Info: How to send Figlet output to a file

bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes:

>>: If I want to say "Hello, World" in script font I:
>>: echo "Hello, World" | figlet -f script
>>This does work, but it's a little difficult to get multi-line in one
>>file.
>>Try
>>figlet -f script
>>Hello World
>>^D
>>Then, to save to a file,
>>figlet -f script > text.file
>>This Text
>>Will be
>>figlitized 
>>in
>>text.file
>>^D
>>It's really up to you, whichever method you find easier.

>   Interesting, I'll have to put that in the longer FAQs.

Here's a vi macro that will figletise a line...

" @F   Expand Current Line with `Figlet'
:map @F !!figlet -c -f 

When you run this macro (with @F in command mode - note that
this is a "two-key" macro!), you can specify the font name on
the command line (or else the default one will be used).  The
current line will be figletised (and centered) when you press
return.

Add this to your EXINIT variable, or to your ~/.exrc file (but
beware that vi will ignore ~/.exrc if EXINIT is set).

You could add a series of macros to vi like this, with different
fonts, justification, smush modes and so on.

Automatic execution is possible by finishing the macro with a ^M
(done in vi by a control-V followed by Enter to produce a "hard"
control-M).

(Thanks to Anthony Thysson ant...@cit.gu.edu.au for the basis
of how to do this).

Cheers
Tony
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