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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 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 SYEDTY2K.ZIP and can be downloaded via Telnet/Zmodem or
FTP from vert.synchro.net.
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 Vertrauen
to obtain one of the above versions (and the Y2K patches).
Different versions of SyncEdit require different configurations in 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 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).
