You can change the encoding of a text file within BBEdit. If you look at the bottom status bar of the document window, you should see a drop-down menu where you can select a different encoding. You might need to click on "Other..." to select from a larger list. For code page 437, I think the correct choice would be called "Western (DOS Latin 1)".
On Monday, March 18, 2024 at 8:30:04 AM UTC-4 Darren Duncan wrote: > I expect what is happening here is that what you copied and pasted from > Wikipedia is not Code Page 437 but rather is Unicode for the same glyphs. > The > Unicode glyphs would display properly. What you're copying that's not > working > is probably not carrying the metadata saying what code page it is, so the > bytes > are interpreted wrong. -- Darren Duncan > > On 2024-03-17 5:07 p.m., 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, > > > > > > 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 > > <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] <mailto:[email protected]>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/C08A46D1-E18E-4CF1-BE51-822BFED15B4A%40gmail.com > > < > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/C08A46D1-E18E-4CF1-BE51-822BFED15B4A%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > >. > > -- 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/800f5047-e240-4b9e-94b4-47e6ad39e4a6n%40googlegroups.com.
