Subj : How do you edit msg files
To   : Mindsurfer
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Oct 23 2025 09:58:08

  Re: How do you edit msg files
  By: Mindsurfer to MRO on Thu Oct 23 2025 11:33 am

 > well, i haven't really thought that through. I guess thats a decision every
 > sysop has to make for him/herself at one point. to break the backwards
 > compability or not. That would mean, if you want to have any kind of ansi
 > animation, that would be problematic for non-ansi terminal users?

Unless you're using Ctrl-A codes or some other form of abstraction, yes, it's problematic for non-ANSI users.

 > what do you think would come out if we would create a statistic for
 > non-Ansi/Ansi Terminal use? Who would actually want to or have to use a
 > non-Ansi terminal?

PETSCII terminals are pretty widely used and I think Nelgin and Deuce are working on some BBC Micro terminal support. These are 2 examples of non-ANSI terminals that user actually use. There's more: ATASCII, VT52, ... but Synchronet does not (yet) support them.
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