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You might think rendering #MSDOS #ANSIart on a modern #Windows is just fine because it still supports the old codepages, including #cp437. Well, sort of.Some es…
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Not having added anything to #dos2ansi for a while now, I'd say v2.0 is the "final" version for now. I initially wanted that for v1.0, and it's amazing how many…
Posted by zirias@techhub.social
Released: #dos2ansi v2.0https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v2.0The real "visible change" is documentation. #showansi now got a manpage as well, and…
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#dos2ansi v1.8 released!https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.8There's some major rework inside adding support for seekable streams, which was nece…
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I just released #dos2ansi v1.7, which includes one final bugfix: Quoted output of #SAUCE metadata should use proper "shell-style" quoting, so it can be directly…
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Yet another revision, #dos2ansi v1.6.3https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.6.3--- brings yet another subtle bugfix in #showansi: To set the title …
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And now there's even #dos2ansi v1.6.2: https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.6.2The good thing is: The issues I'm fixing here are getting more and …
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#dos2ansi v1.6.1 (a pure bugfix/service release):https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.6.1* Fix possible crash (🙈) when querying for font or codep…
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Meanwhile:* Added a #Debian (amd64) package to #dos2ansi v1.6 release (on Github)* Updated the #FreeBSD port here: https://people.freebsd.org/~zirias/patches/00…
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Just noticed the #showansi script from #dos2ansi is now "smarter" than the renderer on 16colo.rs 😂 When there's no (#SAUCE) metadata indicating the font to use…
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#dos2ansi v1.6:https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.6* Fix cursor movement again, it never wraps or scrolls.* Many smaller improvements to the #sh…
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BTW, the color difference you see in these Windows screenshots is the classic "dark yellow vs brown" issue.Quick background, with digital #RGBI signals (like us…
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As hard to believe as it is, the #Windows #Console still supports #CP437. And with the "virtual terminal processing" introduced in #Win10, it also accepts escap…
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It's done, #dos2ansi v1.5 is here:https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.5Apart from supporting all the cursor movement and screen erasing sequences…
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Oh freakin hell, of course this happens directly *after* release: I found some #ansiart file that really uses every obscure display-related feature of ANSI.SYS,…
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Two more examples using showansi from #dos2ansi v1.4:1. Autoselecting a different codepage (here CP-855 cyrillic)2. Autoselecting a "wide" font (here VGA-9x8, m…
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Released #dos2ansi v1.4:https://github.com/Zirias/dos2ansi/releases/tag/v1.4Once again I have the feeling it's finally "feature complete" ... I hope it is this …
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I'm about to prepare yet another release, #dos2ansi v1.3.Finding these bitmap fonts triggered two things:1. I realized dos2ansi needs a mode to NOT attempt to m…
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One more: #dos2ansi rendering some #ansiart in #xterm on #FreeBSD using bitmap IBM fonts, here VGA-8x16.#retrocomputing
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And #pixelperfect (minus aspect ratio correction) #VGA display is possible in #xterm using bitmap(!) fonts I found here:https://github.com/farsil/ibmfontsAs alw…
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Never say something is finished 🙈 Browsing https://16colo.rs/ I found some #ansiart file that immediately had my attention because it crashed my #terminfo writ…
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... and here's a pretty old file shown using the #VGA 9x16 font.#dos2ansi #ansiart #retrocomputing #msdos
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