Daydream has a strippipes() function which is used on all mail
during export. Daydream is very far from perfect (which is why I
gave up on it hehe) but I always thought this one thing was the
right call - let's not make assumptions about how mail will be
consumed. We have ANSI enabled bases that expect ANSI codes, but
other than that I never felt that multicolored text belonged in
messages traversing FTN networks.
If you were developing software you were likely the recipient of comments
folks made about pipe codes in messages. At one time using pipe codes and coloring messages made you a renegade underground elitist. :)
There are good arguments for leaving color codes out of messages since
there is no universal method to decode them. They look fine in some
interfaces and in others it looks like the neighbors dog visited
overnight.
I use golded a lot to read and reply to messages also and in that case
both ansi and pipe codes (as well as <CTRL>A or heart codes) look
terrible but I know that is just in that interface.
I never get too sussed about it either way since it's just folks
expressing their creativity a bit and I think that's a good thing.
Ttyl :-),
Al
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