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[Bradley D. Thornton]

On 12/7/2019 5:32 AM, James Tomasino wrote:
> This is brilliant, cat. I love everything about it. I'm listening to
> Side A now and really into it.
> 
> Having content available on the protocol that isn't ABOUT the protocol
> is key to its success. I really appreciate your work on that front and
> everyone else that journals or otherwise shares information.
>

I was actually astonished when I first visited the site (I hope cat
publishes some heavy metal, actually ;) ).

When it first came up in Elpher I thought, WTF? this looks like ANSI art
in a terminal that doesn't support it, then realized it basically was lol.


> As for the escape codes & color... I'm all for it. I love to see
> boundaries pushed for creativity. Will it mess up in some clients? Sure.
> But it's still awesome fun.
>

It doesn't have to. With respect to my earlier post a few mins ago,
here's three FOSS examples of how it can be, and has been for decades,
supported without any brain pain:

https://enigma-bbs.github.io/

https://github.com/wwivbbs/wwiv

https://gitlab.com/magickabbs


Some BBSes support ANSI, some don't. Some terminal clients, including
both Telnet and SSH support it, and some don't. Historic anecdotal
evidence suggests it hasn't broken anything :)


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