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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: |
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| ^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 | | |[[https://vert.synchro.net/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=graphics&file=adraw120.zip|ACiDDraw]]|DOS |No |Yes|Yes|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://vert.synchro.net/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=graphics&file=tdrw463r.zip|TheDraw]] |DOS |No |Yes|No|No | |
| |[[http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/|PabloDraw v3]] |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X |Yes |No| | |[[https://vert.synchro.net/api/files.ssjs?call=download-file&dir=bbs&file=thebrush.zip|TheBrush, Thedraw companion ANSI art painter]] |DOS |No |Yes|No|No | |
| |[[http://syncdraw.bbsdev.net/|SyncDraw]] |Windows, *nix, Mac OS-X |Yes| Yes | | |[[https://blocktronics.github.io/moebius/|Moebius Editor]] |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X |No | Yes |??? | Yes| |
| |[[http://sourceforge.net/projects/tundradraw/|TundraDraw]] |Windows, *nix, |No | Yes| | |[[https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysticdraw/|MysticDraw]] |Windows, *nix |No|???|???|Yes| |
| | |[[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/penberg/newdraw/|NewDraw]] |*nix |No |Yes|No|Yes | |
| | |[[http://picoe.ca/products/pablodraw/|PabloDraw]] |Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X |Yes |Yes|Yes|Yes| |
| | |[[https://www.johndaileysoftware.com/download/?id=220RAGE&fileName=ragev99a.exe|R.A.G.E ANSI Editor]] |DOS |No |Yes|No|No | |
| | |[[http://syncdraw.bbsdev.net/|SyncDraw]] |Windows, *nix, Mac OS-X |Yes|Yes|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. |
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| | ==== Ctrl-A Support ==== |
| | PabloDraw supports a subset of Synchronet's Ctrl-A color/attribute codes in the files it can open/edit: |
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| | {{:resource:pablodraw_open_ctrl-a.png?600|You must manually choose "Ctrl-A" in the format selection box when opening ''.asc'' files}} |
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| | - 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) |
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| | ==== 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). |
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| | ===== 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. |
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| | ==== 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 as "Ansi" with no delay and no animation. |
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| | Save screen in what format? (ESC aborts) |
| | Ansi asciI aVatar @-codes asM Pascal C obJect Binary bSave COM TheDraw Library |
| ===== See Also ===== | ===== See Also ===== |
| * [[:custom:|Customization]] | * [[:custom:|Customization]] |
