Build help into telem, because it's telem-specific, rather than reading /var/bbs/docs/help, which is general to all BBS clients.

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/telem.lua b/telem.lua
index 8f6e5dd..6bac705 100755
--- a/telem.lua
+++ b/telem.lua
@@ -302,7 +302,33 @@ function do_go()
 end
 
 function do_help()
-	cat_file(path.join(_BBS_ROOT, "docs", "help"))
+	print([[
+	Telem BBS client usage:
+
+	[Bulletin Board Commands]
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	(l)ist ......... List all available boards
+	(g)oto ......... Goto a board by name or index
+	(m)essages ..... List all messages in current board
+	(M)essages ..... More complete listing of current board
+	(s)can ......... Scan for new messages since last scan/login
+	(t)ype ......... Display the contents of a message thread
+	(r)eply ........ Reply to a message thread
+	(R)ecent ....... List most recently updated messages
+	(n)ew .......... Start a new thread in current board
+	(b)oard ........ Create a new board
+
+	[User Commands]
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	(h)elp ......... Bring up this basic help menu
+	(?) ............ Expanded help and information
+	(!) ............ A few simple rules of use for this board
+	(=) ............ Various user options
+	(c)olor ........ Disable/Enable ANSI color codes
+	(H)ide ......... Disable/Enable hiding of old threads
+	(S)ort ......... Toggle sort order of message listing
+	(q)uit ......... Immediately quit the board
+	]])
 end
 
 function do_help2()