Howdy,
Is it possible for node status to updated by javascript with some free form text?
IE: instead of Node Status saying "Deon posting message via telnet", can I use javascript to have "Deon <some free form text>"?
Yes. You can replace the NodeAction* text strings at run-time, using the JS function bbs.replace_text(). For the format details, see:
http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#NodeActionText
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Wed Sep 25 2019 08:27 am
Yes. You can replace the NodeAction* text strings at run-time, using the JS function bbs.replace_text(). For the format details, see: http://synchro.net/docs/customization.html#NodeActionText
Thank you - I got this to work partially.
CTRL-U - shows my node with the free form text. (I'm modifying 695 (at main menu)).
/L shows Deon "at main menu"
"node list" shows User #7 "at main menu"
umonitor shows Deon "at main menu".
Anyway my free form text can be consistent with all Node Status views?
I don't know about *all* node status views, but certainly some or most. I just committed some changes to support them in the terminal server and the "node" utility. I'll take a look at umonitor next.
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Wed Sep 25 2019 07:48 pm
Hey DM, I found some inconsistencies with the "node" status.
I don't know about *all* node status views, but certainly some or most. I just committed some changes to support them in the terminal server and the "node" utility. I'll take a look at umonitor next.
This appears working well - I'm seeing my custom messages working fine from my nodes - awesome thank you.
I've noticed three strange behaviours:
As a background, I've created a "Videotex but with ANSI" shell interface. (Videotex is like Teletex from the TV - except Videotex is 2 way - at was a service that we provided in AU called Viatel and in the UK called Prestel - I'm not sure if you had it in NA as well.)
The way it works, is you "key in a page" and it renders the content from that page. EG: Page 1, Page 3, Page 30021, etc.
I'm changing bbs.replace_text, to show the page that the user is on, eg: "Viewing page *3#".
The 3 strange behaviours are:
1) While CTRL-U and /L are now showing node status correctly "node list" from the CLI is showing the activity of node 5 as node 4 and 5. IE: Whatever I do on node 5 (Viewing page *30021#), it is shown in "node list" as the same activity for nodes 4 and 5 (Both are "Viewing page *30021#")- and anything that I've done in node 4 doesnt change when using "node list".
2) In my custom shell that I've created, if I change content with bbs.replace_text(NodeActioNMain...) and bbs.node_action=NODE_MAIN - it is shown, but only if the previous value of bbs.node_action was not NODE_MAIN. IE:
If I:
bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain,"Viewing page *3#"); bbs.node_action=NODE_MAIN bbs.replace_text(NodeActionRetrieving,"Jumping to page..."); bbs.node_action=NODE_RFSD; bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain,"Viewing page *1#"); bbs.node_action=NODE_MAIN
3) On my custom shell, if I CTRL-U to show Node Status - I get a "polluted output" - it appends the last line of my ansi screen to the bottom of the node status, minus any ANSI colour changes.
I'm somewhat aware of Videotex/Teletex, but only from a historic perspective. In the US, we "had" NAPLPS, which I think was similar.
I just committed a fix to node.c, try that.
Yes, that makes sense. Setting bbs.node_action doesn't write that value to the node.dab file immediately and it doesn't get written if it's not a change. If you call bbs.nodesync(), that'll force the
immediate synchronization between the variable (bbs.node_action) and the node.dab file.
Another option is to set system.node_list[bbs.node_num - 1].action directly. That'll also write to the node.dab file immediately.
3) On my custom shell, if I CTRL-U to show Node Status - I get a "polluted output" - it appends the last line of my ansi screen to the bottom of the node status, minus any ANSI colour changes.So Ctrl-U (and other global hot keys) saves/restores the last line output. I'm not sure what method of output you're using, but perhaps it's not compatible with the save/restore-line functionality in sbbs.
I'm somewhat aware of Videotex/Teletex, but only from a historic perspective. In the US, we "had" NAPLPS, which I think was similar.
There has be a small resurgence of Teletext thanks to the Raspberry Pi.
There is a great project called TeeFax (https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/teefax/) which is carried on by
enthusiasts. I have one running here.
So for example, you could go to page *516# on any BBS that was running
my "addon ", and see the same content :) Then if you wanted your own
page *666#, you could put up your own pages, and everybody else would
see them on their own BBS (with my addon).
That is a great idea, like Teletext but interactive and BBS style.
