Re: Text editor

_.-In alt.ascii-art, Anton wrote the following -._
> -+---+---+---+     -+---+---+---+---+   I wonder how do you plan to
>  |   |   |  (       |   |   |   |  (    check if B is really hidden
> -+---+---+---\     -+---+---+---+---\   behind A for the given unit F.
>  |   | B |    )     |   | B |   |    )  In the first picture all the
> -+---+---+---/     -+---+---+---+---/   three units are arranged along a
>  |   | A |  (       |   | A |   |  (    vertical line and B is certainly
> -+---+---+---\     -+---+---+---+---\   hidden.
>  |   |   |    )     |   |   |   |    )
> -+---+---+---/     -+---+---+---+---/   But in the picture at right F
>  |   |   |  (       |   |   |   |  (    has moved one cell to the right.
> -+---+---+---\     -+---+---+---+---\   And what? Can it see B now?
>  |   | F |    )     |   |   | F |    )
> -+---+---+---/     -+---+---+---+---/   And will you take into account
>  |   |   |  (       |   |   |   |  (    that a single light infatryman
> -+---+---+---+     -+---+---+---+---+   can't hide a siege tank?


-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    
-+---+---+---+      -+---+---+---+
 |   |   |           |   |   |    

I created the above with emaces.  You can hand edit the rest of it.  I
just drew the first two lines while recording in a macro and repeated
it.  Below is the recorded macro: 

-+			;; self-insert-command * 2
3*---+			;; self-insert-command * 4
NUL			;; set-mark-command
C-a			;; beginning-of-line
ESC w			;; kill-ring-save
C-e			;; end-of-line
6*SPC			;; self-insert-command
C-y			;; yank
C-a			;; beginning-of-line
C-n			;; next-line
2*SPC			;; self-insert-command
C-b			;; backward-char
|			;; self-insert-command
3*SPC			;; self-insert-command
|			;; self-insert-command
3*SPC			;; self-insert-command
|			;; self-insert-command
3*SPC			;; self-insert-command
C-a			;; beginning-of-line
C-k			;; kill-line
C-y			;; yank
7*SPC			;; self-insert-command
C-y			;; yank
C-a			;; beginning-of-line
12*C-f			;; forward-char
C-d			;; delete-char
C-a			;; beginning-of-line
C-n			;; next-line

From there I just ran the macro a few times.  You don't need to ever
see the macro when doing this but you can and you can edit it manually
if you want.  But based the examples you have provided I would
recomend a two prong attack.  Create the root ascii in something like
Jave (which someone posted a link to earlier) and then use an ascii
friendly editor like emacs or (el)vi(m|s).  

> +-----------------------------------+  ... Plus all the standart things like      
> �     �             b[j]            �      - Paragraph styles, including          
> �a[i] �-----------------------------�        - Left and right margins             
> �     �1    �1    �1    �1    �1    �        - Indenation by virtue of tabulation 
> �-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----�        - Justification                      
> �1    �4    �3    �2    �1    �0    �        ...                                  
> +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----�      Text tables (see on the left), which                            
> �1    �0*   �1    �2    �3    �4    �      should be hanled automatically allowing
> +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----�      to edit them easily.
> �1    �1    �2    �0    �1    �3    �
> +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----�      Yeah it may seen that I need some analog of
> �1    �1    �4    �3    �0    �2    �      a word processor for preformatted text...
> +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----�
> �1    �1    �0    �4    �2    �3    �
> +-----------------------------------+ 

One of those isn't an ascii char just for the record.




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