PabloDraw

PabloDraw

PabloDraw is an Ansi / Ascii text and RIPscrip vector graphic art editor/viewer with multi-user capabilities.

PabloDraw uses the awesome Eto.Forms cross-platform framework to provide native UI for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Download

Download releases here.

New in version 3.3 (still in alpha)

  • Produce native binary for linux
  • Upgrade to .NET 6
  • PabloDraw.Console functionality is now part of PabloDraw gui
  • Mac: Fix running on newer macOS versions
  • Mac: Support both Apple Silicon and Intel macs
  • Fix flipping with even width/height blocks
  • Fix crash with stamp if the paste canvas is null
  • Fix missing background characters with color 8
  • Implement rudimentary xbin 512 character support
  • Fix warning and fix size of widthdialog
  • Default iceColors to off
  • Add faster baud rates
  • RIP: Fix possible NRE when disposing
  • Fix crash with stamp if the paste canvas is null

New in version 3.2

  • Command line utility for conversion & headless server
  • Admin password option for server
  • Numbered file backups (File->Enable Backups)
  • Proper dos/legacy aspect ratio for all fonts (8×14/8×19 fonts)
  • Sauce 0.5 support which includes aspect, 9px, and font settings
  • 7Zip archive support
  • General performance improvements and fixes
  • Fixed: Loading PETSCII (seq) files
  • Fixed: Editing as xbin or other formats
  • Fixed: Mouse commands past 2048 in windows
  • Experimental WPF mode for 10k line editing on windows (“–platform wpf” as a parameter)

Features

  • Text Formats: ANSI, ANSI/24, ASCII, ADF, Avatar, BIN, CG, IDF, Tundra, CtrlA, XBIN, Animated ANSI
  • Vector Formats: RIPscrip
  • Browse inside ZIP, RAR, and 7z archives without extracting
  • Raster Formats (viewing only): JPEG, GIF, PNG
  • Draw ANSI and ASCII with your mouse or keyboard
  • Convert any format to an image for easy sharing
  • Multi-user networking to draw and chat together
  • Watch animated ANSI and RIP
  • Baud rate emulation
  • Browse the sixteencolors.com archive of art
  • DOS fonts for most languages/code pages
  • Amiga & 9px fonts
  • Legacy aspect emulation
  • Color & character set editors
  • Sauce 0.5 editor for metadata

Requirements

Linux: gtk+3 Windows: .NET 4.8 OS X: 10.14 Mojave (or greater)

Feedback

Submit bugs or questions on github. Join the discussion in #ansi on efnet irc

Mac Users

To use the F1, F2, etc keys on macOS without having to press the FN key, change the setting in System Preferences->Keyboard->Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys

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