X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1421be54d39f2bf2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Veronica Karlsson Subject: Re: request : rock ..paper..scissors. Date: 1997/10/28 Message-ID: <34565BD3.15FB7483@on.spammer>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 285631566 References: <3455398C.66306E83@tamu.edu> <19971028181801.NAA01419@ladder01.news.aol.com> Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Bssgrl wrote: > > m ^ ^ > %//88888 ~~~~~~~ \ \ / / > 88888888888\\ |=======| \ \ / / > %888888888888& |=======| \ v/ > ~*?????????????) |=======| /\ \ > |=======| / / \ \ > ------------- (() ) (() ) > (Bssgrl) > ~~ ~~ > Hope this helps, the rock was a tough one Seeing it was even tougher... 1. Always use a "non-proportional" (also called "monospaced") font for ascii pictures ("Courier" is such a font). How to tell if you use a non-proportional font? If these two lines have the same lenght then you probably do: MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 2. NEVER put tabs in ascii pictures! Why? Because they look different in different computers, they can even look different in different programs in the same computer. 3. Make sure to only use characters from the "Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these" part of this ascii table: ================================================================= | No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these: | | | | 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL| | 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI | | 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB| | 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these: | | | | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | No, no, no, MUST'NT use this one either: | | |127 DEL| |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Anything that is not in the MUST USE section is automatically | | in the MUST NOT USE section! (this includes tabs) | ================================================================= 4. Test post to alt.test if you don't feel sure about how your news program works. Even if you have done 1, 2, and 3 above correctly you may still end up with a blurb if your program "does things" to your artwork... (for example, some news programs come up with the cute idea to "linewrap" without first asking you for permission to do so...) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-