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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