Subj : Running doors from anywhere?
To   : Divarin
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Nov 04 2021 08:37:59

  Re: Running doors from anywhere?
  By: Divarin to Nightfox on Thu Nov 04 2021 07:31 am

 >> Yes, you'd need to modify your command shell to add an option to those
 >> menus If you're using the default command shell, it's written in Baja.
 >> Under the http://synchro.net/docs/baja.html

 Di> Hmm. okay yeah I was looking at that. 
 Di> Here's a specific example of what I'm trying to do: I have a door I wrote
 Di> which uses gopher to allow users to browse / read the text files from
 Di> Jason Scott's TextFiles.com (using the gopher mirror)
 Di> I'd like to have this door listed under the text files menu rather than
 Di> the (X) external programs menu.
 Di> In the default.src file I see the option to access the text file section:

 Di> cmdkey G
 Di> text_file_section
 Di> end_cmd

 Di> But I don't see a source file for the text file section itself.
 Di> Unfortunately the wiki page "Customizing with Baja" doesn't exist I
 Di> clicked the link and it game up with a "This topic does not exist yet"
 Di> page. 

I'm not as familiar with the text files section, but there's a JavaScript script called text_sec.js which I believe is the script that handles displaying the text section.  You probably wouldn't want to modify that, as I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a generic script that builds a menu of text files you have to allow the user to choose and display one.

 Di> I'd like to have this door listed under the text files menu rather than
 Di> the (X) external programs menu.

I think that may actually be more difficult to do.  If you want to do that, then you'd have to manually generate a drop file and then build a command line to run the door, etc..  The easiest way would be to configure the door as an external program in SCFG and then use EXEC_XTRN command to run it from the command shell.  Then Synchronet would take care of the drop file, FOSSIL driver (if needed) and everything to run the door.

Nightfox

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