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Thu Oct 03 2019 11:00 am
I just committed a fix to node.c, try that.
Awesome, thanks I'll try.
Yes, that makes sense. Setting bbs.node_action doesn't write that value to the node.dab file immediately and it doesn't get written if it's not a change. If you call bbs.nodesync(), that'll force the
immediate synchronization between the variable (bbs.node_action) and the node.dab file.
Actually, I'm also calling nodesync() between iterations of changing node_action and replace_text. So if replace_text changes the text, but node_action has not changed (which is one scenario) - then the updated text doesnt get to node.dab file?
Another option is to set system.node_list[bbs.node_num - 1].action directly. That'll also write to the node.dab file immediately.
OK, I might play with too.
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Thu Oct 03 2019 11:00 am
I'm somewhat aware of Videotex/Teletex, but only from a historic perspective. In the US, we "had" NAPLPS, which I think was similar.
I think it was - in my research I see NAPLPS mentioned a few times - not sure if it was a national service like Viatel/Prestel/Minitel?
Anyway, I also thought that I would enable the traditional Videotex frames output (which was 40x25 - the top line is a header, and the bottom line is input) - and I thought I might be able to put that on your PETSCI ports :)
IE: If somebody connects on port 23, they are ANSI, but if they connect on port 516 (Pet40Port) they are Videotex.
I'm not sure if it will be as simple as that? Are you doing any character conversions or anything for whatever connects on that port? (I think Videotex character set is different to PET?)
If not (great) - how do I identify a connection on port 23 vs port 516.
Would client.port tell me what port that connected on, or their ephemaral port (havent looked at it so thought I'd ask).
I'm not sure if it will be as simple as that? Are you doing any character conversions or anything for whatever connects on that port? (I think Videotex character set is different to PET?)Yes, CP437->PETSCII for connections on the PET*Port values (whatever you have those set to).
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Thu Oct 03 2019 11:11 pm
I'm not sure if it will be as simple as that? Are you doing any character conversions or anything for whatever connects on that port? (I think Videotex character set is different to PET?)Yes, CP437->PETSCII for connections on the PET*Port values (whatever you have those set to).
OK, that wont work - I cant have it doing translations - or is there a way to either:
* Turn it off?, or
* Listen on a second telnet port?
Yeah, writing to system.node_list[] is a direct-to-file method.
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Thu Oct 03 2019 11:06 pm
Yeah, writing to system.node_list[] is a direct-to-file method.
I wasnt getting any mileage out of this - perhaps I'm doing something wrong.
I stopped using bbs.nodesync() - in fact whether you use it or not appears irrelevant (for the below).
Changed my bbs.node_action to system.node_list[bbs.node_num-1].action=NODE_MAIN - still call bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain,'\1h%s \1n some texdt') - but I dont see the updates with CTRL-U or /L from another node?
(IE: When I loging, and get to a page, it still says "USER logging on via telnet"...)
Did I interpret that incorrectly?
I think if you this, that should work: system.node_list[bbs.node_num-1].action=0xff;
bbs.action = NODE_MAIN;
bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain, "test");
bbs.nodesync();
that should do it.
I think if you this, that should work: system.node_list[bbs.node_num-1].action=0xff;
bbs.action = NODE_MAIN;
bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain, "test");
bbs.nodesync();
Re: Node Status
By: Alterego to Digital Man on Sun Oct 06 2019 12:32 pm
Hey DM,
I've just discovered, that everytime I'm doing:
I think if you this, that should work: system.node_list[bbs.node_num-1].action=0xff;
bbs.action = NODE_MAIN;
bbs.replace_text(NodeActionMain, "test");
bbs.nodesync();
My "text" is making its way into the error.log as well.
I dont think that should be happening?
My "text" is making its way into the error.log as well.Doesn't sound like something that should be happening. Can you post an example?
I dont think that should be happening?
Re: Node Status
By: Digital Man to Alterego on Mon Oct 07 2019 03:20 pm
My "text" is making its way into the error.log as well.Doesn't sound like something that should be happening. Can you post an example?
I dont think that should be happening?
Sorry, my bad.
I just found a log(LOG_ERROR...) that I had while debugging, which really should be a LOG_DEBUG... (argh) <blushing>
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Is there a way to not show the node status at login.
Is there a way to not show the node status at login.
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