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| bboard [2021/05/12 05:18] – added note on new scan, learned about it from from Papa on bboard peteyboy | bboard [2022/08/11 16:49] – Added more accessible section, re-sectioned changing editor sections peteyboy | ||
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| - | ==== Change default editor to a better pico ==== | + | ==== Change default editor |
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| + | === Chang to a better pico ==== | ||
| If you want to use an editor with in-program help and simple interface like the default //pico//, but slightly more powerful than the default **bboard** editor, you may wish to instead set your editor to //nano//, which is the default editor integrated into the Alpine mail program. It's the same as //pico//, but has additional commands, like regex searching. | If you want to use an editor with in-program help and simple interface like the default //pico//, but slightly more powerful than the default **bboard** editor, you may wish to instead set your editor to //nano//, which is the default editor integrated into the Alpine mail program. It's the same as //pico//, but has additional commands, like regex searching. | ||
| - | To do this, instead of setting up your // | + | To do this, instead of setting up your // |
| <file config ~$USER/ | <file config ~$USER/ | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | ==== Changing the default editor to vi ==== | + | === Changing the default editor to vi === |
| Many SDF users find the lack of word-wrap and spell-checking when posting in bboard(1) frustrating. If a Vi editor is acceptable, some rudimentary auto-wrapping and spell-checking can be accomplished in // | Many SDF users find the lack of word-wrap and spell-checking when posting in bboard(1) frustrating. If a Vi editor is acceptable, some rudimentary auto-wrapping and spell-checking can be accomplished in // | ||
| <file vim ~$USER/ | <file vim ~$USER/ | ||
| - | " set auto-wrap width:" | + | |
| set textwidth=78 | set textwidth=78 | ||
| - | " set RH margin guide:" | + | |
| set guidewidth=79 | set guidewidth=79 | ||
| - | " set elvis spellcheck stuff:" | + | |
| set spell | set spell | ||
| set spelldict=/ | set spelldict=/ | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | Once these files are in place your bboard(1) post editing environment will be elvis(1) based (a Vi editor clone; see **man elvis**) and should display a highlighted right-hand margin guide at 79 characters over, with text wrapping at 78 characters over. Note that these //~/.exrc// settings may adversely affect other Vi-style editors like nvi(1) or vim(1). | + | Once these files are in place your bboard(1) post editing environment will be elvis(1) based (a Vi editor clone; see **man elvis**) and should display a highlighted right-hand margin guide at 79 characters over, with text wrapping at 78 characters over. Note that these //~/.exrc// settings may adversely affect other Vi-style editors like nvi(1) or vim(1). If you don't like the current color scheme alternatives are possible; type //:color// within '' |
| If you have problems with screen colors (black-on-black), | If you have problems with screen colors (black-on-black), | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | ==== Running Spell-check on a bboard(1) Post: ==== | + | |
| + | == Learning to use Vi-style Editors: == | ||
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| + | If you've never used a Vi-style editor you may wish to run the // | ||
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| + | A free WikiBooks resource: [[https:// | ||
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| + | If you decide to practice with elvis(1), the //': | ||
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| + | == Running Spell-check on a bboard(1) Post in vi == | ||
| Words deemed misspelled by the elvis(1) editor should appear in a different color. To spell-check the entire post, first move to position 1,1 with //' | Words deemed misspelled by the elvis(1) editor should appear in a different color. To spell-check the entire post, first move to position 1,1 with //' | ||
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| When finished editing your bboard(1) post use //' | When finished editing your bboard(1) post use //' | ||
| - | ==== Learning | + | If you find the spellchecker is frequently flagging words inappropriately you can create a personal word list, for example '' |
| - | If you've never used a Vi-style editor you may wish to run the // | + | <file vim ~$USER/.exrc> |
| + | " " personal word list: | ||
| + | wordfile | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | A free WikiBooks resource: [[https:// | + | The words in your personal word file do not need to be sorted however all lowercase words are treated as case-insensitive; |
| - | If you decide to practice | + | |
| + | ==== Make bboard More Accessible ==== | ||
| + | You may have luck with the settings below in your //.bboardrc//: | ||
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| + | <file config ~$USER/.bboardrc> | ||
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| + | </file> | ||
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| [[http:// | [[http:// | ||
bboard.txt · Last modified: 2024/02/25 22:18 by hc9