X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,1e2fbba1007c8af2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 06:55:11 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!intgwlon.nntp.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: Richard James Subject: Re: curious about coloring ascii Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: <3ceec1a5$0$97300$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3ceec3d1$0$241$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3cef813c.3031394@news.charter.net> Lines: 44 User-Agent: KNode/0.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Message-ID: <635oca.j5s.ln@server.techdrive.foo> Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 13:55:02 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.137.160.10 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1022334902 144.137.160.10 (Sat, 25 May 2002 23:55:02 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 23:55:02 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17369 LGB wrote: >>> > >The opening screens of a MUD that I hang out on are what I want to >>color. >>> > >It's via telnet >>> > >>> > Oh, use ANSI in that case. :) >>> >>> There were once drawing programs for ANSI. >>> >>> Aciddraw or ansidraw or something like that .. I really can't remember >>> > What about rich text (rtf). would it work? its crossplatforms fairly easy > with very little loss to my understanding. No he needs to draw with ANSI, rtf isn't compatible. The thing is that when a client connects to the MUD it converts the ANSI codes into colour on the fly. I picked up these websites recently. I'm not sure if it was here or in alt.mud.programming. ANSI/VT100 codes http://www.fh-jena.de/~gmueller/Kurs_halle/esc_vt100.html Telnet Protocol http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/comms/telnet.html ___ / \ |o o o| "-----" | | | | / \ Thats a mushroom and no I didn't eat it :) > obascii -- small winch > > |-- > [::]-' Richard :)