···11-a proper setup for viewing ANSI art in xterm.
11+proper setups for viewing ANSI art in xterm and mac os x terminal.app.
2233includes dos437, a BDF pixel-for-pixel translation of the DOS 437 codepage
44-font.
44+font, with a converted TrueType version.
55+5666-to use, convert the BDF font to a PCF font (if necessary) and then install it:
77+xterm:
88+convert the BDF font to a PCF font (if necessary) and then install it:
79 - bdftopcf dos437.bdf > fonts/dos437.pcf
810 - sudo cp fonts/dos437.pcf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
911 - cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/; sudo mkfontdir
10121111-run ansiterm:
1212- - sh ansiterm.sh
1313+and then run ansiterm.sh to launch xterm with proper colors and the dos437
1414+font. for tiling window managers, make sure the resulting xterm window is
1515+exactly 80 characters wide.
13161414-for tiling window managers, make sure the resulting xterm window is exactly 80
1515-characters wide.
16171717-cat some ANSI art:
1818- - cat acid-100/lorez/GO-EAST.ANS
1818+terminal.app:
1919+install the ttf font (double-click it to open it in font book, and then click
2020+install) and then install the terminal settings profile by double clicking
2121+it.
2222+2323+verify that the font used is dos437 in 8pt, antialias is off, the character
2424+encoding is "western (ascii)", and the terminal is 80x24.
2525+2626+2727+in either xterm or terminal.app, ansi art files should display properly with
2828+cat.