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A new command-line short message system is finally available.

For this system to become more mature, the following work still needs to be done:

1. Add a sent mailbox.
2. Have a prompt message after the user logs in.
3. Use the edit or other commands to reply to short messages.
4. Allow deleting short messages.

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The short message system leads to the need to expand the documentation description concepts of many commands. At the same time, it is necessary to consider that more file systems may be added in the future, such as scripts, topic subscriptions, etc.

Now the user has a prompt message after logging in.

At the same time, it seems inappropriate to support sending/replying to private messages using commands like NET and EDIT. Maybe consider this form:

Directly send a private message to a specified user: NET SEND TO xxx
Send a private message to the author of a specified file (post/private message): NET SEND file name [post number]
Just like there is a "Message" button after each post in the forum to send a message to its author. For example, when using NET SEND C:\1\2, it will send a private message to the poster of this post, and NET SEND G:\1 will send (that is, reply) a private message to the sender of this file (private message).

As for the subscribed or bookmarked topics, since they are all existing content in other drives, it is not necessary to separately add a new file system. Instead, it may be better to use a command in the form of NET xxx (such as NET FILE?) to display the user's topic subscriptions/bookmarks and their location paths.

It has been officially added to the Outbox! The Outbox is the next drive after the Inbox. Short messages sent will be automatically stored here.

The NET SEND command has been enhanced, and it can be used to directly send/reply to short messages to the author of a certain file (post/short message). For usage, please refer to the upper floor.

In addition to the NET VIEW command added yesterday to display the list of online users, the NET FILE command has now been added to display the subscribed/favorited files (threads), and the NET GROUP command to display user group information.

The short message system still can't be fully tested. But so far, no problems have been found. Suddenly, I think Google's thread browsing method is quite useful. It's similar to creating and maintaining a private topic shared by multiple people. But now, to implement it, it would require major changes. Still, forget it.
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The net user/net view/net group/net file have also been simply tested. It is hoped that net file can be browsed, added, and deleted for subscriptions in the following forms:
net file id
net file id /a
net file id /d

It is suggested that only one of subscription and collection be retained. At present, the functions of the two have a lot of overlap. It seems that subscription is stronger, as it can display prompts when there are updates.
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For net view, it is suggested to add the forum ID/name being browsed. net view/net user can specify the user name.
net user username to view other user information
net view username to view the actions of the specified user
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It is noticed that the New has been added to the file attributes. But so far, type/edit/more will not reset this attribute. It can only be reset in the Web interface.
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I have problems when editing relatively long posts. If the post content exceeds one screen, then when editing the content at the front of the post, the screen display will keep jittering back and forth between the bottom of the command line and the current position as I type on the keyboard.

The following methods have been added to subscribe to or unsubscribe from files:

Subscribe: NET ADD filename
Unsubscribe: NET DEL(ETE) filename
To browse, simply use the TYPE or MORE command plus the filename.

NET USER and NET VIEW now support username parameters, which will respectively display the information and online status of the specified user. NET VIEW has also supported displaying the filename or directory name where the user is located.

In addition, NET STATISTICS (can be abbreviated as NET STATS) is added to display some forum statistics.

The TYPE/MORE command will automatically reset the <New> attribute for short message files, but it does not currently support the way for topic files because the methods are completely different.

Regarding the problem of relatively long posts, please give examples so that I can test under different browsers to determine the problem.

Example of jitter in editing a long post: D:\12\24289 38

Or this post can also be

It occurs more concentratedly when inserting or deleting text

Suspected to be related to the recently added feature of pressing any key to return to the bottom of the command line

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net statistics/user/view found no problems

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net file add/del also found no problems

Just feel that it can probably be enhanced further

On one hand, you can know the recently updated subscriptions according to the update order list of the subscribed topics

On the other hand, you can define an alias or serial number for the subscribed topics

You can use the form of type ~1 to speed up access to the command line

Or you can use the form of edit cmdprmpt -1 to avoid the trouble of remembering the id

Environment variables can assist in completing this process

But it still seems to have flaws

Thus, it is thought that the macro commands of doskey can also indirectly realize this process

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As for whether to automatically add the topics edited to the subscription can also be discussed

Because this can realize the integration of my topics and the topic subscription function

But it may be unfavorable for those friends who often post and water

The continuously refreshing subscriptions may lead to a decrease in the attention to some interesting issues

Of course, the premise is that they use the subscription function

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Originally posted by qzwqzw at 2007-1-27 05:06 PM:
Example of editing long post jitter: D:\12\24289 38

Or this post can also be

It occurs relatively concentratedly when inserting or deleting text

Guess it has something to do with the newly added feature of pressing any key to return to the bottom of the command line...

