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From: purdie@helios.usq.edu.au (RedPhoenix....Leigh Purdie)
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Subject: Re: TALK: Animations in .plan
Date: 12 Jul 1994 19:33:32 -0500
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rcnortma@midway.uchicago.edu (R. Nortman) writes:
>"R.K.Harding" <rkh2@ukc.ac.uk> mentions:
>>rename the vt file into ".plan" using:
>>unix% mv animation.vt .plan

Nup - no go unfortunately. finger does some interesting text filtering
(deliberate - for security reasons)

>>>While we're at it, can these be sent in a mail message?

Short Answer? maybe ;)

It really depends on what terminal the receiver of the message has, and
what mail reader they are using. Most people who use vt100
terminals/emulators will use 'more' or 'less' to read their mail anyway,
which will really stuff an anim up.

But yeah, it's possible. I've included a quick & easy 'delete line'
semi-anim below... ctrl-m characters shouldn't worry non-vt users, but
things may look a little funny....  It's also possible that our mail
server may mangle this post.. Oh well, cross the fingers, and we'll find out:
(btw: Most, if not all, newsreaders will destroy the lines below - I think
they do a bit of pre-processing on the text, and filter out the ctrl-m's)

h

actual animations, with cursor control etc... not much chance of working
unfortunately... (depending on the target users setup)
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