X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d1df926a113e6ecd X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-05 08:28:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!193.162.153.118!news.tele.dk!not-for-mail From: "CeeJay" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: AsciiOS ;) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 17:25:15 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3c37286e$0$62882$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> Organization: TDC Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.243.165.226 X-Trace: 1010247790 dread05.news.tele.dk 62882 62.243.165.226 X-Complaints-To: abuse@post.tele.dk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13423 > Font used will be... good-old DOS VGA 16x8 font (80x25 text mode :) > We will use ASCII 32..127, and mabe some other special characters >127, we > will deside later If you are going to make a textbased GUI ( a contradiction in terms actually :) ) or frontend or shell whatever you want to call it, I think you should not limit yourself to merely ASCII - Make your own font , and manipulate the colorindex so you can achive better color than the usual boring one .. preferably customizable. I think the charset should include ASCII and then extended chars should try to maintain a fair (but not strict) compability with terminal fonts like the DOS font, with added new chars that make textdrawing easier. Perhaps it could even be programmed so some chars are dynamic .. ie they alter acording to what the GUI wants to do .. very useful if you want to display a moving cursor that is not just a big blinking block .. I think some of the old Norton programs used something like it