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module:avatars [2018/03/01 12:11] – Links to util:binkit changed to module:binkit digital manmodule:avatars [2021/01/11 23:59] (current) – [Options] typo digital man
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 ===== Collections ===== ===== Collections =====
  
-The set of [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/text/avatars/|stock avatar collections]] available for users to choose from includes over 150 original pieces of ANSI-art created and contributed by Synchronet sysops: [[person:digital man]], [[person:echicken]], and [[person:kirkman]].+The set of [[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/tree/master/text/avatars/|stock avatar collections]] available for users to choose from includes over 150 original pieces of ANSI-art created and contributed by Synchronet sysops: [[person:digital man]], [[person:echicken]], and [[person:kirkman]].
  
 The following screen shots are some of the stock avatar collections being shown in the ANSI terminal mode //Avatar Chooser// (a web-based avatar chooser is also [[https://bbs.electronicchicken.com/?page=More/avatar-gallery.xjs|in the works]], per [[person:echicken]]): The following screen shots are some of the stock avatar collections being shown in the ANSI terminal mode //Avatar Chooser// (a web-based avatar chooser is also [[https://bbs.electronicchicken.com/?page=More/avatar-gallery.xjs|in the works]], per [[person:echicken]]):
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 | ''[[dir:text]]/menu/main.asc''         | Updated to include new ''/A'' (change avatar) main menu option | | ''[[dir:text]]/menu/main.asc''         | Updated to include new ''/A'' (change avatar) main menu option |
 | ''[[dir:exec]]/default.src''           | Updated to include new ''/A'' (change avatar) main menu option | | ''[[dir:exec]]/default.src''           | Updated to include new ''/A'' (change avatar) main menu option |
-| ''[[dir:exec]]/default.bin''           | Generated by compiling ''default.src'' using [[binkit]] |+| ''[[dir:exec]]/default.bin''           | Generated by compiling ''default.src'' using [[util:Baja]] |
 | ''[[dir:exec]]/logon.js''              | Updated to display user's avatar during logon sequence | | ''[[dir:exec]]/logon.js''              | Updated to display user's avatar during logon sequence |
 | ''[[dir:exec]]/newuser.js''            | Updated to set a new user's default avatar, when configured in ''modopts.ini'' | | ''[[dir:exec]]/newuser.js''            | Updated to set a new user's default avatar, when configured in ''modopts.ini'' |
-| ''[[dir:text]]/avatars/*.bin''         | Avatar collections (from CVS and imported from SYNCDATA) |+| ''[[dir:text]]/avatars/*.bin''         | Avatar collections (from the Synchronet Source Repository and imported from SYNCDATA) |
  
  
-===== Installation =====+===== Install =====
  
 ==== 3.16 ==== ==== 3.16 ====
 If running Synchronet v3.16 or a non-current v3.17: If running Synchronet v3.16 or a non-current v3.17:
  
-Download the file ''[[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/text/menu/msghdr.asc|msghdr.asc]]'' to your ''[[dir:text]]/menu/'' directory, if you do not already have it (e.g. from CVS).+Download the file ''[[https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/raw/master/text/menu/msghdr.asc|msghdr.asc]]'' to your ''[[dir:text]]/menu/'' directory, if you do not already have it (e.g. from [[dev:Git]]).
  
 This ''msghdr.asc'' will execute the script ''[[dir:exec]]/showmsghdr.js'' whenever a message header is displayed to a user of the Terminal Server. This ''msghdr.asc'' will execute the script ''[[dir:exec]]/showmsghdr.js'' whenever a message header is displayed to a user of the Terminal Server.
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 ==== Step 1 ====  ==== Step 1 ==== 
-If you haven't already, get the ''[[dir:text]]/avatars'' directory contents either via CVS or [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/text/avatars/?view=tar|download]] from this web-page: http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/text/avatars/+If you haven't already, get the ''[[dir:text]]/avatars'' directory contents either via Git or download from this web-page: https://gitlab.synchro.net/sbbs/sbbs/-/tree/master/text/avatars/
  
 ... and place these files in your Synchronet ''text/avatars'' directory (create it if it doesn't exist). ... and place these files in your Synchronet ''text/avatars'' directory (create it if it doesn't exist).
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 From a command prompt, run ''jsexec avatars install'' From a command prompt, run ''jsexec avatars install''
  
-This step will perform all the necessary [[binkit]] changes and optional ''[[config:modopts.ini]]'' changes detailed later in this article.+This step will perform all the necessary [[util:SCFG]] changes and optional ''[[config:modopts.ini]]'' changes detailed later in this article.
  
