Subj : ANSI file format & BBS creation..
To   : All
From : paulie420
Date : Tue Aug 04 2020 21:40:43

Just updating some users of the new tool I'm using for editing (well, really
for viewing, but..) ANSI files now.

Moebius is a great ANSI editor however if you're searching thru TONS of ANSI
files, its not the best. It doesn't remember the folder and is cumbersome to
just quickly flip thru ANSIs; I used to use a DOS version of ACiD View...
like 4.0 or something.

However, I found that ACiDs newest viewer was 6.0 for Windows. I use Linux. 

I have WINE installed, but ACiD View failed due to DLL issues. So, you grab
WineTricks and enter in: 'winetricks mfc42' at the shell prompt. (Or, copy
your error code if 'wine acidview.exe' gives you one and figure out the DLL
that you need to enter into winetricks.)

After that, 'wine ACiDView.exe' loads up the Windows version of the app. You
can obviously add a launcher menu item so you don't have to type it into the
terminal. Or, if using terminal just use the CLI command... 

ACiDView 6.0 for Windows is pretty awesome because with one arrow key tap it
advances to the next ANSI file in VGA mode, or others, and you can scan
through directories full of ANSI really quickly. 

Just dropping this here, because for a year I haven't had a GREAT option.
ACiDView DOS was OK but DOSBOX isn't the best, and the Windows version is
even quicker with the GUI menus for folder selection. 

Bringing me to THIS question:
    
         What tools do YOU use for ANSI creation and... the process.

Bonus question:

         I *still* don't have a good option for ANSIi displaying correctly in
my terminal shell. I use a tool, acdu or... ansdu... where I type in ansu -i
FILENAME.ANS or ansu FILENAME.ANS and it will show the file in a cat
format... mostly correctly. However, if I could make my linux terminal shell
display ANSIs just as well as a DOS shell.... boy, I'd be in hog heaven.
         Do you have a fix for this? What work arounds do you use?



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