Subj : OpenXP Questions /ansi color
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Jun 02 2020 22:09:00

Hello Alan!

** On Tuesday 02.06.20 - 14:40, Alan Ianson wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> Maybe ansi color is just a North American thing?

 AI> Some BBSs support ansi in messages quite well. They all take diffent
 AI> approaches to adding color, ansi or pipe codes are the most used ways and
 AI> there are others also.

Oh.. I forgot about pipe codes.  Then that would be too much to ask a  
developer to accomodate all those methods.  I mean, it's not unlike Linus  
Torvald's comment about 80char line limitations that I read somewhere:  
"People with restrictive hardware shouldn't make it more inconvenient for  
people who have better resources."


 AI> If your interface doesn't support that it will look terrible. I
 AI> normally use golded or a like editor to read and reply so I have no
 AI> support for color in messages.

Yes.. it seems to be intended for reading right on a BBS using its  
interface.  But I have less restrictive resources!  LOL


  ../|ug

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