Re: hi From newbie

Carol <lmy...@epix.net> wrote:
> I would like to try ascii art. I read the FAQ, and read the tutorials
> here (thanks) I just want to make sure which is better. Should I try to
> draw with dos or notepad? Someone gave me a program for coloring the art
> for irc, called UltrAsc that I cannot figure out.
[snip]
> So what I am asking...whats is a easier way to start as a beginner? dos?
> or notepad, and should I just get rid of this color program?
>                        Thanks in advance
>                         Carol

I use Notepad. I suspect any text editor will do, as long as you use a
fixed width font like Courier. And you don't have to get rid of the
colour program yet; just shelve it for now. (And Never, Never, post your
colour codes in the newsgroup.)

I have coloured things for mIRC and got a long chart from someone there.
Here is a modified shortened version that might help you use your
program. I have changed the control characters to "[]" so as not to
annoy people unduly.

------------------------------------
	         USING COLORS IN mIRC 4.7

When you want to "colorize" something, you can copy the desired
code from the chart and paste it where you want in your text file.

* * * * *  CODE CHART * * * * *

0=[]0white[]   []0
1=[]1black[]   []1
2=[]2navy[]  []2
3=[]3green[]   []3
4=[]4red[]   []4
5=[]5brown[]   []5
6=[]6purple[]   []6
7=[]7orange[]   []7
8=[]8yellow[]   []8
9=[]9lime[]   []9
10=[]10teal[]   []10
11=[]11aqua[]   []11
12=[]12blue[]   []12
13=[]13pink[]   []13
14=[]14dark grey[]   []14
15=[]15light grey[]   []15

Start color code   []
EndColorCode   []

[]bold[]       []   <-start end->  []
[]underline[]   []   <-start end->  []
[]reverse[]    []   <-start end->  []
[]plaintext[]   []   <-start end->  []

    ----------------------------

***Colorizing a text file (ascii art)

Open the text file: (using llizard as example)

These colours are GREAT!                     |
                                             |
      ha                           ,^        |
         ha  -----%^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          |
           ha ha /    "    "                 |
ejm97           /                            |
                                             |

Make sure your drawing has enough spaces after each line to make
it into a rectangle. The lines I put in at the end of each line
are only there to show how far the spaces go. You don't need to
put them in.

To make the background black, put "[]1,1" at the beginning of
each line. If you wanted to make it navy blue, you would put
"[]2,2". To make the first "ha" red, put []4 before it. Then to
make the tail green,  put a []3 just before the characters for
the tail. If you have put a verticle line at the end of your
rectangle to help you see where your drawing should end, put a
[]1 before it to make it black (the same colour as your background)

[]1,1[]14These colours []14are
[]8G[]7R[]4E[]6A[]12T[]0!                     []1|
[]1,1                                             |
[]1,1      []4ha                           []3,^        []1|
[]1,1         []4ha  []3-----[]11%[]3^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^          []1|
[]1,1           []4ha ha []3/    "    "                 []1|
[]1,1[]14ejm97           []3/                            []1|
[]1,1                                             |

Adding color code *seems* to distort the picture, especially when
you change colors on one line, as done here on line three for the
"ha", nose, eyes and body.  But when you run it in mIRC, it will
still look like the original llizard --but coloured.

Save the file.  Use the /play command to send it to the chat
screen. (If file is saved as llizard.txt, in C:\mirc, the command
would be: /play C:\mirc\llizard.txt

Hope this helps you. Have fun and don't make your drawings too
wide or too many lines or you will get horrible distortion. If
you colour somebody else's drawings, make sure you colour and
leave their initials in.



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    |_____|   __ >  \ yes, yes, I'll get right to it....
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    [_____]    __>,^               llizard aka ejm
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