Subj : Re: ANSI Editors and Display in BBS
To : zarniwoop
From : phigan
Date : Tue Dec 23 2025 04:23 pm
> Editing ANSI - tried lots of (windows and dos) editors but none really
> give me the right result. In that they display OK in the editor, but
When I went to try out all the modern ANSI editors, I ran into issues with every single one. More than likely, if you work on one long enough, you can get it set and working just right. For me, I picked Moebius because I was using MacOS at the time. If you turn of ALL the extra options in Moebius (no ICE colors, no SAUCE, no nothing extra), which seem to all be on by default by the way, and you "save without sauce", you get the desired results. Actually, one more thing... make your canvas 79 columns instead of 80.
Others have recommended the other programs, which have their own quirks that you have to work around. I guess just pick one and mess with its options until it gives you something you expect.
Back on that 79 cols vs 80 thing, if you are making use of the entire line of text AND are changing colors, there will be more than 80 characters on that line. That's something that different editors and BBSes probably all handle differently.
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