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| custom:atcodes [2020/04/30 14:16] – [@-codes] These codes were called "Message Variables" in the sysop manual digital man | custom:atcodes [2020/05/29 00:15] – [See Also] nelgin |
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| ====== @-codes ====== | ====== Message Variables (@-codes) ====== |
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| Synchronet sysop-posted messages, text and menu files, and some lines in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[text.dat]]'' file may contain special //Message Variables//, also called //@-codes// ("at codes", some BBS authors and sysops refer to these types of codes as "MCI codes"((and not because of the defunct phone company))). @-codes may also be displayed using the ''bbs.atcode()'' JavaScript method. | Synchronet sysop-posted messages, text and menu files, and some lines in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[text.dat]]'' file may contain special //Message Variables//, also called //@-codes// ("at codes", some BBS authors and sysops refer to these types of codes as "MCI codes"((and not because of the defunct phone company))). @-codes may also be displayed using the ''bbs.atcode()'' JavaScript method. |
| |BEEP |BELL |Generate a beep sound on the user's terminal | | |BEEP |BELL |Generate a beep sound on the user's terminal | |
| |CLS | |Clear the screen | | |CLS | |Clear the screen | |
| |CLEAR | |Clear the screen and eat the next newline sequence | | |CLEAR | |Clear the screen, all existing mouse hot-spots and eat the next newline sequence | |
| | |CLEAR_HOT | |Clear all existing mouse hot-spots | |
| | |HOT | |Define a new mouse hot-spot color (the color of the @-code defines the hot-spot attributes) | |
| | |HOT:HUNGRY | |Define a new mouse hot-spot color for defining hungry hot-spots (hungry hot-spots are the default type) | |
| | |HOT:STRICT | |Define a new mouse hot-spot color for defining strict hot-spots | |
| | |HOT:OFF | |Disable hot-spot by color/attribute definitions for the remainder of the file (or until re-enabled) | |
| | |~//text// | |Define a single hungry hot-spot (where the displayed text and command keys are the same) | |
| | |~//text//~//cmd// | |Define a single hungry hot-spot with an alternate command to stuff in the keyboard input buffer | |
| | |`//text// | |Define a single strict hot-spot (where the displayed text and command keys are the same) | |
| | |`//text//`//cmd// | |Define a single strict hot-spot with an alternate command to stuff in the keyboard input buffer | |
| |CRLF | |Send a carriage return/line-feed pair | | |CRLF | |Send a carriage return/line-feed pair | |
| |CHECKMARK | |Send a check mark symbol appropriate for the user's terminal | | |CHECKMARK | |Send a check mark symbol appropriate for the user's terminal | |
| |GOTOXY://x,y// | |Move cursor to //x/////y// coordinate (1-based) | | |GOTOXY://x,y// | |Move cursor to //x/////y// coordinate (1-based) | |
| |POS://x// | |Move cursor to column //x// (1-based) | | |POS://x// | |Move cursor to column //x// (1-based) | |
| |HOME | |Home cursor (to upper left), don't clear| | |HOME | |Home cursor (to upper left), don't clear the screen | |
| |CLRLINE | |Clear the current line (cursor to first column)| | |CLRLINE | |Clear the current line (cursor to first column)| |
| |CLR2EOL | |Clear to end of line (cursor doesn't move)| | |CLR2EOL | |Clear to end of line (cursor doesn't move)| |
| * [[custom:menu_files|Menu Files]] | * [[custom:menu_files|Menu Files]] |
| * [[custom:|Customization]] | * [[custom:|Customization]] |
| | * [[custom:ctrl-a_codes|ctrl-a (Attribute) codes]] |
| * [[http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#MessageVariables|Old documentation of this feature (stale)]] | * [[http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#MessageVariables|Old documentation of this feature (stale)]] |
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