I have a full-screen logon.ans (24 rows) that I need paused so the user can take in its grandeur (lol), but the actual automated "PAUSE" prompt mucks up the art--appears over it, pushes some of the characters, etc.

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

I guess a solution *could* be to use "DELAY:n" @-code and just wait, say, 3 seconds or something, but thought I'd ask!

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On 31 Mar 2021, Alpha said the following...

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script to do the pause and @EXEC:quietpause@

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On 31 Mar 2021, fusion said the following...

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script
to do the pause and @EXEC:quietpause@

got it:

replace_text 563 ""
pause
revert_text 563

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Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Alpha to All on Wed Mar 31 2021 04:07 pm

I have a full-screen logon.ans (24 rows) that I need paused so the user can take in its grandeur (lol), but the actual automated "PAUSE" prompt mucks up the art--appears over it, pushes some of the characters, etc.

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

I guess a solution *could* be to use "DELAY:n" @-code and just wait, say, 3 seconds or something, but thought I'd ask!

There's no "invisble pause prompt", which it sounds like you're asking for.

You could also try the BPS:<rate> @-code to just slow down the display.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to fusion on Wed Mar 31 2021 05:56 pm

On 31 Mar 2021, fusion said the following...

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script to do the pause and @EXEC:quietpause@

got it:

replace_text 563 ""
pause
revert_text 563

Or just: getkey
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On 31 Mar 2021, Digital Man said the following...

Or just: getkey

don't blame me for being smart back when i wrote that ;)

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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to Alpha on Wed Mar 31 2021 05:49 pm

On 31 Mar 2021, Alpha said the following...

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script to do the pause and @EXEC:quietpause@

he wouldnt need to put in that @code, he could just run a script before and after the display of the ansi
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Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to Alpha on Wed Mar 31 2021 04:25 pm

I guess a solution *could* be to use "DELAY:n" @-code and just wait, say, 3 seconds or something, but thought I'd ask!

There's no "invisble pause prompt", which it sounds like you're asking for.

You could also try the BPS:<rate> @-code to just slow down the display.
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could i put in a feature request for an @code for pause with no display?

i think it would be useful for some people.

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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to fusion on Wed Mar 31 2021 04:33 pm

replace_text 563 ""
pause
revert_text 563

Or just: getkey
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to Digital Man on Thu Apr 01 2021 07:49 am

On 31 Mar 2021, Digital Man said the following...

Or just: getkey

don't blame me for being smart back when i wrote that ;)

well, a lot of time has passed for both of us before we did some decent scripting with synchronet.

i'm so rusty sometimes i just give up and dont make a change i want to do.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to fusion on Fri Apr 02 2021 12:39 am

Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to Alpha on Wed Mar 31 2021 05:49 pm

On 31 Mar 2021, Alpha said the following...

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script to do the pause and @EXEC:quietpause@

he wouldnt need to put in that @code, he could just run a script before and after the display of the ansi

By: fusion to Alpha on Wed Mar 31 2021 05:49 pm

On 31 Mar 2021, Alpha said the following...

Is it possible to hide that sbbs PAUSE prompt text for a file, but *still pause*? E.g. I'd probably put "hit a key" in the art.

probably better ways to do it, but you could write a small baja script to do the pause and

!ERROR opening C:\sbbs\exec\quietpause.bin

The sysop has been notified.



he wouldnt need to put in that @code, he could just run a script before and after the display of the ansi

wow it tries to run the script
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Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Fri Apr 02 2021 12:40 am

Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to Alpha on Wed Mar 31 2021 04:25 pm

I guess a solution *could* be to use "DELAY:n" @-code and just wait, say, 3 seconds or something, but thought I'd ask!

There's no "invisble pause prompt", which it sounds like you're asking for.

You could also try the BPS:<rate> @-code to just slow down the display. --

could i put in a feature request for an @code for pause with no display?

i think it would be useful for some people.

And by "pause" in this case, you mean wait for a keypress I assume. I see how it could be useful.

The new official place to request features or report bugs is here: https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues
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On 02 Apr 2021, MRO said the following...

!ERROR opening C:\sbbs\exec\quietpause.bin

The sysop has been notified.

wow it tries to run the script

sorry, i'm a bit confused by the quoting in that message but.. yes, yes it
does :)

i don't think i've used @exec anywhere really. when i was looking at my setup the "quiet pause" was for the last caller screen (which just kept it's own
log instead for some reason lol) and yeah, i didn't use it in the ansi itself.

but! a little wiser me says it'd be useful for injecting data into non-ansi screens.. for example if you had a "current temp where the bbs is" screen.. my first instinct would be to write it in the right spot after the sunny weather ansi displayed.. but for people without ansi support that wouldn't work.. so you inject it into the screen itself.

