Originally written by nurpax, their version (8.x) is here. Petmate9 is a cross platform PETSCII graphics editor written in React/Redux/Electron, maintained by Wolfgang-Aaron Bochar (wbochar).

I like this tool for its simplicity and ease of use. I asked Nurpax/Janne if I could work on another version of it, trying to add some community requests and bug fixes. I am not a professional electron coder, so before reading some of the brutality contained in my updated sources: be kind. I'll take requests, but I do have a day job :)

• npm install
• npm start

be forewarned; do not go down the npm upgrade rabbit hole. there are so many extinct npm packages that you'll never come out from that hell.

I know that some of them are not safe (or up-to-date), but really I don't care. I got trapped in the hole for a long time and decided not to pursue it without a priest and someone who's a better/experienced coder than myself.

I use VSCODE/Win11 as my dev env for this project.

Change Log/History: CHANGELOG.md

Notes: "electron-builder": "23.6.0", for MACOS "electron-builder": "22.10.5", for PC

• CTRL +/-/0 Zoom in/out/100%
• review keyboard shortcuts old and new and make sure they do as they say
• Update menu system with new features (Crop, Fill, Paste text, etc)
• remove Zoom State from everything
• Remove Debug Menu Item

• Adjust SEQ import to handle animation captures (SHIFT/CLRHOME=New Frame etc..)
• copy should support multiple object types in clipboard
• paste to new frame
• Paste to global clipboard as PNG/Bitmap or JSON
• CTRL-SHIFT-N: selection to new screen
• Guide Layer: load/show a guide layer
• Guide Layer: move/zoom/pan layer
• Guide Layer: change/toggle layer transparency
• PNG imports a little more forgiving
• c1541 Script export
• Zoom Reset for all frames (helpful for animations)

• Setup Website
• record videos showing new tools and adjustments
• Instruction Manual