Duh! Need info on putting ascii art into mIRC - again.

I know this stuff has been posted before, and I could have
*sworn* I saved it somewhere.  Could someone take pity and either
email me the how-to's or point me in the direction of a FAQ?

Thanks,
Radonna
(If replying by email, please use rl...@syncon.com)

If we talk abut the same thing then it is 
/play nine.txt 1

On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 04:30:32 GMT, rl...@ssyncon.com (Fuzzmonsters)
wrote:

>I know this stuff has been posted before, and I could have
>*sworn* I saved it somewhere.  Could someone take pity and either
>email me the how-to's or point me in the direction of a FAQ?
>
>Thanks,
>Radonna
>(If replying by email, please use rl...@syncon.com)

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:08:50 GMT, dilbertfan@usa.-dot-net (m allen
adams jr) wrote:

>�Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
>�to 'play' it into mIRC.

It's "'play' to IRC" ..not mIRC ..mIRC is an IRC Client...
That would be just as weird to say like:
"I don't know what a newsgroup is,
but I sometimes do talk to Netscape"
Get the point here?=)

>
>Make that "/play filename.txt 0" so that you don't get the big delay.  And make
>sure that you don't have any blank lines in your ASCII.

Yea...make sure everyone who tries will get disconnected as fast as
possible, then there wouldn't be so crowded there :o�

the command in mIRC (This is not the same command as in most other IRC
Clients) is: /play <#channel/nickname> dir-location\Filename Delay
The delay is counted in milliseconds, so if its a big file you should
at least set it at 2000ms!

Example, if you want to play a file in the channel #ASCIIArt, type:
/play #ASCIIArt filename.txt 2000

If you use this command in the active window (Let's say you're in
#ASCIIArt, and you use this command in that window as well) you dont
have to add where to play...

But if you are talking to someone else in private message/another
channel, you must have it there so mIRC know where to play it :o)

Let's make an 'easy to use' little script...to make everything more
simple: ;o)

Make a new Dir on your harddrive, for example, call it 'ascii'
Now, lets say you made a dir called c:\ascii
and in there it's a lot of ASCII Art...
then in your aliases (On your menu line at the top of the mIRC window,
Click on: "Tools | Aliases" or just press ALT+A)

Now add this line at the end of your aliases.ini:

asciidir { return c:\ASCII\ }
ascii.div { return $play $file="Choose an ASCII file" $asciidir\*.* }
Now you can make a popup menu, wich says 1: pick one, 2: random play.

First, put this in (Tools | popups) popups.ini, in both "channel"
and "Query/Chat":
ASCII Art

Then, 1: put this anywhere in (Tools | Popups) popups.ini
 (channel & Query):

.Pick an ASCII:{
  .set %asciifile $ascii.div
  if (%asciifile == $null) { halt }
  else { .play %asciifile 2000 }
  halt
}

Now...to make mIRC play randomly from the ASCII Art directory...(wich
is a 'little' more advanced than this first command) do this:
First, put this in aliases.ini (Tools | aliases or: ALT+A):

randomascii {
  inc %ainc
  :start
  .set %randomascii $findfile($asciidir,*.txt,%ainc) 
  if (%randomascii == $null) { halt }
  else { goto play }
  halt
  :play
  .play %randomascii 2000
  .set %playasc %randomascii
  .unset %randomascii
  inc %ainc
  halt
}


Put this anywhere in (Tools | popups) popups.ini (Channel & query)
(Under ".Pick an ASCII"):
.Play Random ASCII:{ .randomascii }

And now you're ready to 'Show Off' ;o)

BTW: This Random command will also search under directorys...
So if you for example have c:\ASCII\ and c:\ASCII\MyOwns\ and 
c:\ASCII\Unknowns
they will also be played...but when it comes to dirs with
long filename ...and spaces...those will not be played (not sure
about this in mIRC 5.3 and newer tho)

and another thing...that little random script i made ..it can ONLY
play 1 file type...don't work on (f.x.: *.asc,*.txt,*.vt) ..so..

Well...have fun =)
And if you do have questions about mIRC..or IRC in general..don't
hazitate to ask me...i bet there would be 99% chanse I know the
answere to your question ;o)

OBTW...tell me when you'll come to #ASCIIArt again... :o)

C'ya :o)

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Bj�rn Bratli wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:08:50 GMT, dilbertfan@usa.-dot-net (m allen
> adams jr) wrote:
>
> >�Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
> >�to 'play' it into mIRC.
>
> It's "'play' to IRC" ..not mIRC ..mIRC is an IRC Client...
> That would be just as weird to say like:
> "I don't know what a newsgroup is,
> but I sometimes do talk to Netscape"
> Get the point here?=)
>

actually .. I understood what he meant .. its just a matter of semantical phraseology

> >
> >Make that "/play filename.txt 0" so that you don't get the big delay.  And make
> >sure that you don't have any blank lines in your ASCII.
>
> Yea...make sure everyone who tries will get disconnected as fast as
> possible, then there wouldn't be so crowded there :o�

you got THAT right ... hehe ... for those that don't understand ... the ZERO at the
end means how long to wait between line displays... and zero ain't NEARLY long
enough.

