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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Apr 1999.
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Where can I find a program to draw in ascii?

Where can I find a program to draw in ascii?

alt.ascii-art · 6 messages · 23 Apr 1999 - 26 Apr 1999
Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 23 Apr 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <7fehdn$9vh$4...@enya.fciencias.unam.mx>

Read the FAQ???

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CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 23 Apr 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
Logaritmo [mx] writes
>    Thank you.
try Meph's Ascii Picture Editor version 4.x from
--->insert url

... i cannot tell what operating-system you are using unless OE4 is
only available for win95 upwards ?

if you are using Ms.windoze then try notepad.exe
if you are using Ms.dos then try edit.exe or edlin.exe
if you are using unix then try vi or emacs

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On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:33:35 +0100, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>Logaritmo [mx] writes
>>    Thank you.
>try Meph's Ascii Picture Editor version 4.x from
>--->insert url
>
>... i cannot tell what operating-system you are using unless OE4 is
>only available for win95 upwards ?
>
>if you are using Ms.windoze then try notepad.exe
>if you are using Ms.dos then try edit.exe or edlin.exe

You can't be serious?! If anyone tried using edlin for ascii
art they'd soon need to go and lie in a darkened room for an
hour! In fact I don't think it's even supplied on standard
Microsoft distribution media any more (although it is still
available on a supplementary "diehard disk" for people who
have trouble keeping up :-).

Borland Brief is a good screen editor for DOS, far better than
Microsoft's Edit junk. Unfortunately I don't think Brief is
supported any more. The only problem I have with Brief (using
v3) is the typamatic (repeat) functionality. This is apparently
not real-time based but just a crude processor loop; so whereas
it works fine on a 20 MHz 386, holding a key down for a fraction
too long on say a 250 MHz Pentium II adds, or worse still wipes,
about a megabyte of text. If anyone knows of a patch for this,
or a version that doesn't suffer from it, I'd be eternally,
leg-hugglingly grateful.

Perhaps the best solution is a product called Slick Edit, because
you can configure it to mimic almost any screen editor, including
Brief, Code View (I think?), Emacs, vi, etc. It works on DOS, OS/2,
and Windows.

>if you are using unix then try vi or emacs

Don't get me started on vi! Just thinking about the detestable
pile of poo makes my blood pressure rise, and I have to use the
wretched thing at work. emacs is far better, infinitely superior.

For vi bigots^H^H^H^H^H^H enthusiasts, and a few do exist, there
is a graphical (multi-colour, multi-window) version called "vim".
But this is a classic case of trying to make a silk purse out of
a sow's ear.

>
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Nice. It vaguely reminds me of the floating critter in
Commander Keen (one of the first PC games by ID Software).


Cheers

John R Ramsden  (j...@redmink.demon.co.uk)


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Zu Spunk1111 vom 23 Apr 1999 21:18:51 GMT:

>Read the FAQ???

This is one of the most frequently asked questions! ;-)

(SCNR)

Dieter
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CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 25 Apr 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
John R Ramsden writes
>On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:33:35 +0100, CJRandall <col...@shieldwolf.demon.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Logaritmo [mx] writes
>>>    Thank you.

>>try Meph's Ascii Picture Editor version 4.x 
it makes things like this easily ...
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http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/editor/_index.htm


-:-

i mostly use Notepad.exe supplied with Ms.Windows
other tools i use are 'Acidraw' and 'Webfilp'
and occasionally 'Textpad' and for colouring i use
Meph's editor4

>>if you are using Ms.dos then try edit.exe or edlin.exe
>
>You can't be serious?! If anyone tried using edlin for ascii
>art they'd soon need to go and lie in a darkened room for an
>hour! In fact I don't think it's even supplied on standard

i tried to describe standard tools possibly already installed

>
>Borland Brief is a good screen editor for DOS, far better than
>Microsoft's Edit junk. Unfortunately I don't think Brief is
>supported any more. The only problem I have with Brief (using
>v3) is the typamatic (repeat) functionality. This is apparently
[snip]
>or a version that doesn't suffer from it, I'd be eternally,
>leg-hugglingly grateful.

i have tried 'brief' ... there are many of that style
... perhaps you can find a programme to slow your machine

>Perhaps the best solution is a product called Slick Edit, because
>you can configure it to mimic almost any screen editor, including
>Brief, Code View (I think?), Emacs, vi, etc. It works on DOS, OS/2,
>and Windows.

..not seen it ... the editors i use for programming are
'vi' and 'emacs' on unix and 'pfe' on win95/nt

>
>>if you are using unix then try vi or emacs
>
>Don't get me started on vi! Just thinking about the detestable
>pile of poo makes my blood pressure rise, and I have to use the
>wretched thing at work. emacs is far better, infinitely superior.

i prefer 'emacs' to 'vi' but 'vi' comes as standard on unix these
days and i've worked with it for so long that it doesn't bug me


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Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 26 Apr 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 23:33:56 GMT, John R Ramsden posted:
|
|Nice. It vaguely reminds me of the floating critter in
|Commander Keen (one of the first PC games by ID Software).
|
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What about this?

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