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Relief for visual impairment ???

#1 Relief for visual impairment ???

Posted by: smallhagrid | Date: 2013-09-16 20:16 | IP: IP Logged

Hello PSPad Folks.
I am enjoying PSPad very much and thank the author for making and sharing it.

Sometimes I get files that have ASCII art in them (like NFO & DIZ files in shareware).
The clever authors make them 'pretty' by adding ASCII art.

This creates a problem for me as I have trouble seeing.

I wonder if there is a script or tool for PSPad to clean up all the extra, useless, visually difficult characters ??

One example of such a mess:
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ
ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ
ÜÛÛÛ°±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±ÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ
ÜÛÛ²²²±²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²²ÛÛ± ÛÛÛ²°° °ÛÛÛÛÛÜ
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°±ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±°°±±²ÛÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÜ
ÜÛÛÛ °ÛÛÛ±±±²±±±²ÛÛÛÛÛ±²²²²²²²²²²²ÛÛÛ²±±±±ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ² ±ÛÛ
ÛÛ °²ÛÛÛ° °Û²±²²±²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±±±±±±±±±±±±²ÛÛÛÛÛ²±±Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ² ÛÛ
Û² ±ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± Û²±±²ÛÛÛ±°°±±²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²²±²±ÛÛÛ²Û ÛÛÛÛ° ±Û²±ÛÛ ° ²Û
Û° ÛÛÛÛ² ±ÛÛÛÛ° Û²ÛÛÛ²±²ÛÛ²²²²²²±±±²²±±±±±±²²ÛÛ°²ÛÛ± °ÛÛÛÛ± Û±±ÛÛ ±° Û
Û± °ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ °Û²Û ÛÛÛÛ²²²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ±±²²±±ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ±ÛÛ °° Û
Û ° Û°Û ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°Û ° ÛÛ°²ÛÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÛ²±ÛÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ± °ÛÛ°±±ÛÛ ÜÛ
Û ± Û±Û Û²Û ²ÛÛÛÛ ° ±ÛÛÛÛ² ²ÛÛ²Û² ²Û²²±²Û ÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
Û ± ÛÛ Û°Û °±° °² °° ÛÛ² Û²² ÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°°° ²Û²²ÛÛß
Û °± ÛÛÛ°²Û °±±±° Û² ÜÛÛÛ ²Û²Û² ßÛÛÛ Û ±Û²Û² ²ÛÛ²²ÛÛÛ
ÛÛ °° °²ÛÛÛ°° ²ÛÛÛ ±Û² ÛÛÛß ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ² Û° °ÛÛÛÛÛ±²ÛÛÛß
Û± °²Û² ±ÛÛÛÛÛ²Û² ²ÛÛ² ÛÛÛÛ °²²ÛÛÛÛÛ ²ÛÛ ±ÛÛÛ±²ÛÛÛÛß
ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÛÛ± °° ÛÛÛ° ÛÛ± ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛÛ²°±²±±²² ßÛÛÛÛÛß
ßÛÛÛ²±±±±²ÛÛÛÛ° Û °±±±° ±ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ²²²²²²²²²²²Û²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ± ÛÛß

Very nasty to the eyes.

Thanks for any help with this !!!

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#2 Re: Relief for visual impairment ???

Posted by: carbonize | Date: 2013-09-17 08:35 | IP: IP Logged

View -> Show OEM chars

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Carbonize

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#3 Re: Relief for visual impairment ???

Posted by: smallhagrid | Date: 2013-09-18 18:51 | IP: IP Logged

Thank You Carbonize
If I use: View -> Show OEM chars, can I also save the file out in this cleaner condition, or does that take some other thing, please ??

Thanks.

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#4 Re: Relief for visual impairment ???

Posted by: Freeman | Date: 2013-09-23 10:30 | IP: IP Logged

smallhagrid:
I wonder if there is a script or tool for PSPad to clean up all the extra, useless, visually difficult characters ??

Choose Format → OEM, then press Ctrl+R. I got this 'squirrel' (?) from your sample:

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Unfortunately, PSPad still can't save these files in OEM encoding when you want to edit them.

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#5 Re: Relief for visual impairment ???

Posted by: pspad | Date: 2013-09-23 12:52 | IP: IP Logged

Do you use the 4.5.8 build (available in the developer forum)? There were changes regarding to OEM encoding

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