I like your mIRC script, especially the random picture .. cute touch...  I keep all
of mine in a file with bracketed topics .. changes the basic format to         /play
-t<picname> # filename.txt 2000  ... I keep flat ascii in one file, and mirc colored
pix in another.   Taking your lead I'll just pull a random name from the list of pics
at the beginning of the file and show it for the randomizer.  I have several
different lists to play depending on the channel or the age group being targeted.
(ie: #Philosophy wouldn't have much use for an ascii of a car .. but give them one of
a unicorn and watch them go.)
All of my bots use the same mIRC scripts and aliases to play these pix on demand, and
(dispite Microsoft's assertion to the contrary) they are always a favorite on line
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.----- On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 04:30:32 GMT, Fuzzmonsters posted:
|I know this stuff has been posted before, and I could have
|*sworn* I saved it somewhere.  Could someone take pity and either
|email me the how-to's or point me in the direction of a FAQ?
'-------------------------

Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
to 'play' it into mIRC.


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�Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
�to 'play' it into mIRC.

Make that "/play filename.txt 0" so that you don't get the big delay.  And make
sure that you don't have any blank lines in your ASCII.

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:13:57 -0400, Dan Woods
<lor...@no.spam.avana.net> wrote:

>
>
>Bj�rn Bratli wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:08:50 GMT, dilbertfan@usa.-dot-net (m allen
>> adams jr) wrote:
>>
>> >�Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
>> >�to 'play' it into mIRC.
>> It's "'play' to IRC" ..not mIRC ..mIRC is an IRC Client...
>> That would be just as weird to say like:
>> "I don't know what a newsgroup is,
>> but I sometimes do talk to Netscape"
>> Get the point here?=)
>
>actually .. I understood what he meant .. its just a matter of semantical phraseology
>

YOU may know..but does *everyone* else? ;o)
There are *MANY* people who is on mIRC daily...but have no idea
what IRC is...and have never been there <G> ;o)

>I like your mIRC script, especially the random picture .. cute touch... 

Thanx.. :o)
I just made a little change in my random midi player I made ages
ago...(Yup...made the script about 2-3 secs before I posted it) :o)

> I keep all of mine in a file with bracketed topics .. changes the basic format to
> /play -t<picname> # filename.txt 2000  ... I keep flat ascii in one file, and mirc
> colored pix in another.   Taking your lead I'll just pull a random name from the 
> list of pics at the beginning of the file and show it for the randomizer.
> I have several different lists to play depending on the channel or the age group
> being targeted. (ie: #Philosophy wouldn't have much use for an ascii of a car .. 
> but give them one of a unicorn and watch them go.)
> All of my bots use the same mIRC scripts and aliases to play these pix on demand, and
> (dispite Microsoft's assertion to the contrary) they are always a favorite on line
> ...

big file eh? ;o)
Well...I have several aliases/remote for several things...and since I
kinda have a *LOT* of ASCII's ..collectings and self made...it would
take ages to add them all in the script...so...the randomizer is fine
with me ;o)

Anyways...I don't use ASCII Art too often on IRC anyways... :o/

C'ya :o)

*             Bjorn Bratli (aka DaSmurf)           *
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.----- On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 23:51:42 GMT, Bj�rn Bratli posted:
|I posted:
|
|>Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
|>to 'play' it into mIRC.
|
|It's "'play' to IRC" ..not mIRC ..mIRC is an IRC Client...
|That would be just as weird to say like:
|"I don't know what a newsgroup is,
|but I sometimes do talk to Netscape"
|Get the point here?=)
|
'----------------------------------------
Nurgle Nurgle Nurgle

The command tells mIRC (not IRC) to grab the file from the disk, read it line by
line and send it to the IRC (not mIRC) server keeping the delay specified by the
number (or 1000 by default), making sure that slashes etc are maintained.

I said 'mIRC' because:
1. That was the program that the question was about...
    "Duh!  Need info on putting ascii art into ***mIRC*** - again."
2. I was trying to communicate the fact that the command I gave was for mIRC and
may not work in other IRC clients.

I understand fully the difference between IRC and mIRC (and pIRCh, and internaut
chat etc. for that matter)... hell I have to explain this to me friends all the
time... they ask 'Will you be going on mIRC this weekend?' (DUH!) and I correct
them every time... some people never learn.

You can find an asciiart channel on IRC (not mIRC) on:

irc.sorcery.net port 9000
channel #asciiart

or, if you have an ActiveX/VBScript capable browser you can chat from
http://vibes.vossnet.co.uk/i/ighaig/ascchat.htm

But I chatted to you there a few weeks back, so I guess you knew that!

Byez,
Martin

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