Subj : New Mystic Pre Alpha 6.28.21 great ANSI Viewer!
To   : All
From : The Godfather
Date : Thu Jul 01 2021 11:18 pm

Hey All ..

Looks like another pre-alpha is about to come out.   I took a bit for me to setup, but if you'd like to see it .. this version of mystic can view wide resolution ANSI's even if the user calls in at 80x25, both in the ansi viewer as well as areas like "view archive" within the file section.  I'm just getting deeper into this but one can also display a singular ansi file at a specific baud rate.  Here's the deal ..

You  move the arrow keys left to right, up and down, to view the ANSI.  This, to me is a huge upgrade for those sysops who don't want the insanity of creating an entire 132x37 or higher resolution theme, and a seperate 80x25 theme as I have .. yet want to be able to view the ansi's over 80x25 in canvas width/length.

creating a simple ansiview.c132.ini and ansiview.c132.ans .. and I was able to create a really nice ansi galleries for my 132 theme also.

You can check it out at www.theunderground.us:10023 or ssh 7771

Change your terminal to 132x37 prior to calling in to see the 132x37 themed view .. or leave as is and check it out in 80x25.  In 80x25 the Ansi Art Viewer for mystic is off main/workthestreets/newansiart gallery.  In 132x37 .. it's right off the main menu.

Also .. for non mystic sysops, Alpha is working really hard and developing an incredible ArtVu Ansi Viewer DOOR that is fantastic, and I'm beta testing it on TUG off the main menu.  You can see his progres on his BBS or mine, or others I'm sure .. as he expands testing out more. Both are really exciting additions, imho, to Mystic if you love ascii and ansi art.

-tG

.... I don't have the time for a hobby. I have a computer.

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 * Origin: The Underground [@] theunderground.us:10023 <-port (21:1/165)

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