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--- introduction [2020/09/06 22:10] – g00r00
+++ introduction [2021/06/13 12:01] – [MPLC - Mystic BBS Programming Language Compiler] g00r00
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                       email=emailhere
                       level=seclevelhere
+                      menu=start
                     At a minimum Mystic requires the handle, realname, and
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 and any attempt to set a security of 250 or higher
                     will result in the user being created with a security
-                    level of 0.
+                    level of 0.  The menu option sets the user's start
+                    menu that will be loaded when they log in.
                     Mystic will print TRUE or FALSE to STDIO depending on
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-==== MPLC - Mystic BBS Programming Language Compiler ====
+==== MPLC: Mystic Programming Language Compiler ====
-The Mystic BBS Programming Language Compiler allows sysops to compile their own scripts written in Mystic Programming Language (MPL).  This program translates a MPS source file into a MPX executable file.  A                    MPS source file is a text file which contains programming commands recognized by the MPE engine.  These files can be edited with any text editor, or the supplied MIDE program described above.
+The Mystic BBS Programming Language Compiler allows sysops to compile their
+own scripts written in Mystic Programming Language (MPL).  MPL programs are
+created using source file (.mps) and then compiled into executable files
+(.mpx).  The source files are just typical text files that can be edited with
+any text editor or the MIDE utility that ships with Mystic.
 You will find this tool in the /mystic directory.
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 Available options to use this program are:
-  MPLC [filename] Compile a MPL script e.g. MPLC mpldemo.mps
+  MPLC [filename] Compile a specific MPL script. Example: MPLC mpldemo.mps
+  MPLC -T         Attempts to read theme configuration from mystic.dat in the
+                  current directory or the directory defined by mysticbbs
+                  environment variable, and then uses Themes path to compile all
+                  scripts in each theme's scripts directory.
-  MPLC -ALL       Compile all scripts found
+  MPLC -ALL       Compile all scripts in current directory and sub
+                  directories
-  MPLC -T         Attempts to read mystic.dat from current directory or
-                  mysticbbs environment variable, and then uses Themes
+  MPLC -C         Compile all scripts in current directory only
-                  path to compile.
+  MPLC -F         Works just like -T but also accepts a filemask to compile any
-  MPLC -T /mybbs  Attempts to read mystic.dat from the supplied root
+                  matching files in each theme's script directory.  For
-                  directory, and then uses Themes path to compile
+                  example: mplc -f bulletin*
-  MPLC -F         Attempts to read the Theme path and then compile any files
-                  matching the supplied mask contained in any directories
-                  under the Theme directory. Example: mplc -f bulletin*