Re: Beginner Questions
From Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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· 3 Apr 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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In article <01bc3fc6$db076260$ae532299@bo-s-computer>, Robert E Bomeisler <BoB...@msn.com> writes: > >As a beginner I am trying to understand the simplest way to create ASCII Art. I >use Internet Explorer 3.02 using Plain Text with MIME encoded text using "Quoted >Printable." Use typewriter ['courier' or 'monaco'] font. > >I can establish horizontal position either with the spacebar or the tab key. >Which is recommended? Spacebar. People may interpret tabs differently between machines. > >In Colin Douthwaite's "Warning Control Codes." he says that it should be >formatted with UUENCODE. Why is that? What happens if MIME encoded art is >posted? See this drawing below? It uses only standard 7bit ascii characters no funny � or whatever. No control codes for colour or animation or anything. If you have to do that, do it the same way you send gifs in email i.e. encoded to plain ascii text; but preferably don't do it. |~/ |~/ ~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~ P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | P O | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | O O | answers on alt.religion.scientology *---|_______________ @__o0 | O L |___&_http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk_________________________|/_______| L /clam/lynx/q0.html
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,f700561e83607980 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Beginner Questions Date: 1997/04/03 Message-ID: <D+I...@xemu.demon.co.uk>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 230457724 Distribution: world X-NNTP-Posting-Host: xemu.demon.co.uk References: <01bc3fc6$db076260$ae532299@bo-s-computer> Organization: 1st Canine Chapel of Bob Dobbs Dog (Church of the SubGenius) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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