 ==== Step 3 ====  ==== Step 3 ==== 
 **Optional:** **Optional:**
  
-Update your command shells to either execute ''avatar_chooser.js'' directly (using Baja ''exec_bin'' or JS ''bbs.exec'' or ''load'' functions) **or** use Baja ''exec_xtrn'' or JS ''bbs.exec_xtrn'' to execute the module via internal code (e.g. ''AVATCHOO''). This [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/exec/default.src?r1=1.18&r2=1.19|small change]] was already made in the "Synchronet Classic" command shell:  ''[[dir:exec]]/default.src''. You will need to recompile ''default.src'' to ''default.bin'' using [[binkit]] (in the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory):+Update your command shells to either execute ''avatar_chooser.js'' directly (using Baja ''exec_bin'' or JS ''bbs.exec'' or ''load'' functions) **or** use Baja ''exec_xtrn'' or JS ''bbs.exec_xtrn'' to execute the module via internal code (e.g. ''AVATCHOO''). This [[http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/exec/default.src?r1=1.18&r2=1.19|small change]] was already made in the "Synchronet Classic" command shell:  ''[[dir:exec]]/default.src''. You will need to recompile ''default.src'' to ''default.bin'' using [[util:Baja]] (in the ''[[dir:exec]]'' directory):
   baja default.src   baja default.src
  
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 ==== AVATCHOO ==== ==== AVATCHOO ====
  
-The //Avatar Chooser// script (by echicken) configured in [[binkit]]->External Programs->Online Programs->Main:+The //Avatar Chooser// script (by echicken) configured in [[util:SCFG]]->External Programs->Online Programs->Main:
 <file> <file>
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 ==== AVAT-IN ====  ==== AVAT-IN ==== 
-Create a timed event to import network user avatars and shared avatar collections via [[binkit]]->External Programs->Timed Events:+Create a timed event to import network user avatars and shared avatar collections via [[util:SCFG]]->External Programs->Timed Events:
 <file> <file>
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 ==== AVAT-OUT ====  ==== AVAT-OUT ==== 
-Create a timed event to export local users' avatars to message networks via [[binkit]]->External Programs->Timed Events:+Create a timed event to export local users' avatars to message networks via [[util:SCFG]]->External Programs->Timed Events:
 <file> <file>
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 Other than command-line parameters, the only configuration options for ''avatars.js'' are stored in the ''[avatars]'' section of the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file: Other than command-line parameters, the only configuration options for ''avatars.js'' are stored in the ''[avatars]'' section of the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file:
  
-<file modopts.ini>+<file ini>
 [avatars] [avatars]
 sub          = dove-syncdata sub          = dove-syncdata
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 </file> </file>
  
-^ Option       ^ Description ^ +The ''showmsgavatar.js'' module uses the ''sub_default'' or ''//<group-name>//_default'' or ''//<sub-code>//_default'' values for a default avatar to show for messages from users without an avatar. 
-| sub          | Sub-board internal code for import and export command (default: //auto-detected//) | + 
-| export_freq  | Maximum export (to message-base) frequency, in days (default: ''7''|+^ Option       ^ Default  ^ Description ^ 
 +| sub          | //auto// | Sub-board internal code for import and export command (your networked //sync-data// message area) | 
 +| export_freq  | ''7''    | Maximum export (to message-base) frequency, in days 
 +| msg_default  | //none// | Default avatar (base64-encoded) for displaying messages from users without an avatar | 
 +| //<sub-code>//_default   |//none//| Default avatar (base64-encoded) for the specified message sub-board (internal code, lowercase) | 
 +| //<group-name>//_default |//none//| Default avatar (base64-encoded) for the specified message group (name, lowercase)| 
 +| msghdr_draw_top | ''true''Display message avatar at the top-of-screen when the message header was displayed at top-of-screen | 
 +| msghdr_draw_above | ''true'' | Display message header avatar above current cursor position | 
 +| msghdr_draw_right | ''true'' | Display message header avatar right-justified | 
  
