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From: nospam.C...@f1.n770.z1280.fidonet.org (Craig Hendricks)
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Subject: Re: ANSI Ad
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 09:51:36 +1200
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by: Craig Hendricks - Sat, 16 Apr 2022 21:51 UTC

Re: Re: ANSI Ad
By: Rob Swindell to g00r00 on Mon Mar 28 2022 12:13 pm

RS> Okay, I'm doing the same/similar in my msglist module. I just render the
RS> ANSI to a virtual CGA-style screen buffer and then send the relevant
RS> portions of that buffer to the user as they scroll the message body. So if
RS> there's any overwriting or clearing in the ANSI, they only get/see the
RS> final result. This discussion inspired that enhancement, so thanks to Joe!

And the enhancement is working excellently. Using it here, and all messages
containing ANSI look great now.

All great discoveries are made by mistake. -- Young

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