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  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.
 
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.

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.

Mindsurfer

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