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| ====== User Settings Menu ====== | ====== User Settings Menu ====== |
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| The **User Settings** menu (also called //Account Defaults Configuration// or just //Configuration// in older documentation) lets you, the user, change account-level preferences: terminal type, screen size, expert/novice mode, default editor, password, and so on. It does **not** change the BBS's configuration, only your own account. | The **User Settings** menu (also called //Account Defaults Configuration// or just //Configuration// in older documentation) lets you, the user, change account-level preferences: terminal type, command shell, default editor, screen options, password, and personal information. It does **not** change the BBS's configuration, only your own account. |
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| The User Settings menu is a [[:module:|loadable module]] — by default ''user_settings'' — and is **separate from the [[user:shell:|command shell]]**. The shell binds a key to invoke it (in [[user:shell:classic|Classic]], that's ''D'' from the Main prompt; other shells use other keys). | The User Settings menu is a [[:module:|loadable module]] — by default ''user_settings'' — and is **separate from the [[user:shell:|command shell]]**. The shell binds a key to invoke it (in [[user:shell:classic|Classic]], that's ''D'' from the Main prompt; other shells use other keys). |
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| ===== Stock module: ''user_settings'' ===== | ===== The stock ''user_settings'' menu ===== |
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| (Page placeholder — to be filled with the menu reference and per-option descriptions migrated from ''docs/user.html''.) | A live capture from [[bbs:vertrauen]] (running Synchronet v3.22, dumb terminal mode): |
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| | User Settings for Claudeai-Docs #1191: |
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| | [T] Terminal Mode : Auto US-ASCII / DUMB (color) DEL=BS |
| | [K] Command Shell : Synchronet (Classic) |
| | [L] Language : English |
| | [E] External Editor : None |
| | [A] Temporary/QWK Archive Type : zip |
| | [X] Expert Menu Mode : Off |
| | [P] Screen Pause : On |
| | [S] Spinning Cursor : Pause Prompt Only |
| | [C] Clear Screen Between Messages: Off |
| | [N] Ask For New Message/File Scan: On |
| | [Y] Ask For Your Un-read Msg Scan: Off |
| | [F] Automatic New File Scan : On |
| | [R] Remember Current Sub-board : On |
| | [B] Batch Download File Flagging : On |
| | [M] Forward Mail : Off (noreply@anthropic.com) |
| | [Z] Default Download Protocol : None |
| | [W] Change Personal Information |
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| | Which or [Q] to Quit: |
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| | The single bracketed letters are command keys — type the letter to change that setting. ''Q'' (or ''Enter'' on the bracketed default) returns to the previous prompt. |
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| | ==== Setting reference ==== |
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| | * **''T'' Terminal Mode** — Auto-detects ANSI / RIP / mouse / UTF-8 / CP437 / PETSCII capabilities at logon, or you can pin a specific mode. Affects how the BBS draws menus and text. |
| | * **''K'' Command Shell** — Choose your preferred [[user:shell:|command shell]] (only shells the sysop has made available are listed). The BBS remembers your choice across sessions. |
| | * **''L'' Language** — Choose your preferred display language (only languages the sysop has installed are available). |
| | * **''E'' External Editor** — Choose an [[user:editor:|external message editor]] (e.g. [[user:editor:slyedit|SlyEdit]], [[user:editor:fseditor|FSEditor]]) to use instead of the built-in [[user:editor:synchronet|line editor]] when composing messages. |
| | * **''A'' Temporary/QWK Archive Type** — Archiver used for QWK packets and the temp-file feature (e.g. ''zip''). |
| | * **''X'' Expert Menu Mode** — When **off** (default for new users), full menus are redisplayed at every prompt; when **on** ("expert" mode), menus are hidden until you press ''?''. Saves screen real estate once you know the keys. |
| | * **''P'' Screen Pause** — Pause every screenful with a //"Hit a key"// prompt. |
| | * **''S'' Spinning Cursor** — Show a spinning cursor at pause prompts (or always, or never). |
| | * **''C'' Clear Screen Between Messages** — Clear the screen before displaying each new message when reading. |
| | * **''N'' Ask For New Message/File Scan** — At logon, ask whether to scan for new messages and files. |
| | * **''Y'' Ask For Your Un-read Msg Scan** — At logon, ask whether to scan for messages addressed to you. |
| | * **''F'' Automatic New File Scan** — Automatically run a new-file scan at logon. |
| | * **''R'' Remember Current Sub-board** — Resume each session at the sub-board you were on at last logoff. |
| | * **''B'' Batch Download File Flagging** — Flag files during browsing for later batch download (vs. download immediately). |
| | * **''M'' Forward Mail** — Forward your local BBS e-mail to your network e-mail address (the address shown in parentheses). |
| | * **''Z'' Default Download Protocol** — Download protocol used by default if you don't specify one. |
| | * **''W'' Change Personal Information** — Sub-menu to update your real name, location, gender, birthday, network e-mail, etc. |
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| | ==== Settings stored elsewhere ==== |
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| | A few user-account preferences are not on the User Settings menu: |
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| | * **Password** — Synchronet has a separate //Change Password// command. In Classic, slash-W ([[user:shell:classic:slash_commands|/W]]). |
| | * **Avatar** — Use ''/A'' from the Main prompt (Classic) to change your avatar. |
| | * **New-message scan list** — The list of sub-boards included in your new-message scan is configured separately. In Classic, ''&'' from the Main prompt. |
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| | ===== Other shells, other modules ===== |
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| | The User Settings module is independent of the shell, but the **key** that invokes it is shell-specific: |
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| | * [[user:shell:classic|Synchronet Classic]] — ''D'' from the Main prompt |
| | * Other shells — see the relevant [[user:shell:|shell page]] |
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| | A sysop can replace the stock ''user_settings'' module with a different one (configured in [[util:SCFG]] -> System -> Loadable Modules -> User Config); BBSes running a custom module may show a different menu. |
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| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |
| * [[user:|User Documentation]] | * [[user:|User Documentation]] |
| * [[access:user_editor|User Editor]] (sysop-side equivalent) | * [[access:user_editor|User Editor]] (sysop-side equivalent) |
| | * [[config:system#loadable_modules|SCFG -> System -> Loadable Modules]] |
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| {{tag>user settings module}} | {{tag>user settings module user_settings}} |
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