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     Re: How do you edit msg files   
     By: Mindsurfer to All on Tue Oct 21 2025 12:04 pm   
      
    > Hi there,   
    >   
    > Yes i know you are supposed to convert your ANS file to MSG using the   
    > ans2asc utility.  Thats ok. It works. I do that.   
    > But if you add @Codes to your ANS file, you will quickly lose how the layout   
    > will look like eventually. Or you will end up using a text editor   
    > afterwards, editing the ANS/MSG file to move stuff around and look at the   
    > result, repeat that until the layout looks the way it is supposed to look.   
    >   
    > Currently i am using Moebius for Linux to edit the ANS files. There is   
    > IcyDraw, wich can handle MSG files directly (i guess), but it always is no   
    > WYSIWYG editing as soon as you want to use @Codes, but guessing, measuring,   
    > textediting afterwards.   
    >   
    > Is there a better way? A way to edit Ansi's WYSIWYG with @Codes included?   
    >   
    > Example: head.msg/head.ans IcyDraw/Moebius https://imgur.com/a/T9anJRs   
      
   One thing that helps is insuring that the raw @-code uses the same number of   
   characters as the fixed/maximum length of the displayed string using fill   
   characters (e.g. #'s) see https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:atcodes#formatting   
   for an exmaple.   
      
   This works so long as the width of the string is less than or equal to the   
   total length of the raw @-code. If you find an @-code where you'd prefer a   
   shorter alternative alias, let me know and I'll see what I can do for ya.   
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