Subj : Custom Menus with Custom Commands ?
To   : Ebojager
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Jun 21 2023 23:26:17

  Re: Custom Menus with Custom Commands ?
  By: Ebojager to All on Sat Jun 17 2023 21:57:05

 Eb> So just started a SBBS after many many years of running a Dialup Telegard
 Eb> BBS. Im not seeing a traditional menu editor where you can select the
 Eb> command key and access for that command key etc. So you can make a
 Eb> completly new menu. Is that posisble and are there any tutorials? Sofar
 Eb> Ive been usin Linux VIM editor to edit the look of the default renegade
 Eb> menus and also some of the other .asc or .msg files. I would appreciate
 Eb> any direction on where to begin. Thank you 

I know you probably have a *lot* of responses at this point...

I use Visual Studio Code to edit on the BBS, I usually open the editor in the sbbs/ directory with the following in sbbs/.vscode/settings.json

https://gist.github.com/tracker1/8840a61470063705d37aaf00019c9d16

I can edit most of the files without issue this way.  Your best bet will be to look at one of the existing command shells, I find the JavaScript ones are easier, but you may well find the .src (baja) based ones easier to work with.  Copy one from sbbs/exec/shellname.(js|src) into sbbs/mods/shellname.(js|src) and edit it how you like.  This assumes you want new or changed menus.  You can then add your new command shell in scfg.  You might want to remove shells you don't want to offer if you only want a particular one for your BBS.

Most of what you need can be found in the synchronet wiki.
  
   
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