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|    Using Log-in Images    |
|    17 Nov 24 19:42:50    |
      TZUTC: -0800       MSGID: 52974.sync@1:103/705 2ba0bca8       REPLY: 52968.sync@1:103/705 2ba084f9       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/dbf5e7758 Nov 17 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.22-Linux master/1f37517ce Nov 17 2024 17:45 GCC 12.2.0       COLS: 80       BBSID: VERT       CHRS: CP437 2       NOTE: FSEditor.js v1.105        Re: Using Log-in Images        By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Sun Nov 17 2024 03:38 pm               > Re: Using Log-in Images        > By: Digital Man to Mortar on Sun Nov 17 2024 11:47 am        >        > DM> The images you speak of are encoded and sent in Sixel format.        > DM> Theoretically, yes, a Sixel image could be placed in-line in a message.        > DM> Unfortunately, it'd the image data would be sent to every user's        > DM> terminal that viewed that message (whether they supported Sixel or not)        > DM> and appear as garbage to non-Sixel terminals. But it's an idea...!        >        > Maybe a message reader could do some parsing of the message and hide the        > sixel session if the user's terminal isn't capable of displaying sixel        > images. It looks like sixel images start with an ESC character and end with        > ESC\              I think a better option to store image data separate from messge data. It's       not a flexible in layout as MIME or HTML (e.g. interleaving images and text),       but I think it would work better for BBSes.       --         digital man (rob)              Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #31:       FF = Form Feed (ASCII 12, Ctrl-L)       Norco, CA WX: 56.1øF, 35.0% humidity, 0 mph ENE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs       --- SBBSecho 3.22-Linux        * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)       SEEN-BY: 10/0 1 102/401 103/1 17 705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187       SEEN-BY: 153/7715 218/0 1 215 601 700 840 860 870 880 930 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 114 206 317 400 426 427 428 470 550 700 705 266/512       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 291/111 301/1 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848 5075/35       PATH: 103/705 218/700 229/426           |
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