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Display ANSI within a msssage?

Started by	"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
First post	2026-07-12 21:42 +0800
Last post	2026-07-16 10:07 +0200
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  Display ANSI within a msssage? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-12 21:42 +0800
    Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> - 2026-07-13 15:43 +0000
      Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-14 01:19 +0800
      Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-07-13 17:32 +0000
        Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> - 2026-07-13 18:09 +0000
        Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2026-07-13 21:55 +0200
          Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-07-14 08:59 +0800
      Re: Display ANSI within a msssage? Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu> - 2026-07-16 10:07 +0200

#806 — Display ANSI within a msssage?

From	"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date	2026-07-12 21:42 +0800
Subject	Display ANSI within a msssage?
Message-ID	<11305kk$2rq0r$6@toylet.eternal-september.org>

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



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#807

From	Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com>
Date	2026-07-13 15:43 +0000
Message-ID	<1133130$3b5si$2@amigaxess.de>
In reply to	#806

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

> Can Thunderbird display ANSI text within a message?

██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄      ▀▀ ▄██▄      ▄█▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄ ▄██▄
██ ██ ██ ██      █▄  ██       ██ ▄▄ ██▀██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ 
▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀       ▀▀  ▀▀        ▀▀▀  ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀▀

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#808

From	"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date	2026-07-14 01:19 +0800
Message-ID	<11336n8$3oprm$3@toylet.eternal-september.org>
In reply to	#807

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?
> 
> ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄      ▀▀ ▄██▄      ▄█▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄ ▄██▄
> ██ ██ ██ ██      █▄  ██       ██ ▄▄ ██▀██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██
> ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀       ▀▀  ▀▀        ▀▀▀  ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀▀


What happened to your colors? :)

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#809

From	Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Date	2026-07-13 17:32 +0000
Message-ID	<eli$2607131320@qaz.wtf>
In reply to	#807

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

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

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#810

From	Schlomo Goldberg <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com>
Date	2026-07-13 18:09 +0000
Message-ID	<11339kg$cs6o$1@amigaxess.de>
In reply to	#809

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:

> In news.software.readers,
> Schlomo Goldberg  <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄      ▀▀ ▄██▄      ▄█▀█▄
>> ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄ ▄██▄
>> ██ ██ ██ ██      █▄  ██       ██ ▄▄ ██▀██ ██
>> ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ 
>> ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀       ▀▀  ▀▀        ▀▀▀  ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀
>> ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀▀
>
> 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.
>
>
> ▓
> ▓▓▄▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄▄▄
> ▐▓▓▓▄▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▄▄ ▓▓▓▓▓▓
> ▓▄▄
> ▐▓▓▓▌░░░░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▀▀   ▓▓▓▓▒▒▓▓▓▓▓
> ▄
> ▒▓▓▓▓▐░░░░▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▄
> ░▒▓▓▓▓▌░░▀  ▀▒▒▒▓▓▄▓
> ▓▓▓▀▀▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
> ░▒▒▌▒▓▓▐▒▒▓▀▌   ▌ ▀
> ▀▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒
> ░░▒▒▒▐▒▓▓▒▌▄▄▓▌    
> ▐░▒▒▒▒▒▒
> ░░░░░▌ ▒▓▓▐   ▄▄▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓░░
> ░░▒▒░▌
> ▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀  ▐▓▓▌▐   ▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▒
> ░░░░▒▒░░
> ▄▀▀▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄▓▓▓▓▄▄▒▓
> ▓▓▓▓▒▒▒▄▄▄▄▄░░░░▒░░
> ▀  ░▄▄▄▄▀▀▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▌░░░▒▒▒▒▓▓▒
> ▓▒▒░▌░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▌
> ▄▄░░░░░░░░░▄ ▀▓▓▓▓▒░░░░▒▒▒▓▓
> ▐▒▒▒░░▌░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░
> ▀   ▀▀▀░░░░░▌    ▀▓▓▓░░░░▒▒▓▓
> ▓▐░▒░░░▌░░▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄
> ▀░░▌▀▀▄▀    ▀▀▓▌
> ░░░░░░░▄ ·VS/ACiD·
> ░▀    ▀▀▀▀▀▄
> ▐  · P R O D U C T I O N S · 1 9 9 4 ·

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.

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#811

From	Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee>
Date	2026-07-13 21:55 +0200
Message-ID	<6A5542B2.2080107@backwurst.de>
In reply to	#809

Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In news.software.readers,
> Schlomo Goldberg  <schlomo.goldberg@mailinator.com> wrote:
>> 
>> ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄      ▀▀ ▄██▄      ▄█▀█▄
>> ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄ ▄██▄
>> ██ ██ ██ ██      █▄  ██       ██ ▄▄ ██▀██ ██
>> ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ 
>> ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀       ▀▀  ▀▀        ▀▀▀  ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀
>> ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀▀
> 
> That's not looking good here:
> 
> https://qaz.wtf/tmp/screen-20260713-102045.png
> 
> What happened?

Use fixed width fonts.

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#812

From	"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
Date	2026-07-14 08:59 +0800
Message-ID	<11341lg$10ro$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>
In reply to	#811

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? :)

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#813

From	Michael Uplawski <michael.uplawski@uplawski.eu>
Date	2026-07-16 10:07 +0200
Message-ID	<AABqWJEq9goAAArf.A3.flnews@ferrat.uplawski.eu>
In reply to	#807

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?
>
>██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄      ▀▀ ▄██▄      ▄█▀█▄ ▄█▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ██▀█▄ ▄█▀▄▄ ▄██▄
>██ ██ ██ ██      █▄  ██       ██ ▄▄ ██▀██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██  ██ 
>▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀       ▀▀  ▀▀        ▀▀▀  ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀  ▀▀▀   ▀▀

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

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