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resource:ansi_editors [2018/03/01 12:21] – old revision restored digital manresource:ansi_editors [2020/12/19 20:27] (current) – [ANSI Editors] Added MysticDraw digital man
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 Editors that support files with ANSI X3.64 Terminal escape sequences and IBM CP437 (extended-ASCII) characters: Editors that support files with ANSI X3.64 Terminal escape sequences and IBM CP437 (extended-ASCII) characters:
  
-^Name     ^Platforms ^[[custom:Ctrl-A Codes]]^Open Source^ +^Name     ^Platforms ^[[custom:Ctrl-A Codes|Ctrl-A]]^BIN^SAUCE^Open Source^ 
-|[[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/graphics/tdraw463.zip|TheDraw]] |DOS           |No |No | +|[[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/graphics/tdraw463.zip|TheDraw]] |DOS           |No |Yes|No|No | 
-|[[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/graphics/adraw120.zip|ACiDDraw]]|DOS           |No |No | +|[[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/penberg/duhdraw/|DuhDraw]] |Linux         |No |No |Yes|Yes | 
-|[[http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/|PabloDraw]]             |Windows       |No |Yes| +|[[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/penberg/newdraw/|NewDraw]] |*nix          |No |Yes|No|Yes 
-|[[http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/|PabloDraw v3]]          |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X       |Yes |No+|[[ftp://vert.synchro.net/main/graphics/adraw120.zip|ACiDDraw]]|DOS           |No |Yes|Yes|No | 
-|[[http://syncdraw.bbsdev.net/|SyncDraw]]                      |Windows, *nix, Mac OS-X |Yes| Yes | +|[[http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/|PabloDraw]]             |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X       |Yes |Yes|Yes|Yes| 
-|[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/tundradraw/|TundraDraw]]    |Windows, *nix, |No | Yes|+|[[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysticdraw/|MysticDraw]]   |Windows, *nix |No|???|???|Yes| 
 +|[[http://syncdraw.bbsdev.net/|SyncDraw]]                      |Windows, *nix, Mac OS-X |Yes|Yes|Yes|Yes| 
 +|[[http://www.andyh.org/moebius/|Moebius]]                     |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X |No | Yes |??? | Yes| 
 +|[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/tundradraw/|TundraDraw]]    |Windows, *nix, |No |No|No| Yes| 
 +|[[https://github.com/codewar65/VTXEdit|VTXEdit]]              |*nix           |?? |??|Yes| Yes| 
 +===== PabloDraw ===== 
 +PabloDraw is the recommended display file (e.g. screen/menu) editor for use with Synchronet BBS. 
 + 
 +==== Ctrl-A Support ==== 
 +PabloDraw supports a subset of Synchronet's Ctrl-A color/attribute codes in the files it can open/edit: 
 + 
 +{{:resource:pablodraw_open_ctrl-a.png?600|You must manually choose "Ctrl-A" in the format selection box when opening ''.asc'' files}} 
 + 
 +  - PabloDraw assumes [[config:text files]] with a ''.msg'' suffix/extension may contain Synchronet Ctrl-A codes\\ (so files with ''.msg'' extensions are a bit easier to open/edit than ''.asc'' files with PabloDraw) 
 +  - By default, PabloDraw does **not** support [[custom:Ctrl-A codes]] when opening/saving files with a ''.asc'' suffix/extension\\ (solution: the user must manually choose "Ctrl-A" for the file format/type when opening or saving ''.asc'' files with Ctrl-A codes) 
 +  - Many [[custom:Ctrl-A codes]] (e.g. Ctrl-AL for clearing the screen) are not recognized by PabloDraw and will be stripped when editing a file\\  (solution: use equivalent [[custom:atcodes|@-codes]] instead as @-codes are not interpreted or stripped by PabloDraw) 
 + 
 +==== BIN Support ==== 
 +PabloDraw supports the viewing and modification of ''.bin'' files (e.g. like those used for [[module:Avatars]] collections) and has features that make it nice for editing .bin file (e.g. SAUCE record reading/writing, narrower widths). However, the current version of PabloDraw (3.2.1) has a bug where by the last line of a .bin file is removed/truncated when saving the file (solution: add an extra line of any character before saving ''.bin'' files). 
 + 
 +===== TheDraw ===== 
 +TheDraw was one of the most widely used tools for ANSI file creation/editing for MS-DOS systems. Since it is a 16-bit DOS program with no source code available to the public (that we know of), it has to be run in an emulated or virtual x86/DOS environment which can be a challenge. 
 + 
 +==== Block-Save ==== 
 +When saving display files (e.g. screens/menus) with TheDraw, in order to assure there are no unintended ANSI-animation sequences or extra blank lines at the end of the file, use the Block-Save (Alt-B) command to mark the area of the file (i.e. top-left to bottom-right) and save with no delay and no animation.
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:custom:|Customization]]   * [[:custom:|Customization]]
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