Re: "alt symbols"

In article <382...@earthling.net>, Veronica Karlsson
<aci...@earthling.net> wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> > Lauri Kangas <lkanga @ mbnet.fi> wrote:
> > > Krogg wrote:
> > > > You would be well advised to forget about alt+xxxx chars
[snip]
> > > The problem is that I'm making some ascii-art in our
> > > text adventure game (dos), and dos uses an AMERICAN
> > > keyboard. Ex. when i press � it gives you an \ or something.
> >
> > Lauri, you just proved Krogg's point. Do not press �. It isn't a
> > standard ASCII-character.
> 
> M|ybe L|ur} w|nts to h|ve some text }n F}nn}sh }n h}s g|me. Then not
> us}ng the letter � m}ght ru}n the whole pl|y}ng exper}ence by not be}ng
> |ble to use cert|}n letters (� }s | letter }n the Swed}sh |nd F}nn}sh
> |lph|bets). The quest}on does seem | b}t off-top}c }n th}s group though,
> s}nce we spec}f}c|lly do *not* w|nt to use those ch|r|cters. M|ybe |
> group th|t spec}f}es on DOS m}ght h|ve | more useful |nswer...

I was under the impression that Lauri was asking about the ASCII-art
that is used in the game. It didn't even occur to me to imagine that the
question had NOTHING at all to do with ASCII-art.

obASCIIart:

         ________
        /        \
       /_ ___ _  _\
      |(_` | / \|_)|
      |._) | \_/|  |
       \          /
        \________/
            ||
           /||
          / ||
         ,^^%---
         <\  \  Here is an 'alt symbol if you are Cockney....
         < \
         <
       ^^|\
  ejm    //




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