Re: Text Art Plus (plus thoughts about ascii searching)

Shimrod wrote:
> 
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
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> > http://futures.gold.ac.uk/IdeaBase/gorilla.html
> >         hmmm... a hit, but hideously disfigured to
> >         "save the children"
> 
> Well, actually the whole pic is there, but all leading spaces have
> been removed, and the <PRE> </PRE> tags weren't used. if you set
> your proportional font to Courier, it starts looking better already.
> 

It looked horrible! When I tried a non-proportional font Netscape still
removed the initial spaces:

(this is a part from around the face)

> 8888888888888888::88888::::::M88888888888888888888
> 88888888888888888:::88888:::::M888888888888888 8888
> 88888888888888888:::88888::::M::;o*M*o;888888888 88
> 88888888888888888:::8888:::::M:::::::::::88888888 8
> 88888888888888888::::88::::::M:;:::::::::::888888888
> 8888888888888888888:::8::::::M::aAa::::::::M8888888888 8
> 88 8888888888::88::::8::::M:::::::::::::888888888888888 8888
> 88 88888888888:::8:::::::::M::::::::::;::88:88888888888888888
> 8 8888888888888:::::::::::M::"@@@@@@@"::::8w8888888888888888
> 88888888888:888::::::::::M:::::"@a@":::::M8i888888888888888
> 8888888888::::88:::::::::M88:::::::::::::M88z88888888888888888
> 8888888888:::::8:::::::::M88888:::::::::MM888!888888888888888888
> 888888888:::::8:::::::::M8888888MAmmmAMVMM888*88888888 88888888
> 888888 M:::::::::::::::M888888888:::::::MM88888888888888 8888888

This looks less like the empty skin of the skinned Meriday - now it
looks like a sideways view of Meriday after falling from a high
building... (which version, skinned or crushed, you see in my example
above depends on what font you see it with...)

I tried the source code (if your news reader interprets html tags you
might not get the point here, what I see is html source code):

&gt;        88888888888888888:::88888:::::M888888888888888   8888<BR>
&gt;       88888888888888888:::88888::::M::&#59;o*M*o&#59;888888888   
88<BR>
&gt;      88888888888888888:::8888:::::M:::::::::::88888888    8<BR>
&gt;     88888888888888888::::88::::::M:&#59;:::::::::::888888888<BR>
&gt;    8888888888888888888:::8::::::M::aAa::::::::M8888888888      
8<BR>
&gt;    88   8888888888::88::::8::::M:::::::::::::888888888888888
8888<BR>
&gt;   88 
88888888888:::8:::::::::M::::::::::&#59;::88:88888888888888888<BR>
&gt;   8 
8888888888888:::::::::::M::&quot;@@@@@@@&quot;::::8w8888888888888888<BR>
&gt;   
88888888888:888::::::::::M:::::&quot;@a@&quot;:::::M8i888888888888888<BR>
&gt;  
8888888888::::88:::::::::M88:::::::::::::M88z88888888888888888<BR>
&gt; 
8888888888:::::8:::::::::M88888:::::::::MM888!888888888888888888<BR>
&gt;  888888888:::::8:::::::::M8888888MAmmmAMVMM888*88888888  
88888888<BR>
&gt;  888888 M:::::::::::::::M888888888:::::::MM88888888888888  
8888888<BR>

(the wrapping was added by the news program)

The only way I found to see this was to save the page, remove the <br>
on each line, add the <pre> and take it back into Netscape...

Another point: if you know what that picture is you probably already
have it in a file somewhere (or don't care too much about it), if you
don't you might not immediately get the idea to start messing about with
the source code... And I also don't see that that is a picture that
needs to be "hidden" from children anyway (even better - the only person
who would just sit down and play with something like would probably be a
ten-year-old child... just like those "child-proof" bottles that the
parents can't open but have to ask their children to open for them...)


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-- 
:)
Veronica Karlsson
( e93...@sm.luth.se  http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ )

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