Subj : Re: Editing ANSIMRD.ANS
To   : All
From : Todd Holcomb
Date : Wed Dec 09 2020 07:25 pm

On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 11:20:13 AM UTC-6, g00r00 wrote:

> That is the old 1900s ANSI style template which are being removed/replaced with
> an easier to edit format (albeit very slowly lol)
>
> I would say the easiest way is probably to make the ANSI look like how you want
> it to look and then edit the .ans file in a text editor and add the ! and &
> codes using [X and [Y location codes to move the cursor to where you want them
> displayed. You can see an example of how the default ansimrd.ans at the bottom
> uses the X/Y codes to set the "read" boundaries where the message text would go
> if you open it in a text editor.
>
> It sounds like the issue you may be having is because you're doing something
> like this:
>
> From: &1 To: &2
>
> You have to format those codes because the value of &1 and &2 are not always
> the same size. So for example
>
> You would want to do something like |$R60<pipe>&3 to format the subject to
> always be 60 characters in length. IE:
>
> From: |$R30<pipe>&1 To $R30<pipe>&2
>
> I've replaced the | with <pipe> there because Mystic by default will allow you
> to use those message info codes and pipe color codes while reading messages.
>
> You could also just add [X and [Y to locate the cursor where you want the
> information and then outpuit &1 etc at the bottom of the ANSI which seems
> easiest for most people.

Ok, thanks for detailed explanation and the help!

Todd

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