*shrug* modding is cool :)

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On 02 Apr 2021, fusion said the following...

i don't think i've used @exec anywhere really. when i was looking at my

this should say "like that anywhere" .. obv it's the standard way to lightbar-ize all the prompts in text.dat :)

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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to MRO on Fri Apr 02 2021 08:57 am

On 02 Apr 2021, MRO said the following...

!ERROR opening C:\sbbs\exec\quietpause.bin

The sysop has been notified.

wow it tries to run the script

sorry, i'm a bit confused by the quoting in that message but.. yes, yes it does :)

it really shouldnt do that. that's a security risk.

i don't think i've used @exec anywhere really. when i was looking at my setup the "quiet pause" was for the last caller screen (which just kept it's own
log instead for some reason lol) and yeah, i didn't use it in the ansi itself.

i used it one time when working on another guy's bbs.
it's an ugly hack
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On 03 Apr 2021, MRO said the following...

it really shouldnt do that. that's a security risk.

not sure why.. i highly doubt the code that interprets @ codes in sync is
ever allowed to operate on user content.

i used it one time when working on another guy's bbs.
it's an ugly hack

essentially any display codes are a hack then. they interrupt text output to execute code. doesn't really matter if it's a baja script reading some text
or sync itself reading from the user db. *shrug*

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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 12:50 pm

On 03 Apr 2021, MRO said the following...

it really shouldnt do that. that's a security risk.

not sure why.. i highly doubt the code that interprets @ codes in sync is ever allowed to operate on user content.

i dont think people should be able to execute scripts on other people's systems by posting codes in a msg base

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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to fusion on Sat Apr 03 2021 06:52 am

Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: fusion to MRO on Fri Apr 02 2021 08:57 am

On 02 Apr 2021, MRO said the following...

!ERROR opening C:\sbbs\exec\quietpause.bin

The sysop has been notified.

wow it tries to run the script

sorry, i'm a bit confused by the quoting in that message but.. yes, yes it does :)

it really shouldnt do that. that's a security risk.

It only tries to expand @-codes for messages posted by user #1 (you). You just happened to quote the @-code posted by someone else. This is why I usually post @-codes in lowercase.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to fusion on Sat Apr 03 2021 01:19 pm

not sure why.. i highly doubt the code that interprets @ codes in sync is ever allowed to operate on user content.

i dont think people should be able to execute scripts on other people's systems by posting codes in a msg base

Yeah, that would be bad. It's a good thing Synchronet doesn't allow that.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 01:19 pm

wow it tries to run the script

sorry, i'm a bit confused by the quoting in that message but.. yes, yes it does :)

it really shouldnt do that. that's a security risk.

It only tries to expand @-codes for messages posted by user #1 (you). You just happened to quote the @-code posted by someone else. This is why I usually post @-codes in lowercase.

it would be good if @codes werent allowed to execute in the msg bases at all.
i dont think there's a legit use for them in the msg bases.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 01:23 pm

i dont think people should be able to execute scripts on other people's systems by posting codes in a msg base

Yeah, that would be bad. It's a good thing Synchronet doesn't allow that.

well it just tried to do that when i quoted his @code didn't it?
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 03 2021 11:29 pm

It only tries to expand @-codes for messages posted by user #1 (you). You just happened to quote the @-code posted by someone else. This is why I usually post @-codes in lowercase.

it would be good if @codes werent allowed to execute in the msg bases at all.
i dont think there's a legit use for them in the msg bases.

Some sysops want to post messages with @-codes in their local bases.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 03 2021 11:30 pm

Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 01:23 pm

i dont think people should be able to execute scripts on other people's systems by posting codes in a msg base

Yeah, that would be bad. It's a good thing Synchronet doesn't allow that.

well it just tried to do that when i quoted his @code didn't it?

Only on *your* BBS, because you're user #1 there.
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Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 10:32 pm

Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: MRO to Digital Man on Sat Apr 03 2021 11:30 pm

Re: Re: Hide automatic PAUSE (but still pause)?
By: Digital Man to MRO on Sat Apr 03 2021 01:23 pm

i dont think people should be able to execute scripts on other people's systems by posting codes in a msg base

Yeah, that would be bad. It's a good thing Synchronet doesn't allow that.

well it just tried to do that when i quoted his @code didn't it?

Only on *your* BBS, because you're user #1 there.

so if a sysop is on their bbs and quotes his msg and then views it, it attempts to run the script, correct? and there are no users left and we are all sysops.

i dont see the benefit of this, looks like an oversight.
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On 4/4/2021 12:34 AM, MRO wrote:

Only on *your* BBS, because you're user #1 there.

so if a sysop is on their bbs and quotes his msg and then views
it, it attempts to run the script, correct? and there are no
users left and we are all sysops.

i dont see the benefit of this, looks like an oversight.

LOL, release a popular modpack... post a message that says I dare you to
quote this...

(AT)EXEC:?vmc/foo.js(AT) or some such?
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