Subj : How do you edit msg files
To   : Mindsurfer
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Oct 22 2025 12:35:44

  Re: How do you edit msg files
  By: Mindsurfer to Digital Man on Wed Oct 22 2025 12:24 pm

 >   Re: How do you edit msg files
 >   By: Digital Man to Mindsurfer on Tue Oct 21 2025 22:55:44
 >
 >  DM> So what I was suggesting was that the @-code itself can be the
 >  DM> "placeholder" (so long as the @-code is the same length as the expanded
 >  DM> string). --
 >
 > Thank you. I got that.
 > So, not so good for displaying node number wich would be 1 digit only. Just
 > as an example where it would not work, when there is not the space in the
 > layout.

2 digit node numbers are not uncommon and 3 is even possible, but I get your point. You won't ever have a 4 character/digit node number.

 > Short @codes like @NN@ would take 4+ chars in the layout display of the ansi
 > editor. So that is the shortest it had to be to use @codes directly as the
 > placeholder within the ansi layout. Maybe +1 empty space left and right of
 > it, depending where it sits in the layout.

3 characters (e.g. @x@) is the short conceivable @-code, and you could have a 3 digit node number, at least theoretically, so maybe that'd work for that case.

 > Everything that has some more characters in the expanded final display can
 > be done with the recommended @code|R###@ without any further trickery.
 >
 > So depending on the complexity and length of the respective @code output, i
 > can choose between @code|R###@ for example, the positioning of the @codes
 > via ansi esc sequence at the end of the layout. or a file containing the
 > @codes with ansi esc sequence for positioning that i will merge to the
 > layout ansi.

Unfortunately, the ANSI cursor positioning trick isn't really going to work for non-ANSI terminals, so I wouldn't encourage it.
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