X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d41266dc9ac0383e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,d41266dc9ac0383e X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-03-26 20:04:53 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!uni-duisburg.de!zib-berlin.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: is94drj@brunel.ac.uk (DR J) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art Subject: Talk: WWW text Date: 26 Mar 1995 20:17:47 -0600 Organization: Brunel Loonieversity Lines: 60 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3l578b$brm@gagme.wwa.com> References: <3jomee$1bl@gagme.wwa.com> <3ka9mr$etf@gagme.wwa.com> <3kvlfd$2vk@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:4588 alt.ascii-art:21851 rkh2@ukc.ac.uk wrote: : In article <3ka9mr$etf@gagme.wwa.com>, gg wrote: : >But what I want to know is how to make a multi line alternative, so we : >can replace the pictures with cute ascii representations. : Before your Here's the ASCII alternative, you : should put a 
 which still permits the ASCII art (including almost 
: all punctuation and all spaces) to be reproduced the same.  Then after 
: the closing ">" you should put
to return to normal HTML. Yup, you need the 
 otherwise the spaces get condensed, unfortunately
not all HTML editors let you put images inside 
 markers. If you have
the command ALT=" at the end of the line and then start the text on the
next line it makes it easier to line up.


: Take a look (download the source if you like) at the following URL using a
: text browser or even the latest Netscape beta with image loading turned off:

I'm trying to set up similar things on my Home Page too! (see sig.)


: It contains a Figlet title and the image in my sig (except that I was 
: unable to use quotes (") so I made to with tildes (~)  --- I even tried using
: " to get a quote but it just displayed "  :^(  The only other 
: character I _know_ you can't use is the > symbol ).

AFAIK Lynx does not decode the 'Escape characters' that the graphical
browsers (Netscape, Mosaic, etc.) use to display the <, >, " and &
characters. My advice is avoid using all of these four characters when
putting ALT text in a Web page.

The " tells the browser that you have closed off the ALT tag, the < 
and > characters tell it that the anchor has closed or another one is
opening and the & character does something that has escaped me right now!


                                                   DR J

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