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    From IB Joe@1:342/201 to All on Fri May 17 12:43:26 2024
    Hi Y'all... There was a time when I could post ANSI ads automatically in Mystic, and it worked awesome BTW, I did something and now I went to try doing it again and the messages now post and look like crap.

    I'm assuming the files are trying to auto-wrap the lines that extend out 80 characters. I'm not sure what I did when it was working...

    Ideas??

    Thanx

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  • From Nicholas Boel@1:154/10 to IB Joe on Fri May 17 17:58:28 2024
    On Fri, 17 May 2024 17:43:26 -0600, Ib Joe -> All wrote:

    Hi Y'all... There was a time when I could post ANSI ads automatically in Mystic, and it worked awesome BTW, I did something and now I went to try doing it again and the messages now post and look like crap.

    I'm assuming the files are trying to auto-wrap the lines that extend out 80 characters. I'm not sure what I did when it was working...

    Ideas??

    Try removing anything in the 80th column and re-saving it. As you said, it may be wrapping because of that.

    I think most ansi editors act the same in this regard: Load up the ansi in a drawing program (I tested on Pablodraw to make sure it was the right key combination), hold down ALT, and hit right arrow once (this will move the entire ansi to the right one line), then left arrow (this will move the ansi back to the original location, but the 80th column will be empty).

    Hope that helps.

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Jim Howarth@1:229/300 to IB Joe on Fri May 17 18:51:10 2024
    Hi Y'all... There was a time when I could post ANSI ads automatically in Mystic, and it worked awesome BTW, I did something and now I went to try doing it again and the messages now post and look like crap.

    I get the same issue, its not super pronounced but the same screen displays fine when you log in.. I save at 79 characters in ANSI and it still botches that one little section. I figure I'll just redo it eventually.. or maybe some skilled and very bored ansi artist will take pitty on me and do a proper one lol. I kinda just figured it was me.


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Nicholas Boel on Sat May 18 05:56:05 2024
    On 17 May 2024, Nicholas Boel said the following...

    Try removing anything in the 80th column and re-saving it. As you said,
    it may be wrapping because of that.

    I think most ansi editors act the same in this regard: Load up the ansi
    in a drawing program (I tested on Pablodraw to make sure it was the
    right key combination), hold down ALT, and hit right arrow once (this
    will move the entire ansi to the right one line), then left arrow (this will move the ansi back to the original location, but the 80th column
    will be empty).

    Hope that helps.


    Makes sense ... there could be something hidden...

    Thanx

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/201 to Jim Howarth on Sat May 18 05:58:56 2024
    On 17 May 2024, Jim Howarth said the following...


    I get the same issue, its not super pronounced but the same screen displays fine when you log in.. I save at 79 characters in ANSI and it still botches that one little section. I figure I'll just redo it eventually.. or maybe some skilled and very bored ansi artist will take pitty on me and do a proper one lol. I kinda just figured it was me.


    I've been given great feedback ... I will look at tightening things up a little.

    Thanx

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