Short:        FTN Nodelist browser door f. C-Net/5 BBS
Author:       spitfiretn@gmail.com (Gary McCulloch / SpitfireTN Entertainment)
Uploader:     spitfiretn gmail com (Gary McCulloch / https://www rofbbs com)
Type:         comm/bbs
Version:      2.00
Requires:     C-Net/5 Professional BBS, ARexx, rexxsupport.library
Architecture: generic
Distribution: Freeware

   Nodelist Info is an ARexx door for C-Net/5 Professional BBS that lets
callers browse whatever FidoNet Technology Network (FTN) nodelists your
board carries - without you hand-editing the door every time you add,
drop, or rename a network.

FEATURES

   - Automatically discovers every network your board carries by reading
     the Zone,/Host,/Region, header lines straight out of your Nodelist:
     directory at run time. Nothing about which networks you carry, or
     their hub addresses, is hardcoded - point this at any C-Net/5 board's
     Nodelist: directory and it just works, unmodified.

   - Main menu: list every zone/network HQ found, browse any one network
     by area instead of dumping the whole nodelist at once, or list which
     nodelist files are currently compiled in (with each file's own
     release date pulled straight from its header).

   - Per-network submenu: zone coordinator info (including a live lookup
     of the actual hub node), a full system listing for just that one
     network, and a free-text node search.

   - Long listings page 20 lines at a time with a Continue/Quit prompt,
     so a big network (hundreds of nodes) doesn't just scroll off the top
     of the screen.

   - Fully self-contained: no dependency on any other door or external
     program. Everything is read directly from your Nodelist: files using
     ARexx's own file I/O, rather than shelling out to third-party
     nodelist utilities (several of which have their own long-standing
     display bugs that this works around by not relying on them).

INSTALLATION

   1. Copy nodeinfo.rexx to your Doors: directory (or anywhere else on
      your ARexx path - it doesn't need to live in Doors: specifically).

   2. Add it as a PFile/door item pointing at that path, type ARexx.
      (Sysop menu: Adopt Orphans, or Add, then select ARexx as the type.)

   3. That's it - no configuration file, no editing required. The door
      reads your actual Nodelist: directory fresh every time it's used.

REQUIREMENTS

   - C-Net/5 Professional BBS (tested against a recent build; should work
     on any C-Net/5 release with a Nodelist: assign and standard FTN-
     format nodelist files).
   - ARexx, with rexxsupport.library available (standard on any system
     already running C-Net/5's ARexx door interface).
   - A populated Nodelist: assign containing standard FTN nodelist files
     (Zone,/Region,/Host, header format). Works with any mix of networks;
     nothing here assumes FidoNet specifically.

VERSION HISTORY

   2.00  - Full rewrite: dynamic network discovery (no hardcoded network
           list or hub addresses), boxed/colored menu screens, paginated
           listings, self-contained node search and coordinator lookup,
           no dependency on external nodelist utilities or other doors.
   1.00  - Original static 5-option version.

DISTRIBUTION

   Freeware. Use it, modify it, share it - a credit is appreciated but
   not required. No warranty of any kind; back up your Doors: directory
   before installing anything on a live board, as always.

CONTACT

   Gary McCulloch (SpitfireTN Entertainment)
   Reign of Fire BBS - telnet://call.rofbbs.com:6800 - (423) 541-8271
   ssh call@call.rofbbs.com - https://rofbbs.com - spitfiretn@gmail.com