Subj : Re: Global Commands
To : Digital Man
From : SprayPaint
Date : Tue Feb 22 2005 09:17 pm
ok i would like to do something sort of like the sysops menu useing ;String
for the commands... how ever i was thinking of back to that darn MBBS/WG
thing again of a global package and using the key i was used to like " ' "
or the " ~ " how ever i wanted to do a who's on but cant seem to locate the
CTRL Key menu i know that ^U is who's online but what does it call...
and if i wanted to have one for sending a message to another node what is
that command... basically i want to by pass the ^P and go right to message
mode
SprayPaint
"Digital Man" <digital.man@VERT> wrote in message
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> Re: Global Commands
> By: Evan Elias to Digital Man on Wed Feb 20 2002 11:10 am
>
> > > > and can I only use CTRL-Keys as a global command?
> > >
> > > Yes. Otherwise, they would interfere with normal operations. Imagine
if y
> > > the letter 'T' for a global command. How would you send e-mail to
Tom?
> >
> > Well, using ordinary letters wouldn't work well for obvious reasons,
but
> > there's many alternatives to CTRL keys. Several BBS packages have
globals
> > begin with a / or an =... for example, listing who's online in WG is
done by
> > typing =# or /# at the start of a line. I guess the difference comes
into p
> > that WG is not hotkey-based while Sync (usually) is though... but I
still
> > find myself trying to to /# on Sync boards from time to time, old
habits are
> > hard to break :(
>
> Those types of global commands would interfere with other
features/functions of
> the classic Synchronet command shell, the internal message editor, and
> eventually external programs/doorgames. Ctrl keys have a lot fewer
conflicts.
>
> -Rob
>
> digital man
>
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