Hi Jay,

I recently set up the Wordle door under MBSE. It works but I noticed that
the door only outputs a ANSI-encoded score file so I was trying to use iconv
to convert that file to ASCII.

I've been trying different ideas but the one line I've tried is:

iconv -f CP437 -t US-ASCII//TRANSLIT blt61.ans > blt61.asc

No dice so far.

Any ideas you might have?

Thanks,
Sean




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On 15 Sep 2024, Sean Dennis said the following...

I recently set up the Wordle door under MBSE. It works but I noticed
that the door only outputs a ANSI-encoded score file so I was trying to use iconv to convert that file to ASCII.

I've been trying different ideas but the one line I've tried is:

iconv -f CP437 -t US-ASCII//TRANSLIT blt61.ans > blt61.asc

No dice so far.

Hmm, I just tried a few things with an .ANS here and didn't get very far either with iconv.

I did come across this utility, it "works" but the output doesn't look very good when I'm SSH'ed into my VPS.

$ sudo apt install colorized-logs
$ ansi2txt < infile.ans > outfile.asc

It says in the man:

"All ANSI codes are simply ignored, including all cursor positioning ones. Sometimes this is what you want, sometimes it isn't."

Not sure if that will work with these score files. End result might not look pretty if there are cursor movement codes in there.


Jay

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Not sure if that will work with these score files. End result might not look pretty if there are cursor movement codes in there.

I found a program calles "ansifilter" that looks to be quite featureful and what I need but Slackware 15 is running an oolder version of glibc so I
can't use it yet. I could use it if I was running Slackware-current but I won't use that on a production machine.

Thanks for your help. This isn't really a critical matter. I emailed the author several days ago but no response yet (not really expecting one
either).

-- Sean



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Sean Dennis wrote to Warpslide <=-

Not sure if that will work with these score files. End result might not look pretty if there are cursor movement codes in there.

I found a program calles "ansifilter" that looks to be quite featureful and what I need but Slackware 15 is running an oolder version of glibc
so I can't use it yet. I could use it if I was running
Slackware-current but I won't use that on a production machine.

This should work fine on Slack 15:

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ansifilter/



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https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ansifilter

Unfortunately, it breaks due to an upstream requirement of glibc 2.34.
Nothing the SBo maintainer can do. I could run -current but I will not
run that on a production machine. Not a big deal for now. I've been in contact with the door's author and he's about to release a new version of "Wordle" so that might be a moot point for now.

However, I have been looking at Alex's (the Wordle author) development environment. I might use it for my own doors. Tonight I was able to get
Free Pascal under Linux to cross-compile to 16-bit DOS and Win64. I might
just use that. A lot simpler than the other set up I was using. A single compile and codebase for DOS, Win32/64, and Linux would definitely spur on
my door development.

-- Sean



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Sean Dennis wrote to Gamgee <=-

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/ansifilter

Unfortunately, it breaks due to an upstream requirement of glibc 2.34. Nothing the SBo maintainer can do. I could run -current but I will not run that on a production machine. Not a big deal for now. I've been
in contact with the door's author and he's about to release a new
version of "Wordle" so that might be a moot point for now.

Huh, confirmed the breakage. Quite unusual in my experience to see a
package on SBo that doesn't build. Not sure how this wasn't noticed by
the maintainers. Strange.

However, I have been looking at Alex's (the Wordle author) development environment. I might use it for my own doors. Tonight I was able to
get Free Pascal under Linux to cross-compile to 16-bit DOS and Win64.
I might just use that. A lot simpler than the other set up I was
using. A single compile and codebase for DOS, Win32/64, and Linux
would definitely spur on my door development.

Excellent!



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Huh, confirmed the breakage. Quite unusual in my experience to see a package on SBo that doesn't build. Not sure how this wasn't noticed by
the maintainers. Strange.

I've tried contacting the maintainer. If I don't hear from them soon, I'll report the package to SBo admins.

Excellent!

Been really raising hell over at the VA. My hearing aids are broken and I
have to wait two months to see anyone at the VA about it...same with gastroenterology...minimum three moth wait for anything and I am slowly
going up the chain. I also am on a first name basis with my congresswoman because of the VA and I am about to send her an email or call her DC office.

I may joke about my being a curmudgeon but I won't take any shit from the
VA.

Anyhow, will work on my doors as time permits. Looking forward to being
able to update them and have more ideas to develop.

-- Sean



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