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     Re: How do you edit msg files   
     By: Mindsurfer to Digital Man on Wed Oct 22 2025 12:24 pm   
      
    >   Re: How do you edit msg files   
    >   By: Digital Man to Mindsurfer on Tue Oct 21 2025 22:55:44   
    >   
    >  DM> So what I was suggesting was that the @-code itself can be the   
    >  DM> "placeholder" (so long as the @-code is the same length as the expanded   
    >  DM> string). --   
    >   
    > Thank you. I got that.   
    > So, not so good for displaying node number wich would be 1 digit only. Just   
    > as an example where it would not work, when there is not the space in the   
    > layout.   
      
   2 digit node numbers are not uncommon and 3 is even possible, but I get your   
   point. You won't ever have a 4 character/digit node number.   
      
    > Short @codes like @NN@ would take 4+ chars in the layout display of the ansi   
    > editor. So that is the shortest it had to be to use @codes directly as the   
    > placeholder within the ansi layout. Maybe +1 empty space left and right of   
    > it, depending where it sits in the layout.   
      
   3 characters (e.g. @x@) is the short conceivable @-code, and you could have a   
   3 digit node number, at least theoretically, so maybe that'd work for that   
   case.   
      
    > Everything that has some more characters in the expanded final display can   
    > be done with the recommended @code|R###@ without any further trickery.   
    >   
    > So depending on the complexity and length of the respective @code output, i   
    > can choose between @code|R###@ for example, the positioning of the @codes   
    > via ansi esc sequence at the end of the layout. or a file containing the   
    > @codes with ansi esc sequence for positioning that i will merge to the   
    > layout ansi.   
      
   Unfortunately, the ANSI cursor positioning trick isn't really going to work   
   for non-ANSI terminals, so I wouldn't encourage it.   
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