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From: ogre@netcom.com (Joe Rumsey)
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Subject: Talk-Line: Maze
Date: 23 Jan 1995 04:27:00 -0600
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Brad (syb3@aber.ac.uk) wrote:

: 	I reckon this is easier to see (where you're going, when you've
: come to a dead end, etc.) if you use a 'bigger' character than '*', e.g.
: '#'. 

Depends on your font. # and * are about the same size in mine, neither
works well for this.  I think @ and 8 are good choices for just about
every font, but here's something I liked even more:
(produced by running the command line
sed "s/#/[]/g" maze | sed "s/ /  /g"

It's > 80 columns, sorry 'bout that)

[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
 B              [][]        []                          []              []          []
[]  [][][]  []      [][][]  [][]  [][]  [][][][]  [][]  []  [][][][]  []    [][][]  []
[]  []    []  [][]                []  []        []  []  []        []  []  []        []
[]    []          [][]  [][][][][][]    []  []  []      [][][][]  []  []  []  [][][][]
[][]  []  [][][]  [][][]  []        []      []      [][]          []  []  [][]      []
[]    []      []    []        [][]  [][][][]  [][]  [][][][][][][]    []        []  []
[][][]  [][]    []  []  []  []  []                    []            []  [][][][][]  []
[]        [][][][]  []    []      []  []  [][]  [][]  []  [][][][][]                []
[]  [][]                [][]  []  [][]  [][]  []  [][]                [][][][][][][][]
[]  []  [][][][][][]  []      []                        [][][]  [][][]              []
[]                  [][][][]    [][][][][][][][][][]  []        []      [][][]  []  []
[][]  []  []  [][]            []                  []  [][][][][]  [][]  []  [][][]  []
[][][]  []  [][]  [][]  []  []    [][][][][]  []  []          []        []          []
[][]                    [][]  [][]        [][][]  []  [][][]  [][][][]  [][]  []  [][]
[]    [][][][][][]  [][]            [][]            []    []                []  []  []
[][]            [][]  []  [][][][][]    []  [][][]  []  []  [][][][]  [][]          []
[]    []  [][][]      []  []        []      []      []  []        [][][]  [][][][]  []
[]  []  []  [][]  []  []  []  [][]    [][][][]  []  []  [][][]  []                  []
[]                []  []  [][]  [][]  []        []                  []  []  [][]  [][]
[][][][][][][][][][]  []                [][][][]  [][][][][][][][][]  []  [][]  []  []
[]                      []  [][]  [][]                                              E
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