Subj : Re: BBS client of choice
To   : paulie420
From : Rampage
Date : Wed Aug 19 2020 08:29:06

  Re: Re: BBS client of choice
  By: paulie420 to Rampage on Tue Aug 18 2020 10:30:00

 Ra> we use kubuntu over here... that means we're using the KDE
 Ra> interface... we simply open a konsole and telnet or ssh to the BBS
 Ra> as desired... zmodem works for uploads and downloads... ANSI is
 Ra> processed... some characters might not display as desired due to
 Ra> code page differences but so far, i've not seen problems that are
 Ra> really bad... plus, if the BBS supports it, some UTF-8 is supported
 Ra> which is nice as we move away from the old-school CP437 thinking...

 paulie420> Wait, really?

yup... my konsole is a 227x70 window and that's how i view my BBS... though much of the system is still coded to 79/80 columns, i read and write posts with few minor niggles... i'm shooting for a system that autoadjusts some
things depending on the screen width (especially) and the height... eg: having more information displayed in the message header while keeping it to 4 lines... no clue how long it'll take to get there, though... the unwrapping
of text tables and charts is the worst part... unwrapping posts to fill 227 columns is really nice... being able to detect and retain textual table/chart formatting with hard right columns while unwrapping general text is
tough, though...

 paulie420> I use kubuntu on almost all my linux boxes.. I'll try it in
 paulie420> the konsole, but I didn't know that... my Mystic (and many
 paulie420> others) are heavily ANSi'd out - I didn't think ANY terminal
 paulie420> could handle the heavy stuff.

any ANSI compliant terminal should work just fine...


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