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DDMsgReader: (Hopefully) improved display of certain ANSI messages

Merged DDMsgReader: (Hopefully) improved display of certain ANSI messages
dd_msg_lister_ansi_improvement into master
Merged Eric Oulashin requested to merge dd_msg_lister_ansi_improvement into master
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xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js
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@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@
* no longer gives the error "Invalid user field: 0"; also, if the sender is
* unknown, prompts the user for a user name/number/email address to send
* the reply to.
* 2023-01-30 Eric Oulashin Version 1.62
* (Hopefully) Improved display of ANSI messages which would previously look
* bad with empty lines evrey other line
*/
"use strict";
@@ -189,8 +192,8 @@ var ansiterm = require("ansiterm_lib.js", 'expand_ctrl_a');
// Reader version information
var READER_VERSION = "1.61";
var READER_DATE = "2023-01-22";
var READER_VERSION = "1.62";
var READER_DATE = "2023-01-30";
// Keyboard key codes for displaying on the screen
var UP_ARROW = ascii(24);
@@ -4846,11 +4849,15 @@ function DigDistMsgReader_ReadMessageEnhanced_Scrollable(msgHeader, allowChgMsgA
if (msgHasANSICodes)
{
messageText = messageText.replace(/\u001b\[[012]J/gi, "");
var graphic = new Graphic(msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
//var graphic = new Graphic(msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
// To help ensure ANSI messages look good, it seems the Graphic object should have
// its with later set to 1 less than the width used to create it.
var graphicWidth = (msgAreaWidth < console.screen_columns ? msgAreaWidth+1 : console.screen_columns);
var graphic = new Graphic(graphicWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
graphic.auto_extend = true;
graphic.ANSI = ansiterm.expand_ctrl_a(messageText);
//graphic.normalize();
//graphic.width = msgAreaWidth;
graphic.width = graphicWidth - 1;
//messageText = graphic.MSG.split('\n');
messageText = graphic.MSG;
}
@@ -5928,10 +5935,15 @@ function DigDistMsgReader_ReadMessageEnhanced_Scrollable(msgHeader, allowChgMsgA
// new width
if (msgHasANSICodes)
{
var graphic = new Graphic(msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
//var graphic = new Graphic(msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
// To help ensure ANSI messages look good, it seems the Graphic object should have
// its with later set to 1 less than the width used to create it.
var graphicWidth = (msgAreaWidth < console.screen_columns ? msgAreaWidth+1 : console.screen_columns);
var graphic = new Graphic(graphicWidth, this.msgAreaHeight-1);
graphic.auto_extend = true;
graphic.ANSI = ansiterm.expand_ctrl_a(messageText);
graphic.width = msgAreaWidth;
//graphic.width = msgAreaWidth;
graphic.width = graphicWidth - 1;
messageText = graphic.MSG;
}
// Display or erase the scrollbar
@@ -13975,9 +13987,14 @@ function DigDistMsgReader_SaveMsgToFile(pMsgHdr, pFilename)
{
if (textHasDrawingChars(msgBody))
{
var graphic = new Graphic(this.msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight);
//var graphic = new Graphic(this.msgAreaWidth, this.msgAreaHeight);
// To help ensure ANSI messages look good, it seems the Graphic object should have
// its with later set to 1 less than the width used to create it.
var graphicWidth = (msgAreaWidth < console.screen_columns ? msgAreaWidth+1 : console.screen_columns);
var graphic = new Graphic(graphicWidth, this.msgAreaHeight);
graphic.auto_extend = true;
graphic.ANSI = ansiterm.expand_ctrl_a(msgBody);
graphic.width = graphicWidth - 1;
msgBody = syncAttrCodesToANSI(graphic.MSG);
}
else