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Auto Signature Editor for Talisman BBS

Auto Signature Mod for Talisman BBS

This simple, go-based program allows you to add an Auto Sig editor to your Talisman BBS menus -- as a door.

It incorporates a modified vesion of the kilo editor.

I've only tested this on Linux 64 (Ubuntu 20.04). Won't work on Windows.

To set up:

  • Make sure Talisman is installed and working 😃
  • Compile the program (go build .) -- or, use the pre-built binary in this repo for Linux 64 only
  • Create /bbs/doors/autosig directory (or wherever Talisman is installed)
  • Copy autosig (binary), header.ans, start.sh to the above directory
  • Set executable permissions (chmod +x autosig start.sh)
  • Add AutoSig item to a Talisman menu, and its edit path (e.g. this located in /bbs/menus/message.toml if you want it on the Message Menu)
[[menuitem]]
command = "RUNDOOR"
data = "/home/robbiew/bbs/doors/autosig/start.sh"
hotkey = "Z"

Talisman will automatically pass the node number to the start.sh file, and the autosig program will use this to grab the drop file (e.g. from ../../temp/$1/door.sys). The drop file contains that node's logged-in user id and name, and the id will be used to retrieve the "signature" row in Talisman's user database (sqlite3) (e.g. from ../../data/users.sqlite3).

If the 'signature' value doesn't exist, it will create it on save. If it exists, it will updated it.

For display purposes, the autosig program translates between color "pipe" codes (e.g. "|02") that Talisman uses internally, and actual ansi escape codes for display in the terminal program.

I have not tested for background colors yet.

TO DO:

  • Publish on github
  • Test on Windows, Pi
  • Add extended ansi characters, like blocks and lines...
  • Allow for re-editing the sig before exiting
  • Match the editor's style to Talisman's internal full-screen editor