file regardless, simply use option /A
Where should I use ONCEONLY.A?? ?
A: This file is displayed just after the NEWS.A?? file. It is
displayed once only when the file has been altered since the
user last viewed it.
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All brand and product names are Copyrighted (C) material, Trademarks (tm)
or Registered (R) Trademarks of their respective holders:
ARJ Robert K. Jung
RemoteAccess Andrew Milner and Wantree Development.
Ezycom Peter Davies
MS-DOS Microsoft Corporation
PCBoard Unknown
WildCat Unknown
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║▒▒▒ Sending Questions and Opinions ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒║
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Opinions and questions are welcome in:
FidoNet.........: 4:801/51
RBT.............: 12:1213/4
Prime Net.......: 98:1100/1
Tekno Net.......: 58:132/1
InterNet........: daniel.lafraia@f51.n801.z4.fidonet.org
WARNING: The new phone number for IRON BBS is +55-132-225775
Thanks for using S-NEWS,
Daniel Lafraia
-=> Typed by Daniel Lafraia