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    From Nicola Mettimano@2:335/601 to All on Mon Sep 12 23:43:09 2022
    Hello, when i post from a text file Mystic cut lines; i am not an expert so i ask you....
    My text files are in symple text without "return" or "enter" at the end of each line, is it correct?
    Maybe I have to create my file with at most 80 characters/columns like an ANSI template?
    Other thing, which good ansi editor do you recommend for linux?
    Many thanks :-)

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  • From Al@1:153/757 to Nicola Mettimano on Mon Sep 12 15:03:28 2022
    Maybe I have to create my file with at most 80 characters/columns like an ANSI template?

    Yes, lines longer than 80 characters will loose those characters so create those files with lines no more than that.

    Other thing, which good ansi editor do you recommend for linux?

    TheDraw is still one of the best. You'll need dosemu or something similar.

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  • From Jay Harris@1:229/664.1 to Nicola Mettimano on Mon Sep 12 20:06:50 2022
    *** Quoting Nicola Mettimano from a message to All ***

    Hello, when i post from a text file Mystic cut lines; i am not an
    expert so i ask you.... My text files are in symple text without
    "return" or "enter" at the end of each line, is it correct?

    Yeah, I've noticed that if you post a text file with mutil you'll need to
    make sure that your file is no more than 80 characters wide otherwise mutil will cut it off.

    -!- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)

    Since you're using linux, if it's just a plain text file you can use something like:

    cat mymessage.txt | fold -s -w 78 > newmessage.txt
    or
    cat mymessage.txt | fmt -w 78 > newmessage.txt

    Which will make your text file no more than 78 characters wide.

    Maybe I have to create my file with at most 80 characters/columns
    like an ANSI template? Other thing, which good ansi editor do you recommend for linux? Many thanks :-)

    I'm not too sure about ANSI files, I know I've saved files in TheDraw at 78 characters wide on occasion, but I don't tend to post ANSI that often.


    Jay

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  • From Nicola Mettimano@2:335/601 to Jay Harris on Tue Sep 13 10:17:56 2022
    Since you're using linux, if it's just a plain text file you can use something like:
    cat mymessage.txt | fold -s -w 78 > newmessage.txt
    or
    cat mymessage.txt | fmt -w 78 > newmessage.txt
    Which will make your text file no more than 78 characters wide.

    Wow very helpful, thanks man ;-)

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