Subj : Re: ANSI Art Packs
To   : Avon
From : apam
Date : Mon Apr 01 2024 08:55 pm


 > The thought occurred to me of having a different file echo for just 8.3 files
 > but that also seems a bit nutty. Tis a quandary but I think sending them out as per the way they wee created seems to be the best move for now.

Tic files do have an option for both short file names and long filenames (in the tic file), so while a file could be sent with an 8.3 filename, the tic file could have it's original name in the long filename field and the receiving tic processor could rename it to whichever is desired.

As for how that would actually work in practice with various tic processors in use, i don't know. (heck I'm not even sure what I programmed postie to do in the situation).

Of course, an issue might be coming up with the 8.3 filenames so they don't clash with other files that might have already been hatched, i guess you'd have to keep track of that.

It sounds like a bit much hassle to me.. artpacks etc are nice to have and all, but perhaps if they're named in long filenames, people who use tic processors that only accept short filenames, can just filter them out and download the art packs themselves and add them to their bbses, it's not like these files being hatched are very hard to get by other means.

Just some thoughts.

Andrew

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