[nos-bbs] JNOS Feature Request

[Chris Maness]

That is what DPBOx does.  Once a human command is issued, it switches it to
a human friendly prompt and command set and stays that way.

Thanks,
Chris Maness
-Sent from my iPhone


On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM Sky - aa6ax via nos-bbs <
nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org> wrote:

> I can understand how this would be useful for a human user, but I’ve
> written scripts that interact with a remote BBS and if the mode were to
> change it could cause the script to fail. For instance, the BBS might give
> prompts suitable for a human rather than the abbreviated prompts an
> automated remote would be looking for.
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> Once a remote requests a specific mode, it should remain in that mode
> unless commanded to change.
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From "Chris Maness" <christopher.maness at gmail.com>
> To "TAPR xNOS Mailing List" <nos-bbs at lists.tapr.org>; "M Langelaar" <
> maiko at pcsinternet.ca>
> Date 3/21/2025 7:29:59 AM
> Subject [nos-bbs] JNOS Feature Request
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> I am not sure how hard this would be to implement. I have been
> playing with DPBOX on old Linux and new NetBSD installs. One very
> cool feature is that if it has you configured as a neighbor BBS it
> will just give you the "chicken lips" prompt for a BBS, but the second
> you initiate a user command, it will convert the session to a regular
> user. This is a very cool feature.
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> -Any thoughts?
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> Thanks,
> Chris Maness
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