How to Use a Generic Note Board

This note board allows people to post 'new' or existing notes on it. In other words, it acts as a kind of container for notes.  You can place notes into the Note Board in two ways—either by creating a note directly, or by taking an already created note and posting it into the Note Board.  Existing notes must be held (get/take) in order to be successfully posted. 

@examine Obvious Verbs 

po*st <anything> on Note Board
re*move <anything> from Note Board
read <anything> on Note Board
conf*igure Note Board
check_status Note Board

g*et/t*ake Note Board
d*rop/th*row Note Board
gi*ve/ha*nd Note Board to <anything>
v*iew Note Board
dis*play Note Board
connect Note Board to <anything> 
@webpref*erences Note Board

Instructions and Information on Specific Verbs (Commands)

Using the Encore Object Editor

The Encore Editor will be no help in creating and posting notes for the Note Board, but you will be able to name and describe your Note Board as anything you want through the EOE.  You will be able to look at and read specific notes in the Note Board easily through the Encore interface because once you look at the Note Board object it shows each separate Note as a viewable link.


Using Specific Verb Commands

look <board>
Displays the contents of the noteboard.  Each note will show as a separate item.  In the Encore interface the notes will show as separate viewable links on the Xpress side of the screen.  On the text side of the screen, each note will be numbered.

read <note number> on <board>  
To read a note on the board.  Notes can also be read by clicking on the Note in the Xpress side or even typing look <note-name>.

post note-name on <board name> 
To post an existing note to the board

post new on <board name>
To create a new note and post it on the board.  You will be prompted for subject and body text.

Sequence of Posting a New Note into the Note Board:

post new on <board name>

MOO responds: [Type a subject/title for this note or `@abort' to abort the command.]>> Please type in the text you want to appear on this note

You type in title and hit enter

MOO responds: [Type lines of input; use `.' to end or `@abort' to abort the command.]

You type in the lines of your text.  When you are done, hit enter. 

After you have hit enter the last time, simply type a single period “.” to end the note.  Hit enter.

MOO responds: You post a note on Note Board.

 

remove <note number> from <board name>  
To remove a note from the board.  The number of lines start from the very first line. 

configure <board-name>  
To set the board to either of the three modes.  The note board has three configurations:

Private    : In private mode only the owner of the note board may post to it. Public posting in this mode is not allowed.

Restricted : In restricted mode only registered users, i.e. players, builders, programmers and wizards may post to the board. (Default)

Public     : In public mode anyone can post to the board. Note board owners should know that in public mode, notes posted by guests are created from the owner's own quota.

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