Subj : docs/dropfile_ini.md
To   : Git commit to main/sbbs/master
From : Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)
Date : Wed Sep 30 2026 22:24:12

https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/0fc16673770510a82ed4e737
Modified Files:
	docs/dropfile_ini.md
Log Message:
docs: DROPFILE.INI draft 0.6

Looking the file up by name in a directory is allowed but discouraged:
the door is always given the full path, and a door that looks by name
anyway must ignore case and still accept a full path.

Audit of Synchronet's external program options against the file:

- New IDLE_LIMIT key in [session]: seconds without caller input before
  the host ends the session, so a door can warn the user or run its own
  idle timer
- New [door] section with DOOR_CODE and DOOR_NAME, the configured entry
  that launched the program, for a program installed under several
  entries
- TIME_LEFT mapping includes the door's extra time and maximum time;
  for a free-time door it is the lesser of the maximum time and the
  time until the next event, else omitted
- Standard-I/O echo conflict noted: stdio requires no echo, so
  Synchronet treats the no-echo option as set for this drop file type
- New X_SBBS_SECTION vendor key: the internal code of the external
  program section the door entry belongs to
- To-dos for the "Use Real Name" option (gate USER_REALNAME, never
  alter USER_ALIAS) and WWIV color codes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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