Subj : logon.ans not working
To   : Ebojager
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jul 08 2023 12:22:09

  Re: logon.ans not working
  By: Ebojager to MRO on Sat Jul 08 2023 12:09 pm

 >   Re: logon.ans not working
 >   By: MRO to Ebojager on Sat Jul 08 2023 12:48 pm
 >
 >  MR> is the bbs detecting your terminal type correctly?
 >  MR> just copy logon.ans over logon.asc
 >  MR> people that don't have ansi will see the ansi code, though.
 >
 > Thank you, yes the BBS does seem to detect it, as it displays if I move the
 > file to a different location. What ended up working was manually making a
 > new file with nano in /text/menu/logon.ans and then importing the .ans file
 > and saving. LOL must be maybe a permision issue as the BBS is on Linux and I
 > created the file on Windows in a DOSBox with THEDRAW.
 > Seems to be working now that I know the formula. Glad you brought up the
 > copy to .asc thing. Can I just rename the file to .asc and it will work for
 > those who dont have ansi terminals?

No, don't do that (copy a .ans files to .asc or .msg). Instead, use ans2asc to convert the .ans file to a .asc file and then non-ANSI terminals will see that file.
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