X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,3cada648124de7d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-24 11:19:19 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.alt.net!usenet From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?P=E4r_Sm=E5rs?= Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: OT: how to send ascii art across a network Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:19:18 +0100 Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - www.altopia.com Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:898 In article , antispamsteve@=3DNo- Spam=3D.org says... > I'd like to send ascii pictures of Santa and stuff that has been posted i= n > this ng from PC to PC. I know how to send messages using the "net send" > command, but how can I send ascii art in this way? If pipes (|), or redirect characters (>, <), or similar stuff don't work=20 using text files, you could try to paste it as text into the CMD window,=20 no guarantee though that the formatting will work since ASCII art=20 usually has more than one line of text. The worst that could happen=20 (using the first option) is that the redirect character and the file=20 name turn up at the other user's display. Perhaps something like: net send * < c:\temp\ascii_art.txt If you have to paste the text, and if you don't know how to, look under=20 the CMD window's system menu (the little icon), then "Edit"->"Paste"=20 (could be different words since I use a Swedish system). Ctrl-V won't=20 work at the command line. You'll probably get ^v at the prompt. But another thought, doesn't those messages pop up as dialog boxes on=20 the other users' monitors? If so, wouldn't the ASCII art be=20 scrambled...? Dialog boxes on windows usually use a type face that isn't=20 suitable for ASCII art. HTH Regards, P. Sm=E5rs, Sweden. --=20 BTW, Merry Christmas! :-)