X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,69089cfee777e31 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-20 11:39:26 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!yale.edu!yale!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!psuvax1!psuvax1!flee From: flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: TALK: ascii to gif (Re: GIF to ASCII) Date: 20 Apr 1994 18:39:26 GMT Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <2p3ge0INNdcg@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> <1994Apr20.153334.80690@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dictionopolis.cse.psu.edu Matthew Koglin: >Why would you want to convert an ASCII to a GIF? Not only would it take much >more memory, but it would still look just as crappy (not saying that ASCII's >are crappy), but WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh, maybe you have an ascii pic that looks particularly nifty with the font and colors you have, and you want to show everyone how great it looks. So you bring it up in a window, capture the pixmap, and convert it to a gif. (xwd | xbmtopnm | ppmtogif) You know, I think I just figured out what alt.binaries.pictures.ascii is *really* supposed to be used for. --