X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,f5bd216dab7a36a1,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Original-To: rec-arts-ascii@robomod.net From: dsaklad@zurich.csail.mit.edu Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: [PIC] How to improve an ascii diagram. X-Original-Date: 22 Jun 2005 01:34:02 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <1119429242.381651.185910@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" User-Agent: G2/0.2 Injection-Info: f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.41.3.197; posting-account=tUfEeg0AAADtZGPlIL1HD9BcwcZrfdLZ X-Gweep-Cleanmime: miswrapped=05% over-hard-line-length=1 over-soft-line-length=4 X-Gweep-Robomod-Bayes-Score: 0.0001 Approved-Poster: approved Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:35:39 -0500 Approved: rec-arts-ascii-moderator@robomod.net Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sol01.isp.gweep.ca!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com rec.arts.ascii:66 a. How could this ascii diagram be improved?... b. How can this ascii diagram be sorted out better?... It's from the pdf at http://cambridgema.gov/cpl/hours/newlibmap.pdf Here's an online viewer for the pdf http://view.samurajdata.se/ For example, how do you reduce the diagram to a more narrow width?... it has long lines very wide at about 220 columns currently. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | __ Reference Room __ Newspapers | | | | Audio books | | | | | | Audio Visual | | Language collection 400s | | Reference | Reference | Current Magazines | | Collection | | | | Collection | Assistance | | Internet Computers | | | Test books | | | | | | Large print books | | | | | Database Research | | | | | Careers, resumes, | | | | | | | | Books in Spanish, French | |_________________________| |_|___________________| |_|________________________|____________________________________________________________________|_______________________|____________|____________________________| | | | | | | | Library Catalogs | | | | | | | | | | | |_________________________| | |__________________| |_|________________________|____________________________________________________________________|_______________________|____________|__________________ | | | | | | | | | Nonfiction Nonfiction Women | | | | | | Men 300-359 000-299 Lavatory | | | Children's | | | Lavatory | | | Program | | | | | | room | | | | | | | | | | Childrens | | | | | | room | | | |_________________________| |_____________________| |_|________________________|____________________________________________________________________|_______________ _______|____________|__________________ | | | | | | | Stacks | | | New books | | | | | Graphic novels | | Library Catalogs | | | Travel guides | | | | | Paperbacks | | 899 <--------------------------------------- 360 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Circulation | | | | | Registration | | | | | | | 900s Mysteries | | | Reserved | | | | Express | Books | | | | circulation| | | | | desk | DVDs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Return | | Biography Science fiction Fiction | |You are | library | | | Young adults |here | materials | | | | | here | | | | | | |_______________________________________________________ | | | | Front door 4th room on right Library catalogs Audio books Cambridge Public Library Audio visual collection 359 Broadway Careers, resumes, job search Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 Language collection 400s Large print books Spanish, French books Test books 2nd room on right New fiction books, New nonfiction books Graphic novels Paperbacks Travel guides 1st room on left Young adults Childrens department Children's programs 1st room on right Circulation DVDs Express circulation desk Registration Reserved books Return library materials 6th room on right Database research Reference assistance Reference collection Reference desk Current magazines Newspapers 5th room on right Internet computers 2nd room on left Lavatory women 5th room on left Lavatory men Library catalogs Nonfiction 000-299 Nonfiction 300-359 360-899 stacks 900s stacks Biography Fiction Mysteries Science fiction 360-899 stacks 900s stacks Audio books Audio visual collection Biography Careers, resumes, job search Children's programs Childrens department Circulation Current magazines DVDs Database research Express circulation desk Fiction Graphic novels Internet computers Language collection 400s Large print books Lavatory men Lavatory women Library catalogs Mysteries New fiction books, New nonfiction books Newspapers Nonfiction 000-299 Nonfiction 300-359 Paperbacks Reference assistance Reference collection Reference desk Registration Reserved books Return library materials Science fiction Spanish, French books Test books Travel guides Young adults