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module:slyedit [2022/07/08 19:04] – [SlyEdit configuration file] Added a note that saveColorsAsANSI should normally be false Nightfox | module:slyedit [2023/11/02 12:52] – Added information about the new menu-drive SlyEdit configurator, slyedcfg.js nightfox |
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SlyEdit is normally installed into the Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory. Its configuration files are normally located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory. See ''[[howto:editor:slyedit]]'' for SCFG installation instructions for SlyEdit. | SlyEdit is normally installed into the Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory. Its configuration files are normally located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory. See ''[[howto:editor:slyedit]]'' for SCFG installation instructions for SlyEdit. |
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===== SlyEdit configuration file ===== | ===== SlyEdit configuration (and configuration file) ===== |
The configuration file, SlyEdit.cfg (located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory), is a regular text file. It is split up into 3 sections - Behavior, Ice colors, and DCT colors. These sections are designated by [BEHAVIOR], [ICE_COLORS], and [DCT_COLORS], respectively. Each setting has a name=value format. Comments can be added on their own line starting with a ; (semicolon) character. The settings for SlyEdit.cfg are described below:\\ | There is a menu-driven configuration script you can use to configure the options for SlyEdit. To use it, open a command prompt, change to your sbbs/exec directory, and run this command:\\ |
| jsexec slyedcfg |
| Alternately, you can specify the .js filename extension if you want to: |
| jsexec slyedcfg.js |
| You can also edit the configuration file manually. The configuration file, SlyEdit.cfg (located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory), is a regular text file. It is split up into 3 sections - Behavior, Ice colors, and DCT colors. These sections are designated by [BEHAVIOR], [ICE_COLORS], and [DCT_COLORS], respectively. Each setting has a name=value format. Comments can be added on their own line starting with a ; (semicolon) character. The settings for SlyEdit.cfg are described below:\\ |
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Behavior settings | Behavior settings |
===== Color theme configuration files ===== | ===== Color theme configuration files ===== |
The color theme configuration files (located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory) are regular text files. Each setting has a name=value format. Comments can be added on their own line starting with a ; (semicolon) character. The color settings use Synchronet's ''[[custom:ctrl-a_codes]]''.\\ | The color theme configuration files (located in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]'' directory) are regular text files. Each setting has a name=value format. Comments can be added on their own line starting with a ; (semicolon) character. The color settings use Synchronet's ''[[custom:ctrl-a_codes]]''.\\ |
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| The color theme files are plain text files that can be edited with a text editor. For each color setting, you can specify color attribute characters as specified in the Synchronet documentation for ''[[custom:ctrl-a_codes]]''. Note that you don't need control (Ctrl-A) characters for the color settings; just the attribute characters (As of SlyEdit 1.81 (2022-11-26)). A couple examples of specifying colors:\\ |
| High green: **gh**\\ |
| Normal cyan: **c**\\ |
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The following are the default Ice-style theme files included with SlyEdit: | The following are the default Ice-style theme files included with SlyEdit: |