Subj : Nodeupdates for Idlers
To : All
From : Node1
Date : Wed Aug 22 2001 04:35 am
RE: Nodeupdates for Idlers
BY: Node1 to Jas Hud on Mon Aug 20 2001 09:01 pm
> RE: Nodeupdates for Idlers
> BY: Jas Hud to Node1 on Mon Aug 20 2001 09:57 am
>
> > RE: Nodeupdates for Idlers
> > BY: Node1 to All on Mon Aug 20 2001 07:12 am
> >
> > > Anyways, thanks for any help anyone can provide. I'm using the defaul
> > > Major.src that comes with Synchronet.
> > >
> > well, what you'd have to do is like a loop thing, which wouldnt be so goo
> > i have an "animated" main prompt that keeps up to date with the activity.
> > you might want to do that yourself, but it might be too much of a pain,
> > i dont think you'd want to go through the trouble of it for such a small
> > outcome.
>
> Why would a loop thing not be so good? I dunno, i just need help(examples)
> how to do it. I'm not a very good programmer, but I want to allow people to
> idle at the menu, while still recieving messages such as those sent from
> ctrl-p, and ability to see who's logging on/off while not having to push any
> keys or press enter. I'm using default major.src rightnow. I'd appreciate
> help, since Majorbbs, actually had automatic screen updates, even when idle.
> Anyone can post an example of how I'd implement the loop? I know it deals
> something with sync, or async, and inkey... thats about it. Thanks for any
> info/solutions. I want the bbs to emulate MBBS as much as possible, since a
> lot of my users used to use MBBS(a lot feel MBBS is superior, but geez, it j
> cost too much).
If anybody can post an example of sourcecode, for how this could be done, It'd
be much appreciated...Thanks..
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