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| Enhanced End of Message v1.3                                                |
| Written by Drew [PWA]                                                       |
| Docs Last Updated 03-29-95                                                  |
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| 0. Table of Contents                                                        |
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    1. Introduction
    2. Packaging
    3. Installation
    4. Configuration
    5. Last Words



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| 1. Introduction                                                             |
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    See HISTORY.DOC for all changes.  Otherwise, Enhanced End of Message is a
PPE which replaces your end of message prompt with a nice and attractive
hotkey and lightbar driven prompt.  Since this was written in PPL 3.0, you
must be running PCBoard 15.2+ in order to use this.



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| 2. Packaging                                                                |
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    Your zip file should contains the following files:

        EEOM.PPE       Enhanced End of Message PPE
        EEOM.DOC       Documentation (you are reading it now)
        EEOM.PCB       The "header" printed just before the PPE
        EEOM.HLP       Help screen
        EEOM.CFG       Configuration options
        LB.CFG         Lightbar text and colours
        STRINGS.CFG    Text strings
        INSTALL.BAT    For those lazy people. :)
        HISTORY.DOC    Revision history.
        OTHERDJP.DOC   Other stuff I've written.
        FILE_ID.DIZ    File (zip) description
        PWA.NFO        PWA info file.
        TSP.NFO        My bbs ad.

    If any of these files are missing, be warned that you may have a copy
that has been tampered with.  If you have any extra files, they are extraneous
and unnecessary.

    Typically, my bbs ad may not be there, which is not a problem.  However,
the idiots who contribute this to the fidonet backbone (usually originating
from the Clipper Workshop BBS) edit the FILE_ID.DIZ, remove PWA.NFO and
OTHERDJP.DOC, and insert their own bbs ad which is bigger than most ppe's.
Just be aware, since who knows what other stupidities they may pull.



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| 3. Installation                                                             |
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    If you are upgrading from any previous version, simply replace the old
EEOM.PPE.  From v1.1 to v1.2, one extra line (#3) was added in EEOM.CFG, so
take a look at the one included in this version for the description.  In
v1.3, a bunch of new text strings was added to STRINGS.DAT.  Please refer to
there for more information.  All other config files remain the same as before.

    For a new installation run INSTALL.BAT.  Alternatively you can manually
edit your PCBTEXT and have prompts 197 and 612 point to this ppe.  
Ie: !C:\PCB\PPE\EEOM\EEOM.PPE



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| 4. Configuration                                                            |
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    Edit EEOM.CFG to change the two options available inside.  Edit LB.CFG for
text and colours associated with the lightbars.  Edit STRINGS.CFG for all text
strings and prompts which get printed.  Each file is rather small and could
have been put in one big file, but it is more organized in this manner.

    Edit EEOM.PCB for the header that is displayed before the main command
prompt is printed.



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| 5. Last Words                                                               |
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    Just about every PCB system I'm on uses either CEOM or an old CIA Footer
ppe.  CEOM by MS is nice and all, but seeing either 3 or 4 lines for a prompt
such as this drove me nuts.  As for the CIA Footer ppe, it just wasn't very
configurable.  So hence, I broke down and wrote this out of fear of going
insane.

    If you are interested in hard-coding your configuration for maximum
speed, feel free to drop me a note and include a copy of all your config
files.

    Otherwise, if you need to reach me for some reason, you can send internet
email to "drew@xinet.com", or leave me a message on Attitude Net, or call my
board: The Silicon Phalanx at 310-575-8567 and apply for access.

Peace,
--Drew