Subj : Re: ANSI Ad
To   : Rob Swindell
From : IB Joe
Date : Fri Mar 25 2022 10:47 pm

On 25 Mar 2022, Rob Swindell said the following...
 
 RS>   Re: Re: ANSI Ad
 RS>   By: IB Joe to Jay Harris on Tue Mar 08 2022 06:06 pm
 RS> 
 RS>  > Synchronet puzzles me So... Rob et. al. actively works on that project 
 RS>  > you'd think that's where I wouldn't have an issue.  I don't think about
 RS>  > things, because Mystic handles this flawlessly...
 RS> 
 RS> So Mystic ignores or strips your clear-screen sequence (while Synchronet
 RS> does not)? Please clarify what "handles flawlessly" means in this
 RS> context. -- 

Sorry... if someone post an ad, or any message with ANSI in it, Mystic reads the message as it is posted and meant to be viewed.  When Mystic reads a message with plain text or ANSI it displays both of them, the ANSI in the message has no affect to the reader.

It seems though, with other BBS packages... Yours isn't the only one... The same happens with WINServer and other packages.  If there is ANSI in the message it affects how the messages are displayed to the user.

I post ANSI ads, as others do, and I never really thought too much about things because when I'm on my mystic system they display nicely... If I logon to a SynchroNET or my WINServer system the message is not displayed nicely... message header gets pushed up...

You can see this anytime you want... Logon to any Mystic BBS and read BBS ads section... then go do that with your package and you'll see the difference.

Rob, I'm just an end user and had questions as to why other systems weren't handling ANSI with their message readers like Mystic does.

I didn't mean to come across the wrong way... I just had questions... I was half hoping that it was something to do with how messages are stored... 

Thanx

IB Joe
AKA Joe Schweier
SysOp of Joe's BBS
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