Re: Linux testers needed
  By: Sean Dennis to All on Sun Feb 22 2026 00:31:14

 > Hello All,
 >
 > So I got bored and wrote this tonight:
 >
 > ANSIview: ANSI screen viewer for Linux CP437
 > Auto-detects terminal type using $TERM values
 > w/UTF-8 output for modern terminal emulators.
 > Raw CP437 bytes for TERM=linux consoles only!
 > Designed for 80x25 BBS-style ANSI screens.
 > Preserves ANSI color and cursor sequences.
 > A simple tool to quickly view ANSI screens.
 > Written in Free Pascal. Released under the
 > MIT License. Written by Sean Dennis.
 >
 > I need people running Linux to test it.  I will eventually set up a FreeBSD
 > VM  and compile it for FreeBSD.
 >
 > The program and its documentation are in beta stage.  Both need work but I
 > want to make sure the basics work.
 >
 > If you're interested, let me know and I'll crash you the tgz.
 >


Hi, I've been testing the program and it works quite well. My terminal uses
UTF-8. I've been testing with "TERM=linux" and it works fine, but with "luit
-encoding CP437" things change completely. ANSI looks great.

TERM=linux ./ansiview synch.ans
TERM=linux luit -encoding CP437 ./ansiview synch.ans

I haven't had any problems or anything strange, so far it's working quite well.

Until now, I've been using Durdraw, but I tended to run into library issues
every few updates.

As soon as you have a version of FreeBSD, let me know and we'll try it out.
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