Subj : Re: Menu Polling/Defeat Pause
To : Digital Man
From : Corvey
Date : Wed Jan 18 2006 01:04 am
> Re: Menu Polling/Defeat Pause
> By: Corvey to Digital Man on Tue Jan 17 2006 04:46 am
>
> > DM > While sitting at the Ctrl-P prompt or the Inter-BBS prompt or while
> in
> > DM > multi-node chat, instant messages and telegrams are received
> "instantl
> > DM > Some
> > DM > 3rd party command shells implement constant polling of messages at
> all
> > DM > prompts.
> >
> > C > Ok, those prompt are what I like, how can I make the main menu and
> ga
> > C > men
> > C > be "instantly" like the CTRL-P prompt?
> >
> > DM > The main menu, it depends on which command shell you're using.
> Basical
> > DM > you
> > DM > need an "inkey loop" instead of calling getkey. See the example in
> > DM > sbbsimsg.js.
> > DM > This same method can be applied to the prompts in exec/xtrn_sec.js
> > DM > (external programs section).
>
> > In sbbsimsg.js I see:
> >
> > "key=console.inkey(K_UPPER, 500);"
> >
> > but I'm not sure in where in xtrn_sec.js to place code to make it work.
> >
> >
> > I am noob, can you be more precise, from and where to place code to make
> thi
> > work for me?
>
> The first step would be to replace the line "xtrn_section" with "exec
> ?xtrn_sec" in each of your command shell source files (exec/*.src) and
> recompile with Baja. Otherwise, the internal (native C) version of the
> external
> program menu will be displayed instead of the exec/xtrn_sec.js module.
>
> The second step would be to replace the 2 calls to console.getnum() in
> xtrn_sec.js with a loop, similar to that found in sbbsimsg.js:
>
> while(bbs.online && !(bbs.sys_status&SS_ABORT)) {
> key=console.inkey(K_UPPER, 500);
> }
>
> inside that loop you'll need to figure out what number the user is typing
and
> print that number, detect a carriage-return ('\r') and continue on the
script.
> If you have no programming knowledge or patience to learn, then this task is
> probably beyond your abilities.
>
> digital man
Yes, probably beyond my abilities.. It's difficult stuff for me comprehend
everything about java, c++. etc, but I've pick up bits and pieces along the
way and still know very little, but with a desire to learn more.
May I suggest you incorporate this into telnet? It's the main ingredient to
make the BBS totally real-time. I would appreciate you considering making
this prompt a reality..
Thanks,
Corvey
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