X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f5188e3907698949 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-02-09 20:36:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!24.30.200.11!news-east.rr.com!news-server.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.columbus.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: B Thomas Subject: Re: Viewing ANSI Art on Linux ? References: <3e44b10f@post.usenet.com> Reply-To: thomasb@math.ohio-state.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 36 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 04:32:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.26.131.4 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.columbus.rr.com 1044851550 24.26.131.4 (Sun, 09 Feb 2003 23:32:30 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 23:32:30 EST Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Columbus Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21786 Thank you for your help. Which file do you want me to upload. My console config files or ansi files. I have this problem with just about any ansi file. Oddly enough if I startup and exit the "mdraw" program available from ibiblio.org it does something to my console so that henceforth until I reboot or reset my terminal shows ansi are beautifully. I checked with "displayfont" that none of my console fonts are changed even after running "mdraw" however I can now "cat" any ansi art to the terminal and it works till such time the terminal is reset. My console configurations are the default on debian (ustable , most likely same as stable) I don't understand this. Of course I don't understand a lot :) regards B Thomas On 8 Feb 2003 12:56:07 GMT, Harry Mason wrote: > The Unknown Artist wrote: >> On 2003-02-08 thomasb@math.ohio-state.edu said: >> >> > I would like to be able to view ansi art on my linux virtual console like >> > one can on a dos console. However if I should try to 'cat' an ansi art file >> > on to the console all i see is garbage characters of some latin character >> > set. >> >> Those are the ANSI sequences, Honey. ANSI isn't a Linux thing. Your best best >> would be to download one of the many freeware DOS-based ANSI viewers, and run >> it under DOSEMU. > > Pardon? Both the Linux console and xterm support ANSI control sequences. I've > viewed ANSI art in both. > > Maybe your terminal is interpreting UTF-8, or perhaps it's set to the wrong > terminal type. Can you upload the file somewhere for other Linux users to try? >