X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,43829188203eedab X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-22 01:26:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail From: Christian Mertes Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: mathematical expressions Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:19:31 +0200 Organization: - Lines: 47 Message-ID: <20010822121931.291365f8.c_mertes@t-online.de> References: <3B80D892.C7B984F9@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> <20010820170454.24bf560c.c_mertes@t-online.de> Reply-To: c_mertes@bigfoot.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.t-online.com 998468551 03 8838 MTiuSGvTS-Y9Z2 010822 08:22:31 X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-Sender: 520058820044-0001@t-dialin.net X-Newsreader: Sylpheed version 0.5.2 (GTK+ 1.2.8; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7068 On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:23:24 GMT Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote: > --(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- > --(Christian Mertes said it like only they can.)-- > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:00:19 GMT > > Faux_Pseudo@yahoo.comERCIAL (Faux_Pseudo) wrote: > > [snip] > >> > >> I am thinking that if i can find one with a good modulare build that I > >> can use it to make a realy fun ascii art screen saver. > >> > > [snip] > > > > I can't find a Linux console screensaver which is not vga but really text mode. > > Which programs are there or which are you using? > > Right now I dont use any. Thats why I am thinking of makeing one. > > There is one called csd or ConsoleSaver on freshmeat.net but it is not > a screen saver in the sence that it is a damon that starts when SDTIN > is not active for a period of time. In fact it is in version 0.01pre > and has been that way for over a year. > > I would emagin that one would not be hard to build. > > find out what criteria "console blanking" uses to cut the display and > rewrite as a seperet damon to launch a saver instead. > aalib could be used to handle the actual graphics. > Yeah, cool things could be done there. Even mess-dos had some cool screensavers. It's an incredible lack in the linux program repertoire. Imagine, I found two VGA screensavers for the console but there's no text only saver around?? Well, ok there's an aa version of the vgalib but I think the two vgalibs can't be in use at the same time so I didn't install it. > /me pictures a naked dancing lady screensaver in ascii vision. > :-) -- ,----------------------------. ___________________ /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Christian Mertes aka mudd1 | ... |c_mertes@bigfoot.de| \ / CAMPAIGN `---------------------------(_ ( ��) |___________________| X AGAINST HTML ----------------------------ooO--(_)--Ooo-------| |--------- / \IN MAIL AND NEWS