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| custom:text.dat [2018/03/07 12:54] – [Using Defaults] digital man | custom:text.dat [2021/05/15 17:55] (current) – [Using Defaults] digital man |
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| ===== Customization ===== | ===== Customize ===== |
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| Knowledge of the C programming language may be very helpful in producing the desired results. If all you want to | Knowledge of the C programming language may be very helpful in producing the desired results. If all you want to |
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| All of the ''text.dat'' names and numbers can be found in: | All of the ''text.dat'' names and numbers can be found in: |
| - The [[custom:JavaScript]] load file: ''[[dir:exec]]/load/[[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/text.js|text.js]]'' | - The [[custom:JavaScript]] load file: ''[[dir:exec]]/load/[[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/blob/master/exec/load/text.js|text.js]]'' |
| - The C header file: ''[[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/src/sbbs3/text.h]]'' | - The C header file: ''[[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/blob/master/src/sbbs3/text.h]]'' |
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| **Note**: The default (US-English) values of all ''text.dat'' strings are hard-coded into Synchronet (e.g. ''sbbs.dll'' or ''libsbbs.so'') so if any lines are missing from your ''text.dat'' file or the file itself is missing, the default values will be automatically used. | **Note**: The default (US-English) values of all ''text.dat'' strings are hard-coded into Synchronet (e.g. ''sbbs.dll'' or ''libsbbs.so'') so if any lines are missing from your ''text.dat'' file or the file itself is missing, the default values will be automatically used. |
| In many cases, ''Q'' or Ctrl-C (abort) may also be an acceptable answer to the question, but this will never be the default answer. | In many cases, ''Q'' or Ctrl-C (abort) may also be an acceptable answer to the question, but this will never be the default answer. |
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| ===== Using Defaults ===== | ===== Use Defaults ===== |
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| The default values of all the ''text.dat'' strings are stored in the Synchronet Terminal Server library (''sbbs.dll'', ''libsbbs.so''). | The default values of all the ''text.dat'' strings are stored in the Synchronet Terminal Server library (''sbbs.dll'', ''libsbbs.so''). |
| To use all default text strings you can either: | To use all default text strings you can either: |
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| * Download the ''[[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ctrl/text.dat|text.dat]]'' revision from CVS which correlates with the executables you're using and overwrite your local file, or | 1. Download the ''[[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/commits/master/ctrl/text.dat|text.dat]]'' revision from the Source Repository which correlates with the executables you're using and overwrite your local file, or |
| * Replace (overwrite) your ''text.dat'' file with a 0-length file (each 'missing' string is replaced with the default string). | |
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| | 2. Replace (overwrite) your ''text.dat'' file with a 0-length file (each 'missing' string is replaced with the default string), e.g. (on *nix): |
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| | cp /dev/null /sbbs/ctrl/text.dat |
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |
| * [[:dir:CTRL]] Directory | * [[:dir:CTRL]] Directory |
| * [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ctrl/text.dat?view=markup|Current text.dat file in CVS]] | * [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/raw/master/ctrl/text.dat|Current text.dat file in Git]] |
| * [[:config:|Customization]] | * [[:config:|Customization]] |
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| {{tag>text.dat customization ansi}} | {{tag>text.dat customization ansi}} |
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