Subj : Re: ANSI file format & BBS creation..
To   : paulie420
From : Blue White
Date : Wed Aug 05 2020 01:08 pm

-=> paulie420 wrote to All <=-

 pa> I have WINE installed, but ACiD View failed due to DLL issues. So, you
 pa> grab WineTricks and enter in: 'winetricks mfc42' at the shell prompt.
 pa> (Or, copy your error code if 'wine acidview.exe' gives you one and
 pa> figure out the DLL that you need to enter into winetricks.)

 pa> After that, 'wine ACiDView.exe' loads up the Windows version of the
 pa> app. You can obviously add a launcher menu item so you don't have to
 pa> type it into the terminal. Or, if using terminal just use the CLI
 pa> command...

I have never tried AV but it sounds interesting.  :)

 pa> ACiDView 6.0 for Windows is pretty awesome because with one arrow key
 pa> tap it advances to the next ANSI file in VGA mode, or others, and you
 pa> can scan through directories full of ANSI really quickly.

 pa>          What tools do YOU use for ANSI creation and... the process.

TheDraw for DOS in a dosemu window under linux.  I have mobeus installed
but find it a little difficult to use.

 pa>          I *still* don't have a good option for ANSIi displaying
 pa> correctly in my terminal shell. I use a tool, acdu or... ansdu... where
 pa> I type in ansu -i FILENAME.ANS or ansu FILENAME.ANS and it will show
 pa> the file in a cat format... mostly correctly. However, if I could make
 pa> my linux terminal shell display ANSIs just as well as a DOS shell....
 pa> boy, I'd be in hog heaven.
 pa>          Do you have a fix for this? What work arounds do you use?

If I need to view one, I usually use dosbox to view them...
TYPE filename.ans



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