So when I use the built-in ANSI editor and try to simply edit the color
of the header font in the message reader file ansimrd.ans, it completely deletes the display variables (Author, To, Subject, etc) and screws up
the spacing of the headers. Is there a trick to editing this file?
That is the old 1900s ANSI style template which are being removed/replacedwith
an easier to edit format (albeit very slowly lol)want
I would say the easiest way is probably to make the ANSI look like how you
it to look and then edit the .ans file in a text editor and add the ! and & codes using [X and [Y location codes to move the cursor to where you wantthem
displayed. You can see an example of how the default ansimrd.ans at thebottom
uses the X/Y codes to set the "read" boundaries where the message text wouldgo
if you open it in a text editor.you
It sounds like the issue you may be having is because you're doing something like this:
From: &1 To: &2
You have to format those codes because the value of &1 and &2 are not always the same size. So for example
You would want to do something like |$R60<pipe>&3 to format the subject to always be 60 characters in length. IE:
From: |$R30<pipe>&1 To $R30<pipe>&2
I've replaced the | with <pipe> there because Mystic by default will allow
to use those message info codes and pipe color codes while reading messages.
You could also just add [X and [Y to locate the cursor where you want the information and then outpuit &1 etc at the bottom of the ANSI which seems easiest for most people.
What about the !1, !2, etc in those files. Should those be replaced
with &1 and &2?
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