Short: Get file description from NComm.. Author: Kaare Johansen (kaarej@barentsnett.no) Uploader: Kaare Johansen (kaarej barentsnett no) Type: comm/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos NComment v2.45 © 1994-96 by Dr. Ice Productions COPYRIGHT NOTICE ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ The author is NOT responsible for any loss of data if NC should crash your system! Spreading through commercial channels, eg. PD-Libraries, is prohbited without written permission from the author. Charges may NOT exceed experces for disk and postage. In other words; Use it on your own risk.. Welcome to NComment v2.45 --------------------------- (v2.41) Bugfix version, thanks to Stein Jonsson for bugs report.. (v2.40) Yepp... Another relase ready !...I haven't done anyting much with this release.. Many bugs has been removed.. (v2.30) I haven't done any BIG improvements in this version, but some functions has been optimized a little bit.. I have also fixed the menu look -> OS2.x look :)) If anyone has another LOGFILE for OTHER BBS system, please send them to me.. You can also call ABBS Support/Ultima Thule and leave me a messy there, under Kåre Johansen... (v2.20) Finaly !!... NC does now support arguments, this took some time, but I finaly made it. I have also removed some bugs I discovered on my way doing this argument stuff.. But still, alot remains to do with NC, so I want you to report back to me, if anything strange happens. (See "how to use arguments within NC" for more info of how this is done) SHAREWARE? ---------- Nah !!.. Don't think so !!... NC has become card/net-ware, this means that you can send me a postcard of your town, or you could send me an EMAIL to tell me if you like NC or not.. :) EMAIL address can be found in the end of this doc.. (v2.30) I have also been thinking of releasing the next version as shareware, if anybody has any statements, then come on, let's hear them.. NC has been quite popular since 2.00, so, I have been thinking alot on this one. Because, I need the money, most of all to hold my board up and running, and because I'm a student and have no work/money.. So, therefore I ask all of you that uses NC; Would you support me and my future shareware releases!?? (From NC 2.10) Yepp, another quick release. This version has got some new features and some of the design has been replaced with radio buttons, instead of check buttons.. NC should now be FONT-SENSETIV, if any fonts problems appear again, please contact me as fast as possible.. NC seems to work fine with all the new features, but as Murphy used to say; "There is always a new bug.." :) (From NC 2.00) It has been ages since i released the 1.21(5) version of NComment. This version starts to be the most wanted program, especially when I'm now is about to tell you about the features this program allows.. (Read about it in the support section) Please notice that this version is fully approved (take a look in the meny's for example), all commands are highlighted.. NC has got a new (3d) kinda look.. I'm not good in writting English, so, I think I will keep this doc as small as possible :) Because, this program is quite self-explainable, so there is no need for a 100k doc :) What is NC !? --------------- NC is about to become a tool for every sysops out there, this program will get the file description for a file, by searching threw logs, filelists or *.readme files, this is ofcourse your choice. I should admit that the README option is the fastest of them all.. :) What is a log !? ------------------ A log is a kind of a scrollback (like NComm's), and this file is where NC comes in. NC will look in the log/scrollback for file descriptions.. What does it support !? ------------------------- This version support the following BBS Scrollbacks (filelistnings from several BBS types): ABBS MBBS DAYDREAM AMIEXPRESS FLIM files README files MODULE files (new (v2.10)) SPECIAL files (new (v2.40)) What does these support types do !? ------------------------------------- There has been some changes with some of the buttons since v2.00 of NC. I have made them as TYPES and MODES. TYPE is the BBS type, and MODE is like FLIM, README etc.. TYPES ----- ABBS This will only look for 1 line file desc. and put it on the file in your DOWNLOAD dir. MBBS Same as ABBS DAYDREAM This is more hard work than ABBS/MBBS, this will create a readme file for the file desc., in other words, this option will add a comment on the file that says: Read long description, and the long desc. will be: filename.readme