Compatibility interfaces¶

OpenDoors retains these aliases and entry points so established source and binary consumers continue to build. New code should use the current names in the right-hand column.

Color spelling aliases¶

Compatibility name	Current interface
`od_chat_colour1`	`od_chat_color1`
`od_chat_colour2`	`od_chat_color2`
`od_colour_char`	`od_color_char`
`od_colour_delimiter`	`od_color_delimiter`
`od_colour_names`	`od_color_names`
`od_full_colour`	`od_full_color`
`od_colour_config()`	`od_color_config()`
`od_set_colour()`	`od_set_color()`

These are spelling aliases only; they do not select different behavior.

Renamed control fields¶

The following names expand to members of od_control.

Compatibility name	Current member
`key_help`	`key_status[6]`
`key_nohelp`	`key_status[0]`
`user_credit`	`user_net_credit`
`caller_netmailentered`	`user_netmailentered`
`caller_echomailentered`	`user_echomailentered`
`caller_logintime`	`user_logintime`
`caller_logindate`	`user_logindate`
`caller_timelimit`	`user_timelimit`
`caller_loginsec`	`user_loginsec`
`caller_credit`	`user_net_credit`
`caller_userrecord`, `caller_usernum`	`user_num`
`caller_readthru`	`user_readthru`
`caller_numpages`	`user_numpages`
`caller_downlimit`	`user_downlimit`
`caller_timeofcreation`	`user_timeofcreation`
`caller_logonpassword`	`user_logonpassword`
`caller_wantchat`	`user_wantchat`
`caller_ansi`	`user_ansi`
`caller_callsign`	`user_callsign`
`caller_sex`	`user_sex`
`ra_deducted_time`	`user_deducted_time`
`ra_menustack`	`user_menustack`
`ra_menustackpointer`	`user_menustackpointer`
`ra_userhandle`	`user_handle`
`ra_comment`	`user_comment`
`ra_firstcall`	`user_firstcall`
`ra_combinedrecord`	`user_combinedrecord`
`ra_birthday`	`user_birthday`
`ra_subdate`	`user_subdate`
`ra_screenwidth`	`user_screenwidth`
`ra_msg_area`	`user_msg_area`
`ra_file_area`	`user_file_area`
`ra_language`	`user_language`
`ra_date_format`	`user_date_format`
`ra_forward_to`	`user_forward_to`
`ra_error_free`	`user_error_free`
`ra_sysop_next`	`sysop_next`
`ra_emsi_session`	`user_emsi_session`
`ra_emsi_crtdef`	`user_emsi_crtdef`
`ra_emsi_protocols`	`user_emsi_protocols`
`ra_emsi_capabilities`	`user_emsi_capabilities`
`ra_emsi_requests`	`user_emsi_requests`
`ra_emsi_software`	`user_emsi_software`
`ra_hold_attr1`	`user_hold_attr1`
`ra_hold_attr2`	`user_hold_attr2`
`ra_hold_len`	`user_hold_len`
`od_avatar`	`user_avatar`
`od_rbbs_node`	`od_node`

Status and color aliases¶

Compatibility name	Current value
`B_YELLOW`	`L_YELLOW`, equivalent to blinking brown when used as a background
`B_WHITE`	`L_WHITE`, equivalent to blinking grey when used as a background
`STATUS_USER1`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_1`
`STATUS_USER2`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_2`
`STATUS_USER3`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_3`
`STATUS_USER4`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_4`
`STATUS_SYSTEM`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_5`
`STATUS_HELP`	`STATUS_ALTERNATE_7`

Global-style configuration aliases¶

These macros expose current od_control members as legacy global-style names.

Compatibility name	Current member
`od_registered_to`	`od_control.od_reg_name`
`od_registration_key`	`od_control.od_reg_key`
`od_program_name`	`od_control.od_prog_name`
`od_log_messages`	`od_control.od_logfile_messages`
`od_config_text`	`od_control.od_cfg_text`
`od_config_lines`	`od_control.od_cfg_lines`
`od_config_colours`, `od_config_colors`	`od_control.od_color_names`
`config_file`	`od_control.od_config_file`
`config_filename`	`od_control.od_config_filename`
`config_function`	`od_control.od_config_function`
`default_personality`	`od_control.od_default_personality`
`logfile`	`od_control.od_logfile`
`mps`	`od_control.od_mps`

od_kernal() is a retained misspelling of od_kernel().

Obsolete entry points¶

od_init_with_config is an obsolete macro which assigns the built-in configuration component and then calls od_init(). New code should make those assignments explicitly. od_log_open() and od_emulate() are obsolete public entry points retained for older applications; use the logging component and od_disp_emu() in new work.

Optional component routines ODConfigInit, ODLogEnable, and ODMPSEnable and built-in personality procedures are normally selected through the INCLUDE_* and PER_* macros rather than called directly.

Installed packages contain OpenDoor.h, the general OpenDoors API, and ODStat.h, the DOS personality SDK. Other module headers are private implementation interfaces. They remain in the source tree for building OpenDoors but are not installed or covered by the public compatibility guarantees described on this site.