Substitution Codes                                          
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    Another new feature in WWIV 4.24 is not RIP-specific,   
but can also be used in messages and ANSI/ASCII menu files. 
This version introduces a number of "substitution codes,"   
placemarkers in your file which are replaced with           
system-related information.  You may now embed the name of  
the current user, time of day, or system name in nearly any 
file which is displayed by the BBS.  (Note that you cannot  
use this feature in downloadable RIP menus, because RIPterm 
does not support these codes.)                              
                                                            
    The code sequence is signified by two consecutive ASCII 
15's, followed by a single letter.  (Note that a single     
ASCII 15, followed by a character other than an ASCII 15,   
is reserved for font information in future versions of      
WWIV.)  Here are the codes supported:                       
                                                            
~ = Total e-mails/fbks  / = Today's Date                    
% = Time left           # = User number                     
$ = File points         * = WWIV reg num                    
- = A** points          ! = Pause command                   
& = RIP/ANSI/ASCII      @ = Dir name                        
: = Sub #               ; = Dir #                           
A = User age            a = User language                   
B = User Birthday       b = Minutes in timebank             
C = User city           c = User country                    
D = Files downloaded    d = User DSL                        
E = E-mails sent        e = Net E-mails sent                
F = Feedbacks sent      f = First call                      
G = MessaGes read       g = Gold                            
I = User callsIgn       i = Illegal log-ons                 
J = Message conf name   j = Dir conf name                   
K = Kb uploaded         k = Kb downloaded                   
L = Last call           l = Number of logons                
M = Mail waiting        m = Messages posted                 
N = User's name         n = Sysop's note                    
O = Times on today      o = Minutes on                      
P = BBS phone           p = User's phone                    
R = User's real name    r = Last baud rate                  
S = User's SL           s = User's street addr.             
T = User's sTate        t = Current time                    
U = Files uploaded      V = # messages in sub               
X = User's seX                                              
Y = Your BBS Name       y = User Computer tYpe              
Z = User's zip code                                         
                                                            
    If you want your WWIV ANSI menu to print the BBS name,  
user, and current time and date, you can include something  
like the following in MENU0.ANS (note that all 's are      
ASCII 15 (Ctrl-O)'s):                                       
                                                            
-- Y Main Menu ----------------------- / t            
-- Hello, N!  You have % remaining online.              
                                                            
    Or you can include a quick summary of a caller's        
statistics in the LOGON.MSG file:                           
                                                            
                                                            
Y, P                                                    
                                                            
Information for R, a.k.a. N #:                        
                                                            
Address:    s                                             
            C, T Z                                    
            p                                             
You are A years old, born on B.                         
                                                            
You have downloaded kKB in D files                      
       and uploaded KKB in U files.                     
                                                            
You are in & mode.                                        
                                                            
