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

.