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Ansi graphics, sometime can be hard... specially when making menu screens,
templates for a BBS. A lot of things can go wrong, with out even
knowing whats the reason.
One of those problems is the linefeeds. Unix and windows use a
different way to make a linefeed and this cause problems, if the ansi
was made on a linux machine and you try to use/view it on a windows
machine.
The solution to this is, as always, use the "windows way"...
unfortunately. A file created in windows can be viewed in windows, but
not the other way around. So even if you make your ANSIs in linux,
make sure that at the end, you save them with CRLFs and not just LFs.
To do the conversation... you can use whatever way you prefer or works
for you.
Personally i use the following ways:
1. PabloDraw : Open the file and save it again. Pablo, saves always
with CRLFs... but has the bad habit of adding SAUCE data :(
2. Use a text editor that have the option to convert between LF/CRLF.
My favorite is Geany, but there are others to.
3. Use my ansitool utility. You can find it at any fsxnet board and
also in my BBS (see below).
Another problem that even fewer know, is the last linefeed! Lets say
you made an ANSI with 24 lines. When you save it, at the end of that
24th line, will be a linefeed... and bhamm! your file is 25 lines! and
you don't even know it. This is the main reason why some ansi screens
scroll down a line, even if you try to make them not to, by reducing
lines or whatever.
The solution... use an editor that has the option to see and delete
linefeeds or have an option not to save the linefeed before the EOF
(end of file). Mystic BBS ansi editor has this option. A text editor
for this option is again Geany. You can use an option to view
linefeeds. Go to the last line and delete that annoying last linefeed.
Now your file will be 24 lines exactly and if you view it in a bbs,
even with a statusbar in your telnet client, it will show up, with no
scrolling.
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