[Neo-Desktop]

Requested by Sydney · project thread

Rebased onto main now that #56 (DNS + the BBS's CA) is merged.

What

Most free-text settings in bbs config are now lists to pick from. Each list is built from what the file and the machine already have, with a short note next to each value:

Setting	Offered
tls_cert / cert_file	acme, each acme:NAME (with its domains), ca where the BBS's CA (its services sub-CA) can sign it (msn, ymsg, oscar, gemini), and cert files other sections use
tls_key / key_file	the key paired with the chosen cert elsewhere in the file or beside it on disk, then other keys; shows "not needed with acme/ca"
listening addresses	:PORT, 127.0.0.1:PORT, each local IP at the current (or sample) port; values another section uses are marked "taken by [x] key"
[dns] answers	IPs the services listen on, and this machine's
[dns] primary/backup	resolv.conf's servers plus Cloudflare, Google, Quad9, OpenDNS
levels (new/validated users', a user's, mrc/menu require)	the [level N]s with their names
menu items	BBS actions, each door (with its description), other menus, screens, scripts, areas; plus a new Add a menu item action (and Carry a conference for QWK networks)
menu.screen, link.aka, feed.group/area, user/group to run as, interfaces	the screens dir, [fido] addresses, catalogue groups, DB areas, /etc/passwd and /etc/group, net.Interfaces
multi-value: dns.services, feeds.catalog, time.servers, mx.dnsbl, gopher/gemini areas	checkboxes, joined by commas
fixed enums (ACME challenge/key type/dns_check, mail outbound, every TLS mode, door32_comm, ircpeer protocol, PTP timestamping, ...)	closed lists with notes; anything else is refused
open suggestions (log, ACME CA and DNS provider, phone country, socket mode, GeoIP credit)	common values, or type your own

How it works

• view.Entry gains Open (suggestions, own value allowed), Multi (some at once) and ChoiceNotes.
• Full-screen terminal: the choice box shows the notes in a column, [x] checkboxes for multi lists (Space toggles), a "Type another value..." line for open ones, and (default: N) for the unset value.
• 3270: S next to such a line opens a numbered table (view.PickChoice). The value can still be typed over.
• Plain terminals: the line's number opens the same table instead of cycling.
• F1 help lists every choice with its note.
• The wiki's Configuration page has a new "Values picked from what there is" section.

Testing

• go test ./... and go vet pass on the rebased branch.
• New tests: confui/choices_test.go (cert/key pairing, address "taken by" notes, closed vs multi validation, level names, adding a menu item by picking a door, PickChoice toggling), plus open/own-value/multi cases in textui TestDeskSheet.
• Ran bbs config in a pty against a sample file and checked the IRC cert list, the address list, the levels list and the DNS services checkboxes on screen.
• Not yet tried on a real 3270.

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