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====== SyncEdit ======

SyncEdit is an old external message editor originally designed for use with
Synchronet Multinode BBS Software (for DOS). It was later extended to support other BBS
packages as well.


===== Authorship =====
Robert D. Bouman is the author of SyncEdit. Unfortunately he passed away several
years ago. I, Rob Swindell, am the author of Synchronet BBS Software and while
I was given permission to include an unregistered demo version of SyncEdit in
Synchronet distributions, I am not the author of SyncEdit and have never had
any official connection with the product. I've decided to create this help file
to answer all the common questions I get regarding SyncEdit (the most common
being: "How do I register YOUR product, SyncEdit?").


===== Registration =====
Since it is no longer possible to purchase SyncEdit registrations, I have
been including my personal registration key (''SYNCEDIT.KEY'', registered to
"Digital Dynamics") with Synchronet distributions since v2.30b. Feel free to
use [[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/sbbs_3rd/syncedit.key|this registration key]] guilt-free, as that's what I think Robert would have
wanted. If you're using v2.20 or later, you'll need to convert this key to the
''SYNCEDIT.CFG'' file format by using the ''KEY2CFG.EXE'' program (included with the
SyncEdit archive: ''SYEDTxxx.ZIP'').


===== Y2K Patch =====
There is a Y2K bug in all known versions of SyncEdit where the year 2000 is
displayed as 100, causing the status bar to wrap and making the program
unusable. I've released a group of binary-edited SyncEdit executables (for
all located versions) that works around this problem: the year is still
displayed as 100, but the status bar no-longer wraps. The file that includes
these patched files is ''[[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/sbbs_3rd/SYEDTY2K.ZIP|SYEDTY2K.ZIP]]''.


===== Configuration =====
First, it is very important that you know WHAT VERSION of SyncEdit you're
trying to get working. You can tell by looking at the file size of your
''SYNCEDIT.EXE'' in your Synchronet EXEC directory and comparing to the following
list of known/located released versions:

^Size   ^Version^
|166222	|1.5.3|
|166570	|2.0.0|
|162594	|2.0.5|
|164490	|2.20A|
|170900	|2.50|
|192126	|3.00|
|191906	|3.05|

If the file size of your ''SYNCEDIT.EXE'' does not match any of the above, check
your SyncEdit documentation for the version number or logon to [[bbs:Vertrauen]]
to obtain one of the above versions (and the Y2K patches).

Different versions of SyncEdit require different configurations in [[util:SCFG]]
(SBBSCTRL->BBS->Configure)->External Programs->External Editors->SYNCEDIT:

==== v1.0 - v1.5.0 ====

  Name                            SyncEdit			    
  Internal Code                   SYNCEDIT			    
  Command Line                    %!syncedit %! %l %f		    
  Access Requirements             ANSI				    
  Intercept I/O                   Standard <- Versions 1.0 - 1.5.0 only! 
  Native Executable               No                                
  Use Shell to Execute            No                                
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           Yes                               
  Automatically Quoted Text       None                              
  Editor Information Files        WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No				    
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No
  BBS Drop File Type              Synchronet      XTRN.DAT	    


==== v1.5.3 - v2.0.5 ====

  Name                            SyncEdit			    
  Internal Code                   SYNCEDIT			    
  Command Line                    %!syncedit %! %l %f		    
  Access Requirements             ANSI				    
  Intercept I/O                   No				    
  Native Executable               No                                
  Use Shell to Execute            No                                
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           Yes                               
  Automatically Quoted Text       None                              
  Editor Information Files        WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No				    
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No
  BBS Drop File Type              Synchronet      XTRN.DAT	    


==== v2.20 ====

  Name                            SyncEdit			    
  Internal Code                   SYNCEDIT			    
  Command Line                    %!syncedit %l %f		    
  Access Requirements             ANSI				    
  Intercept I/O                   No
  Native Executable               No                                
  Use Shell to Execute            No                                
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           Yes                               
  Automatically Quoted Text       None                              
  Editor Information Files        WWIV EDITOR.INF/RESULT.ED
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No				    
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No
  BBS Drop File Type              Synchronet      XTRN.DAT	    

==== v2.50 ====

  Name                            SyncEdit			    
  Internal Code                   SYNCEDIT			    
  Command Line                    %!syncedit %l %f		    
  Access Requirements             ANSI				    
  Intercept I/O Interrupts        No				    
  Native Executable               No                                
  Use Shell to Execute            No                                
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           Yes                               
  Automatically Quoted Text       None                              
  Editor Information Files        QuickBBS MSGINF/MSGTMP
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No				    
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No
  BBS Drop File Type              Synchronet      XTRN.DAT	    

==== v3.00 - v3.05 ====

  Name                            SyncEdit			    
  Internal Code                   SYNCEDIT			    
  Command Line                    %!syncedit -maxlines %l -f %f     
  Access Requirements             ANSI				    
  Intercept I/O                   No				    
  Native Executable               No                                
  Use Shell to Execute            No                                
  Word Wrap Quoted Text           Yes                               
  Automatically Quoted Text       None                              
  Editor Information Files        QuickBBS MSGINF/MSGTMP
  Expand Line Feeds to CRLF       No				    
  Strip FidoNet Kludge Lines      No
  BBS Drop File Type              GAP             DOOR.SYS	    

==== SETUP.EXE ====
SyncEdit v2.20 and higher requires running ''SETUP.EXE'' (included in the SyncEdit
archive: ''SYEDTxxx.ZIP'' - should be unzipped with all other SyncEdit files into
your Synchronet ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory).

Example configuration:

   Directory of external files : C:\SBBS\EXEC\
   User Timeout in Minutes : 3
   Allow user dictionaries : Yes
   Memory swap method : EMS
   Registration code : ****************
   Registered to : Digital Dynamics

:!: Note: SyncEdit/G configurations not given (use SyncEdit instead).

===== See Also =====
  * [[:howto:editor:|howto:editor index]]

{{tag>editor}}
Trace: • New Userbase (introduced in v3.20) • DCTEdit • New Filebase (introduced in v3.19) • Museum • IceEdit • SlyEdit installation • campaign • New Config Files (introduced in v3.20) • Options • Access Requirements