RetroTxt

Turn pieces of ANSI based text art and ASCII, NFO plain text into HTML.

What is RetroTxt?

RetroTxt is a Chrome extension developed by https://retrotxt.com, and its main feature is "Turn pieces of ANSI based text art and ASCII, NFO plain text into HTML.".

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Download RetroTxt Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Turn pieces of ANSI, ASCII, and NFO documents into a web document. RetroTxt is the browser Extension that takes legacy and plain text files and stylizes them into a more acceptable, valid format to view or copy from a web browser tab.

- View ANSI, ASCII, NFO, Shift JIS text art as HTML
- View server, system, and dev-op logs styled with colored text
- View BBS colored text files for Celerity, PC Board, Renegade, Telegard, Wildcat!, WVIV systems

** Please note that when installing RetroTxt requests, Read and change all data permissions. While necessary, RetroTxt ignores all websites except those you tell it to monitor in the background and never collects or transmits any data. Learn more: https://docs.retrotxt.com/usage/secure/

Features

- Swappable palettes for different color simulations
VGA, CGA, Unix xterm, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, monochrome and switchable iCE Colors
- Customizable font and background colors
- SAUCE metadata parsing
- Support for multiple text encodings
MS-DOS CP-437, Amiga ISO-8959-1, Windows 1252, Japanese Shift-JIS
- Automatic fixes for block character and line artifacts
- Hundreds of IBM PC font choices
VGA, EGA, CGA, MDA, PS/2, and more
- Various Amiga and microcomputer fonts
From Commodore, Atari, Apple, Tandy, and more
- Open-source code                    

Extension Basic Information

Name RetroTxt RetroTxt
ID gkjkgilckngllkopkogcaiojfajanahn
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/retrotxt/gkjkgilckngllkopkogcaiojfajanahn
Description Turn pieces of ANSI based text art and ASCII, NFO plain text into HTML.
File Size 6.98 MB
Installation Count 648
Current Version 5.4.0
Last Updated 2024-02-14
Publish Date 2020-03-04
Rating 4.70/5 Total 10 Ratings
Developer https://retrotxt.com
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://retrotxt.com
Help Page URL https://docs.retrotxt.com
Privacy Policy Page URL https://docs.retrotxt.com/privacy
Supported Languages en-GB,en-US
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "action": {
        "default_title": "RetroTxt",
        "default_icon": {
            "16": "assets\/retrotxt_16.png",
            "19": "assets\/retrotxt_19.png",
            "32": "assets\/retrotxt_32.png",
            "38": "assets\/retrotxt_38.png",
            "48": "assets\/retrotxt_48.png",
            "128": "assets\/retrotxt_128.png"
        },
        "default_popup": "html\/popup.html"
    },
    "author": "Ben Garrett",
    "background": {
        "service_worker": "scripts\/sw\/background.js"
    },
    "content_scripts": [
        {
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.retrotxt.com\/*",
                "https:\/\/*\/*",
                "http:\/\/*\/*",
                "file:\/\/\/*"
            ],
            "all_frames": true,
            "js": [
                "scripts\/sw\/helpers.js"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "commands": {
        "_execute_action": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+R"
            },
            "description": "Display the RetroTxt quick help"
        }
    },
    "default_locale": "en_US",
    "description": "Turn pieces of ANSI based text art and ASCII, NFO plain text into HTML.",
    "homepage_url": "https:\/\/retrotxt.com",
    "host_permissions": [
        "*:\/\/*.retrotxt.com\/*",
        "https:\/\/*\/",
        "http:\/\/*\/",
        "file:\/\/*\/"
    ],
    "icons": {
        "16": "assets\/retrotxt_16.png",
        "19": "assets\/retrotxt_19.png",
        "32": "assets\/retrotxt_32.png",
        "38": "assets\/retrotxt_38.png",
        "48": "assets\/retrotxt_48.png",
        "128": "assets\/retrotxt_128.png"
    },
    "incognito": "split",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "minimum_chrome_version": "106",
    "name": "RetroTxt",
    "omnibox": {
        "keyword": "txt"
    },
    "optional_permissions": [
        "downloads",
        "downloads.open"
    ],
    "options_ui": {
        "page": "html\/options.html",
        "open_in_tab": true
    },
    "permissions": [
        "activeTab",
        "contextMenus",
        "scripting",
        "storage"
    ],
    "short_name": "RetroTxt",
    "version": "5.4.0",
    "web_accessible_resources": [
        {
            "resources": [
                "css\/*.css"
            ],
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.retrotxt.com\/*",
                "https:\/\/*\/*",
                "http:\/\/*\/*",
                "file:\/\/*\/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "resources": [
                "js\/linkify.js",
                "js\/linkify-element.js",
                "js\/linkify-plugin-ip.js",
                "js\/purify.js"
            ],
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.retrotxt.com\/*",
                "https:\/\/*\/*",
                "http:\/\/*\/*",
                "file:\/\/*\/*"
            ]
        },
        {
            "resources": [
                "fonts\/*.woff2"
            ],
            "matches": [
                "*:\/\/*.retrotxt.com\/*",
                "https:\/\/*\/*",
                "http:\/\/*\/*",
                "file:\/\/*\/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}