Subj : THE VIPER BBS
To : Digital Man
From : MRO
Date : Fri Dec 23 2022 01:11 am
Re: THE VIPER BBS
By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Dec 22 2022 08:37 pm
> > > BBS
> > > as necessary for the network or or the network node or the user's
> > > terminal. Yes, Ctrl-A codes is the answer.
>
> > so are you telling us we cant post ansi ads?
>
> No, I'm telling you that Ctrl-A codes are preferred. Just like it says at
>
https://wiki.synchro.net/network:dove-net
>
yeah i just quoted that a few msgs back.
I don't see what's the big deal with posting ansi.
an ansi ad should be seen how it was made, not stripped of color codes
or having the characters changed if a user's terminal doesn't support it.
> > wouldnt the real answer be to just avoid ansi advertisements if you are
> > using
> > a petsci terminal?
>
> It'd be better if the advertisements were posted in a neutral (e.g. ctrl-a)
> encoding.
>
that's your opinion, but stripping colors and characters mutilates the advertisement.
true neutral encoding would just be straight low ascii
> True, but at least it could be a legible representation or decent
> approximation that's still visible on the user's terminal. Just blinding
> sending ANSI sequences to the terminal is not a good idea.
it's not blind. it's meant to be seen by people with ansi support and it's being sent in ansi.
a lof of these advertisements have artwork. stripping colors and characters is shitting it up.
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