Subj : Re: How do you edit msg files
To   : All
From : Ragnarok
Date : Wed Oct 22 2025 15:43:28

El 21/10/25 a las 09:04, Mindsurfer (VERT/FUNTOPIA) escribió:
> Hi there,
> 
> Yes i know you are supposed to convert your ANS file to MSG using the 
> ans2asc utility.  Thats ok. It works. I do that.
> But if you add @Codes to your ANS file, you will quickly lose how the 
> layout will look like eventually. Or you will end up using a text editor 
> afterwards, editing the ANS/MSG file to move stuff around and look at 
> the result, repeat that until the layout looks the way it is supposed to 
> look.
> 
> Currently i am using Moebius for Linux to edit the ANS files. There is 
> IcyDraw, wich can handle MSG files directly (i guess), but it always is 
> no WYSIWYG editing as soon as you want to use @Codes, but guessing, 
> measuring, textediting afterwards.
> 
> Is there a better way? A way to edit Ansi's WYSIWYG with @Codes included?
> 
> Example: head.msg/head.ans IcyDraw/Moebius https://imgur.com/a/T9anJRs
> 
> Mindsurfer

I use syncdraw
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