• Display ANSI within a msssage?

    From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Sun Jul 12 21:42:44 2026

    Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

    You know those fancy ANSI art back in the golden
    days of B.B.S., widely used in login and menu
    screens?

    I designed those screens while being co-sysop
    of the Concerto BBS Group back then. :)

    ansi art - Google ??
    <https://www.google.com/search?q=ansi+art>



    --

    @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
    / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
    /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
    The game is afoot... Meow...


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Schlomo Goldberg@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 15:43:28 2026
    "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

    Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jul 14 01:19:36 2026
    On 7/13/2026 11:43 PM, Schlomo Goldberg wrote:
    "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

    Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß


    What happened to your colors? :)

    --

    @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
    / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
    /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
    The game is afoot... Meow...

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Eli the Bearded@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 17:32:08 2026
    In news.software.readers,
    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ
    ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß

    That's not looking good here:

    https://qaz.wtf/tmp/screen-20260713-102045.png

    What happened?

    This, with escape sequences, doesn't display in my editor or newsreader,
    I can see it with `cat` however.


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    Out of band alternative (UTF-8):

    https://qaz.wtf/tmp/acid0594.ans

    Elijah
    ------
    the link works with `curl` for me

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Schlomo Goldberg@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 18:09:21 2026
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:

    In news.software.readers,
    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ
    ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß

    That's not looking good here:

    Must be your newsreader. Try another one, like Thunderbird. I assume
    most TUI ones, like slrn, will work too (as long as they support
    Unicode).

    This, with escape sequences, doesn't display in my editor or newsreader,
    I can see it with `cat` however.


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    ß ßßß°°°°°Ý ß²²²°°°°±±²²
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    ß°°ÝßßÜß ßß²Ý
    °°°°°°°Ü úVS/ACiDú
    °ß ßßßßßÜ
    Þ ú P R O D U C T I O N S ú 1 9 9 4 ú

    Interestingly, I can see colors (blue for the picture, gray for
    signature) but the picture itself is mangled. And it seems that for
    picture both foreground and background set to blue. In any case, there
    is no way to make something like that to work across the board,
    especially in case of modern (GUI) newsreaders. None of them support
    escape sequences, as far as I know.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Frank Miller@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 13 21:55:30 2026
    Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In news.software.readers,
    Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ
    ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß

    That's not looking good here:

    https://qaz.wtf/tmp/screen-20260713-102045.png

    What happened?

    Use fixed width fonts.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Mr. Man-wai Chang@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jul 14 08:59:27 2026
    On 7/14/2026 3:55 AM, Frank Miller wrote:

    Use fixed width fonts.


    Not just that. You need a special
    fixed-width fonts that also decodes
    ANSI. Um.... maybe a custom font
    like those smiling-face fonts. Oh,
    it's called Emoji? :)

    --

    @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
    / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
    /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw
    The game is afoot... Meow...

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Michael Uplawski@3:633/10 to All on Thu Jul 16 10:07:06 2026
    Schlomo Goldberg wrote in alt.comp.software.thunderbird,alt.bbs.ads,alt.bbs.general,news.software.readers:
    "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

    Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

    ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ßß ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÛÛßÛÜ ÜÛßÜÜ ÜÛÛÜ
    ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ
    ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßß ßßß ßß

    flnews can, although the colors are imposed (black on white, here).

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.18
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)