AMIEXPRESS The same as DAYDREAM MODES ----- NORMAL This option will let you use the BBS types, since there has been some changes since 2.00, I have been thinking of making all the MODES as their own RADIO button, the buttons underneath will describe what they do.. As I mention abit earlier, this is the normal mode, where you use scrollbacks instead of any of the following modes.. FLIM This works the same way as MBBS/ABBS, but this time it will look in a FLIM filelist, so that you can download a number of files from a BBS, and then DOWNLOAD the filelist (it must be a FLIM filelist). README With this option you can DOWNLOAD alot of files from e.g AmiNet and then use this option to leave a comment on each file using the *.readme file that came along with the file you DOWNLOADED from AmiNet (Thor supports this).. MODULE All modules (Protracker modules) that has composed by as one of the samples will be the file description of this module. This module must NOT be packed with any archives, just a simple mod.#? or #?.mod filename.. Modules that hasn't got BY/# as one of the sample names will be stated as UNKNOWN COMPOSER.. This option will check if it is a module or not, so.. No worries ! :) SPECIAL This option is very special ineed !!.. With this option you can configure: - Filename Size Start * This will be the filesize of the file in the chosen filelist - Filename Word * What word in the filelist is the filename? - Comment Start * This is where the comment/filedescription starts -1 e.g test.lha 1233333 Just a test In this example filename word will be 1, and Comment start will be 30, and the filesize Start will be 16.. If you don't get it, just experiment with the values ! :) This option should support (I say) every filelists exists.. Please notice that this is only a ONE line comment option, If you want more than 1 comment, please say so :)... How do I use Arguments with NC !? ----------------------------------- The usage for NC is quite easy to understand, but, I must say it's quite confusing. Anyway, here goes: USAGE: NC L=LOGFILE/K/A,F=FLIMFILE/K,D=DIR/K,O=OPTIONS/K,M=MODES/K Where: LOGFILE = The name and path to your logfile (e.g: NCOMM:NComm.scroll) FLIMFILE = Same as LOGFILE, but as a FLIM filelist DIR = The path for your downloaded files (Work:Dload/) OPTIONS = See Options and Modes MODES = Same as options Options: Modes: -N = NORMAL -A = ABBS -R = README -M = MBBS -F = FLIM -X = /X -M = MODULE -D = DayDram e.g: NC L=NC:Scroll F=Work:Flim D=Down: O=[-NRFM] M=[-AMXD] NC L=NC:Scroll D=DOWN: O=-N M=-A <- Use ABBS log routine NC L=NC:Scroll D=DOWN: O=-N M=-M <- Use MBBS log routine NC L=NC:Scroll D=DOWN: O=-R <- Use README mode NC L=NC:Scroll F=FLIM:FLIM D=DOWN: O=-F <- Use FLIM mode How can I contact you !? -------------------------- If you want to contact me for any reason, then do it by the following ways: SS: Kåre Johansen Nordvågveien 17d N-9750 Honningsvåg Norway EMAIL: kaarej@barentsnett.no BBS: Key Stroke BBS +47 7847-1042 History --------- v2.45 - NC should now run as an background task :)) v2.41 - NC didn't comment files if they wasn't casesensetiv, fixed.. Thanks to Stein Jonsson for reporting with this bug! :)... - Removed all busypointers v2.40 - Fixed one bug in the FLIM mode - Added SPECIAL mode - Fixed a bug in the /X option - Added some more checkers for /X mode - Fixed several other bugs that I can't remember.. v2.30 - Added a OS2.x menu look - Fixed a QUIT menu bug (when using QUIT in menu and hotkeys) - NC should now be FONT sensetiv :) - + some more fixed/improved that I can't remember :) v2.20 - Fixed a small bug in the MODULE mode - Added argument line to NC (see Argument for more info) - Added a # to the MODULE mode routine v2.10 - Fixed a a little font bug.. - Added BUSY mousepointer... - Added another mode, MODULE MODE... - Replaced all check buttons with RADIO buttons... - Optimized some of the code-source... - Fixed a little version mistake :)) - Leftified all file comments... v2.00 - First release since NC 1.21(5) (Major update) Thanks and Greetings ---------------------- Greetings and Thanks must go to the following people... Ren Depth - For ideas and for betatesting NC Svein Østmobekken - For ideas/improvements Stein Jonsson - For the SPECIAL mode idea! :).. Thanks m8... TODO-List: - Use NC with arguments (No Gui) DONE - More types and modes WORKING This list can get much longer, depending on YOU.. Just say what you want; and you will probably get it ! :) This version is tested on: · A4000/030 25Mhz , 2+8MB RAM · A1200/030 25Mhz , 2+6MB RAM