$ Escape commands In Pandora's text files many possible $ escapes are possible. In the now following text I will give a short summary of the valid escapes and what the expanded result will be. $$ Output a single $ (version 2.39+) $q Display a quote to the user. Requires a QUOTE.BBS file (See Fido doc.) $c Disables ^C for user, so text will be printed uninterrupted. $C Reenables ^C. ser may break out of text printing. $l Disable LOGfile. no more input to logfile. $L Enable LOGfile. Everything users types goes to LOGfile. $n Display how many times a user called. (number) $N Display how many times BBS was called. $r Display how much the user uploaded. (in Kbytes) $R Display how much the user downloaded. (in Kbytes) $u Display the entire username. $p Display the user city. $v Display the current Pandora version (x.xx) $b Displays the BULLETIN.BBS file (do not use in BULLETIN.BBS!) $o Displays how many minutes the user is on system. $K Clear the user console. $h Turns invert video mode off. $H Turns invert video mode on. $T Display the last time the current user called (hh:mm:ss) $D Display the last date the current user called (yy mmm dd) $t Display the current time (hh:mm:ss) $d Display the current date (yy mmm dd) $m Place a marker in the LOGfile (=============================) $f Displays the current users first name. $i Ask the user for a line and places in directly in the LOGfile. $s Displays the name of the SYSOP. Installed with CONFIG. Do not use the % escapes. These are used internally and require use of the internal stack. Unpredictable numbers will be displyed! The different files in Pandora.arc: In the Pandora.arc file are many files stored in the famous ARC format. Unfortunatly Pandora doesn't know about de-encription, so the files MUST be stored. Use ARC s or PSARC but not PKARC because PKARC will not store! Filename Meaning -------- --------------------------------------------- ADDRESS.HLP Help file when entering a Network address (in Msgs) ANSWER.BBS Questionaire may contain questions a sysop wants to know. Answer places in LOGfile. (see $ codes) BULLETIN.BBS Main bulletin. Used by local sysop to place daily messages for the users. (Holidays, shutdown...) CHANGE.HLP Help file used in Change menu (in Main area) EDITOR.BBS Editorial, ought to be a long help file for users ENTER.HLP Help file used in Enter menu (in Msgs area) FILE.HLP Help file used in File menu INTRO000.BBS Intro, may contain specific user information LOGOUT.BBS Last thing the user sees..... MAIN.HLP Help file used in Main menu MSGS.HLP Help file used in Msgs menu NEWMEM.BBS Printed when a new user logs in. NEWMEM1.BBS Used after the new user has given his Name and address UPDOWN.HLP Help file used in Up/Download (in File area) WELCOME.BBS Printed when a user calls in. Success with your installation. J.P.Middelink