Regarding the problem of long post jitter, it seems that it has nothing to do with that new feature, but is a problem of automatic scrolling that has always existed when the file content is modified. Now the automatic scrolling has been canceled.

Originally posted by qzwqzw at 2007-1-27 05:06 PM:
No problems found with net file add/del

Just feel that it can be enhanced a bit more

On the one hand, it can be listed according to the update order list of the subscribed topic...

Regarding the subscribed files, they are now listed in the order of the last update (new->old), and the use of file IDs to achieve quick access is added. This ID is not a self-defined ID because there is no special file subscription ID in the forum data table, and if it is a special ID, it will keep changing with the change of the subscribed content or the order of the last update, which is not appropriate. Therefore, the method of using the file's own ID is adopted (for example, the ID of the file C:\1\2 is 2, and it is fixed and unique), and it will also be listed by the NET FILE command. In this way, the subscribed file can be accessed directly with the file ID, just add the ~ character in front of the file ID, such as DIR ~11, TYPE ~22, EDIT ~33, NET FILE DEL ~44, etc. For more convenient use, support for formats like ~+1, ~-2 is also added, which respectively represent the first file in the file subscription list (that is, the latest updated file), the second last file in the file subscription list, etc.

Now the EDIT command has been supported to automatically add the edited topic to the subscription list, and users can also turn this function on or off. The method is to set the %AUTOSUB% environment variable. When its value is any positive number (default is 1), EDIT will automatically add the file to the subscription list, otherwise it will not be added.

In addition, the TYPE and MORE commands now support resetting the <New> attribute of the post file, and the FIND command has also supported searching the content in the files (short messages) in the inbox and outbox (G: and H:).

Updated to version 3.8 official edition.

Subscriptions and long post jitter are both okay.

The newly added net stats short form has also been tested.

Once again, I admire your tireless spirit all the time!

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Now a new problem has occurred.

When using edit to post a new topic, it always returns "Server response is incorrect."

Using edit. or edit d:\23 has the same result.

When replying and editing old topics with Edit, it also returns the same prompt when saving and sending.

But the reply is confirmed to have been sent.

It seems to be related to automatic subscription

After closing the automatic subscription, test

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The problem disappears

Then enable it

Edit and then test

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The problem occurs again

Then close it

Edit and then test

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The problem disappears again

Well, the prompt when publishing a new topic with edit has been corrected.

The cause of the problem between the EDIT editing file and automatic subscription has been identified, and it should be okay now. Try it again.

The automatic subscription feature has been basically tested and no problems were found. Congratulations!

Suddenly feel that Google's thread browsing method is quite useful

Similar to creating and maintaining a private topic shared by multiple people

But now to implement it, it needs to be changed a lot

Forget it

……I've been strongly recommending the wiki all the time, which is a topic created, maintained, and discussed by multiple people collaboratively...

Wiki is the trend of future forums

My Way of Browsing with Google Clues

Refers to the idea of managing emails by topics in Gmail

It's not the same as the collaborative maintenance Wiki

The highlight of the former is to connect emails according to events

The highlight of the latter is that readers can also be editors

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Email, forum, Wiki, blog and other network communication methods

At present, there is no trend of one replacing the other

Because the focus of their design ideas is different

The technical advantages and disadvantages do not necessarily indicate the advantages and disadvantages of the design ideas

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However, they will all continue to develop and improve

The characteristics of each other will continuously integrate and mutate

Some new communication methods may be formed

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Already off the topic

If there is still discussion, please start a new thread

Here we return to the forum command line interface

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It feels that the current forum command line is already very mature

Compared with GUI, it has many more excellent and unique characteristics

For example, the following characteristics

Historical browsing - To view previous inputs/outputs, you don't need to go back, just scroll up and down

Output customization - Can customize and filter output content in various ways, and redundant information is reduced

Resource saving - The Ajax kernel and Cmd shell effectively reduce network traffic and save server resources

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Regarding the development direction of version 4.x

1. Implementation based on telnet method

Completely abandon the Web and invest in the real command line

This means that the entire kernel needs to be adjusted significantly

The technical complexity should be very high

2. Enhancement of command line management functions

Commands with management authority such as attrib/del/move/copy/deltree are added

Of course, these are only useful for a few users such as administrators and moderators

Too few users lead to an excessive ratio of development cost to user benefit

3. Interaction of local environment

Can position its own output to the local

And obtain necessary input from the local

This means that offline sending and receiving and automatic sending and receiving can be realized

Of course, the current network and application status is still not urgent for this demand

4. Expansion of script application

One of the characteristics of the command line is the application of scripts

If more scripts can be realized and triggered by specific events

Then the input and output will be more free and flexible