 When user avatars or shared avatar collections (''.bin'' files) are updated, they will be exported immediately (or when the ''AVAT-OUT'' event is executed). When user avatars or shared avatar collections (''.bin'' files) are updated, they will be exported immediately (or when the ''AVAT-OUT'' event is executed).
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 Also in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file: Also in the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file:
  
-<file modopts.ini>+<file ini>
 [newuser] [newuser]
 avatar = <base64-encoded avatar data> avatar = <base64-encoded avatar data>
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 The new user default avatar, if you have one, will be set with the ''avatar'' value in the ''[newuser]'' section of the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file: The new user default avatar, if you have one, will be set with the ''avatar'' value in the ''[newuser]'' section of the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file:
  
-<file>+<file ini>
 [newuser] [newuser]
 avatar=IH8gfyB/3H/cf9x/3H8gfyB/IH8gfyB/3n/bf9t/23/bf91/IH8gfyB/IH/ef9t/23/bf9t/3X8gfyB/IH8gf9x/23/bf9t/23/cfyB/IH8gf9t/23/bf9t/23/bf9t/238gfyB/23/bf9t/23/bf9t/23/bfyB/ avatar=IH8gfyB/3H/cf9x/3H8gfyB/IH8gfyB/3n/bf9t/23/bf91/IH8gfyB/IH/ef9t/23/bf9t/3X8gfyB/IH8gf9x/23/bf9t/23/cfyB/IH8gf9t/23/bf9t/23/bf9t/238gfyB/23/bf9t/23/bf9t/23/bfyB/
 </file> </file>
  
-This value can be set/changed with the ''avatar.js'' ''newuser'' command. For example, using [[binkit]]: +This value can be set/changed with the ''avatar.js'' ''newuser'' command. For example, using [[util:JSexec]]: 
-  jsexec avatars newuser=/sbbs/text/avatars/silhouettes.bin+  jsexec avatars newuser=/sbbs/text/avatars/silhouettes.bin -offset=0 
 +   
 +**Note:**\\ 
 +If no ''-offset'' value is provided, then an avatar will be chosen from the specified avatar collection (''.bin'' file) at random.
      
  
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 If the ''avatar_offset'' key is not set (e.g. to a 0-based record index into the ''.bin'' file), then an avatar will be chosen at random from the specified ''avatar_file''. If the ''avatar_offset'' key is not set (e.g. to a 0-based record index into the ''.bin'' file), then an avatar will be chosen at random from the specified ''avatar_file''.
  
 +==== Message Default Avatar ====
 +
 +A default message avatar may be imported into the ''msg_default'' key of the ''[avatars]'' section of the ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:modopts.ini]]'' file using [[util:JSexec]]:
 +  jsexec avatars msg-default=/sbbs/text/avatars/silhouettes.bin -offset=0
 +  
 +**Note:**\\
 +If no ''-offset'' value is provided, then an avatar will be chosen from the specified avatar collection (''.bin'' file) at random.
 +
 +Once imported into the ''modopts.ini'' file, you can rename or copy the ''msg_default'' key to ''//<sub-code>//_default'' or ''//<group-name>//_default'' as desired. The ''//<sub-code>//'' and ''//<group-name>//'' must be lower-case.
 +  
 ===== Specifications ===== ===== Specifications =====
  
