What if you set your text encoding to one of the other Western encodings? On Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 5:08:14 PM UTC-7 Bill Kochman wrote:
> Hello Folks, > > I recently resurrected — probably for the fourth time — my PC-ANSI-based > BBS, which I first began running in 1993. > > So, I am remaking all of my ANSI screens from screenshots I took back in > 2015, which is when I last ran my board. > > My question is the following: > > Can BBEdit properly display what seems to be an older version of the Code > Page 437 ANSI characters? I am talking about the different shaded blocks, > bars, lines, etc., that us older guys used to use to manually make our ANSI > screens. > > Sadly, if I paste an ANSI screen in a BBEdit text file, all of the ANSI > characters are just gibberish. I seem to recall that a number of years ago, > I could actually see the ANSI characters, exactly as you would see them > displayed on a BBS. on your computer or in a telnet client. > > To clarify, if I copy and paste Code Page 437 ANSI characters from the > Wikipedia website, or from an ANSI art program, they do appear properly in > a BBEdit document, like this: > > ▼ ▲ ◄ ► ┼ « π ‹ › ‡ » ∏ ◊ « » ≡ ≈ ° > > ] [ ↨ ↑ ↓ → ← ↔ ☺ ☻ ♥ ☼ § ◙ ○ ◘ > > ░ ▒ ▓ > > █ ▄ ■ ▀ ▌ ▐ ▬ . · • > > Γ │ ┤ ├ ⌐ ¬ ┌ ┐ └ ┘ ┴ ┬ ├ ─ - – _ > > ╡ ╞ ╧ ╨ ╤ ╥ ╢ ╟ ╫ ╪ ╓ ╖ ╒ ╕ ╙ ╜ ╒ ╛ ╘ > > ╣ ╠ ║ ╔ ╗ ╚ ╝ ╩ ╦ ═ ╬ > > > However, if I copy and paste the very same characters from my actual BBS, > they look like this: > > » Õ º ∫ … ª À > > > > ⁄ ø ƒ ≥ ¿ Ÿ ¥ ¬ > > > > € ≤ ∞ › fi ‹ fl ˛ ˘ > > > So it seems that my BBS may possibly use an older flavor of ANSI > characters which BBEdit does not recognize, or at least does not know how > to properly display. > > In fact, if I try to use the first group of ANSI characters above in my > BBS, it won’t even let me, and it just beeps. Yes, my BBS is OLD, from the > 80s and the 90s. :) > > Kind regards, > Kind regards, > > > [image: graphical-email-signature 400x185.jpg] > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/10ba38d4-f8a9-48fd-8cc8-a32835df72d6n%40googlegroups.com.
