X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,a2bff6e27e35f481,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,a2bff6e27e35f481,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,a2bff6e27e35f481,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-14 15:29:26 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: How to save, uudecode and view animations and color Date: 14 Aug 1994 17:28:10 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 100 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <32m5pq$8jf@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:1268 alt.ascii-art:11211 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:988 Here is the answer to Question 8 in the ASCII Art Rources file: You need to do the following if you want to save an animation or color image from a newsreader or mail program, uudecode and view. Type the name of the file where I have "FILENAME". On a Unix system, the process is usually as easy as: o In your newsreader, you can type "s FILENAME" and choose a filename. In Elm you'll get a "save file to" prompt. In Pine, you'll be asked for a folder name. Pine's 'folder' is actually a text file, so go ahead and give it a name. Give your new file a unique name so the it isn't appended to, or doesn't overwrite, any existing file. o Quit your newsreader or mailer and go to where the file was saved. o Type "uudecode FILENAME". This may change the file's name. o You may need to decompress the file if it has a suffix such as .Z or .gz (among others). For .Z, type "uncompress FILENAME" and for .gz, type "gunzip FILENAME". o Sometimes a number of animations or color pics will come packed together in a .zip or .tar file. You need to unzip or untar it by typing "unzip FILENAME" or "tar -xvf FILENAME". You will now have a number of files. To just read the contents of a .tar file, type "tar -tvf FILENAME". o Now, to view, type "cat FILENAME" and press the return. o Alternatively, if you want to view an animation compressed as a .Z file, you can view it without decompressing it by typing "zcat FILENAME", and for .gz compressed files, by typing "gzcat FILENAME". To slow down an animation while viewing on your Unix host, you need to type "cat -u FILENAME". Note: if you are modeming into your host, the speed of your connection will effect the speed of the animation. At 14.4 K, the animation may go to quickly, while at 2400, it may go to slowly. Host system and terminal speed also affect animation speed. There are also programs to slow animations. They are: vtcat - An alternative to type(msdos) cat(UNIX). this program will display your animations at the speed you like. delayvt - Inserts delays into an animation file so that the animation itself becomes slower. revdelay - This UNDO's the delays added by 'delayvt' so that you get the original animation as written by the author. The C source code, plus PC executables are available from: -> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk Address: 128.240.2.1 Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation/progs/utils If you have uudecoded and decompressed a file and downloaded it, you need to do the following: o On your PC: You have to type "type FILENAME" and press the return to view. You have to be sure there is a line reading: "DEVICE=ANSI.SYS" or "DEVICEHIGH=ANSI.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file. You should probably also convert these files to DOS-ASCII. Do this with a CR/LF converter (FLIP.EXE from FLIP1EXE.ZIP). 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