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   - PabloDraw defaults to 80 columns width, so you may need to change the width to 10 columns manually   - PabloDraw defaults to 80 columns width, so you may need to change the width to 10 columns manually
   - PabloDraw defaults to enabling iCE colors, so you may want to disable this to be sure you don't accidentally include the BLINK attribute   - PabloDraw defaults to enabling iCE colors, so you may want to disable this to be sure you don't accidentally include the BLINK attribute
-  - PabloDraw truncates (chops-off) the last line of ''.bin'' files when saving them, so you'll need to add an extra line (e.g. of ''X''s) before saving, and repeat this step if you close and re-open the file in PabloDraw +  - PabloDraw truncates (chops-off) the last row of ''.bin'' files when saving them, so you'll need to add an extra line (e.g. of ''X'''s) before saving, and repeat this step if you close and re-open the file in PabloDraw 
-  - PabloDraw has issues creating the SAUCE comment block correctly (at last, on Windows) - instead of an array of 64 character fields, it creates a single \n-delimited field, of up to 64 characters+  - PabloDraw has issues creating the SAUCE comment block correctly (at least, on Windows) - instead of an array of 64 character fields, it creates a //single// \n-delimited field, of up to 64 characters
   - You can use ''jsexec sauce -e <filename>'' to edit SAUCE records of files and work around some of these issues   - You can use ''jsexec sauce -e <filename>'' to edit SAUCE records of files and work around some of these issues
  
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 If you use the ''-share'' command-line option along with the ''export'' command, then any files matching the pattern: If you use the ''-share'' command-line option along with the ''export'' command, then any files matching the pattern:
 ''[[dir:text]]/avatars///<QWK-ID>//.*.bin'' will be automatically exported whenever the ''avatars.js'' ''export'' command is used. ''[[dir:text]]/avatars///<QWK-ID>//.*.bin'' will be automatically exported whenever the ''avatars.js'' ''export'' command is used.
-Where ''//<QWK-ID//'' is the local system's QWK-ID ([[binkit]]->Message Options->BBS ID) value, in uppercase.+Where ''//<QWK-ID//'' is the local system's QWK-ID ([[util:SCFG]]->Message Options->BBS ID) value, in uppercase.
    
 :!: **Note:** :!: **Note:**
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 | disable            | Disable current user's avatar | | disable            | Disable current user's avatar |
 | disable=<usernum>  | Disable specified user's avatar | | disable=<usernum>  | Disable specified user's avatar |
-| newuser <filename> | Import a new user default avatar from specified avatar collection file |+| newuser <filename> | Import a new user default avatar from specified avatar collection file (use with ''-offset'') | 
 +| msg-default <filename> | Import a default message avatar from specified avatar collection file (use with ''-offset''|
 | normalize <filenames> | Normalize one or more avatars | | normalize <filenames> | Normalize one or more avatars |
 | normalize             | Normalize the current user's avatar | | normalize             | Normalize the current user's avatar |
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 | -v              | Increase verbosity of console output (e.g. for trouble-shooting) | | -v              | Increase verbosity of console output (e.g. for trouble-shooting) |
 | -offset=<value> | Specify a record offset of an avatar in an avatar collection file | | -offset=<value> | Specify a record offset of an avatar in an avatar collection file |
-| -realnames      | When exporting user avatar, include the user's real name as well as their alias - required if the message network uses/requires real names |+| -realnames      | When exporting user avatars, include the user'full real name as well as their alias 
 +-aliasonly      | When exporting user avatars, do not include even an MD5-digest of the user'real name |
 | -ptr=<value>    | Over-ride the stored import/export message pointer value | | -ptr=<value>    | Over-ride the stored import/export message pointer value |
 | -all            | Import/export all messages (even those exported locally) - not normally recommended | | -all            | Import/export all messages (even those exported locally) - not normally recommended |
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 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:module:|Modules]]   * [[:module:|Modules]]
-  * [[binkit]]+  * [[:util:JSexec]]
   * [[https://bbs.electronicchicken.com/?page=More/avatar-gallery.xjs|Web-based Avatar Gallery]]   * [[https://bbs.electronicchicken.com/?page=More/avatar-gallery.xjs|Web-based Avatar Gallery]]
  
 {{tag>ansi avatar}} {{tag>ansi avatar}}
  
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