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Buffer Operations & Use

                                            VBBS 6.12 Documentation -- 10-D-1


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          CHAPTER TEN ANNEX D      BUFFER OPERATION & USE                
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                In order to accommodate larger memo sizes VBBS uses a disk
         file buffer in the format Bx.TMP, where x is the channel number
         that the user is on.  This file is stored in the \VBBS dir. The
         commands used to access the buffer are listed below.

         BUFFER APPEND ->  BUFFER APPEND <string1>

                This adds <string1> to the present buffer.

         BUFFER CLEAR <---

                This erases the contents of the present buffer.

         BUFFER EDIT <---

                This command loads up the user's selected editor and puts
           the current contents of the buffer into it.  Note:  When using
           the full-screen editor the user can edit, add, or clear the
           buffer.  The line editor will only allow you to add lines to
           the current buffer or clear it.  The user can clear the buffer
           by aborting out of either editor.

         BUFFER LIST <---

                This prints the current buffer contents to the screen. If
           the user is in ASCII mode then heart-code ANSI is not shown on
           screen but remains within the buffer file.


