Re: The Best way to make ASCII Art.

Tony Relyea wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:30:49 -0800, Randy Gardner wrote:
> 
> >hassel of learning ASCII codes and trying to use a text editor?
> 
WTF's an ASCII code?
> 
> American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
> 
> After all, this is alt.ascii.art.  An example code is ASCII code 1 (
) or
> ASCII code 2 ().  One way to do it in many text editors is to hit ALT-code
> (entered from the number pad).  Unfortunately, many people do not have access
> to a list of ASCII codes (there are, after all, 256).  Even I have a hard
> time remembering what they are.  That is why I created ASCIIART.  Using
> ASCIIART you can use the mouse and an ASCII pallette to "paint" your text
> pictures.
>         A couple of years ago, I was working on a game called Quest ][
> (http://www.tidalwave.net/~Shawg/ruw/games.html#quest2).  I needed to design
> a dozen or so city maps.  I elected to do it in text mode for various
> reasons.  After making the initial maps using MS-DOS Editor, I decided to
> make a program that would aid in the design of future maps.  The original
> program was rather small and simple.  I continued to add to it, and then
> redesigned it and called it ASCIIART.
>         The bottom line is this, don't knock it until you try it.  Just
> because you like using a text editor and using the cryptic code structure
> doesn't mean that someone else does.  What my program does is allow more
> people to be able to create good ASCII art.  If you don't want to use it then
> don't.  But don't assume that everyone else is obsessed with doing things the
> hard way.
> 
> Tony.
> http://www.tidalwave.net/~Shawg/ruw/
Dear Tony

I realy do not understand your problem with a cryptic code structure.
When I am typing this answer I use the keys on my keyboard to enter
the message. Somehow a program converts these keystrokes into characters
according to a ASCII conversion that are send to you via the web.
What I do know about this ASCII code is that a restricted set of
characters
will show the same on a large number of displays.
The fun of the game we are communication about is that we enjoy each
other 
by using these characters to make drawings.
Since the drawings that are made with the above mentioned set show up
the
same I know that what I see on my terminal will look the same on other
other terminals.
It is like communicating with other people in a predefined language.
If I use the vocabular that is agreed on I am shure the other
participants
will understand.
I agree that this wil restrict me. Maybee I rather would like to tell
you
something in an other language because it brings it better to the point.
Zoals je mischien wel zou kunnen begrijpen.
But by using these other characters not all of the participants can see
what I intended to show.
Maybe your program makes it easier to generate a drawing but I am proud
to show a drawing that I made without any drawing tool.

I don't assume that everyone else is obsessed with doing things the hard
way
but I also don't think that I am using a criptic code structure.

Have a lot of fun with your program,
I use the keyboard

Paul.
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