Re: Duh! Need info on putting ascii art into mIRC - again.

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998 13:08:50 GMT, dilbertfan@usa.-dot-net (m allen
adams jr) wrote:

>�Put the ascii in a .txt file in your mIRC directory, and use /play filename.txt
>�to 'play' it into mIRC.

It's "'play' to IRC" ..not mIRC ..mIRC is an IRC Client...
That would be just as weird to say like:
"I don't know what a newsgroup is,
but I sometimes do talk to Netscape"
Get the point here?=)

>
>Make that "/play filename.txt 0" so that you don't get the big delay.  And make
>sure that you don't have any blank lines in your ASCII.

Yea...make sure everyone who tries will get disconnected as fast as
possible, then there wouldn't be so crowded there :o�

the command in mIRC (This is not the same command as in most other IRC
Clients) is: /play <#channel/nickname> dir-location\Filename Delay
The delay is counted in milliseconds, so if its a big file you should
at least set it at 2000ms!

Example, if you want to play a file in the channel #ASCIIArt, type:
/play #ASCIIArt filename.txt 2000

If you use this command in the active window (Let's say you're in
#ASCIIArt, and you use this command in that window as well) you dont
have to add where to play...

But if you are talking to someone else in private message/another
channel, you must have it there so mIRC know where to play it :o)

Let's make an 'easy to use' little script...to make everything more
simple: ;o)

Make a new Dir on your harddrive, for example, call it 'ascii'
Now, lets say you made a dir called c:\ascii
and in there it's a lot of ASCII Art...
then in your aliases (On your menu line at the top of the mIRC window,
Click on: "Tools | Aliases" or just press ALT+A)

Now add this line at the end of your aliases.ini:

asciidir { return c:\ASCII\ }
ascii.div { return $play $file="Choose an ASCII file" $asciidir\*.* }
Now you can make a popup menu, wich says 1: pick one, 2: random play.

First, put this in (Tools | popups) popups.ini, in both "channel"
and "Query/Chat":
ASCII Art

Then, 1: put this anywhere in (Tools | Popups) popups.ini
 (channel & Query):

.Pick an ASCII:{
  .set %asciifile $ascii.div
  if (%asciifile == $null) { halt }
  else { .play %asciifile 2000 }
  halt
}

Now...to make mIRC play randomly from the ASCII Art directory...(wich
is a 'little' more advanced than this first command) do this:
First, put this in aliases.ini (Tools | aliases or: ALT+A):

randomascii {
  inc %ainc
  :start
  .set %randomascii $findfile($asciidir,*.txt,%ainc) 
  if (%randomascii == $null) { halt }
  else { goto play }
  halt
  :play
  .play %randomascii 2000
  .set %playasc %randomascii
  .unset %randomascii
  inc %ainc
  halt
}


Put this anywhere in (Tools | popups) popups.ini (Channel & query)
(Under ".Pick an ASCII"):
.Play Random ASCII:{ .randomascii }

And now you're ready to 'Show Off' ;o)

BTW: This Random command will also search under directorys...
So if you for example have c:\ASCII\ and c:\ASCII\MyOwns\ and 
c:\ASCII\Unknowns
they will also be played...but when it comes to dirs with
long filename ...and spaces...those will not be played (not sure
about this in mIRC 5.3 and newer tho)

and another thing...that little random script i made ..it can ONLY
play 1 file type...don't work on (f.x.: *.asc,*.txt,*.vt) ..so..

Well...have fun =)
And if you do have questions about mIRC..or IRC in general..don't
hazitate to ask me...i bet there would be 99% chanse I know the
answere to your question ;o)

OBTW...tell me when you'll come to #ASCIIArt again... :o)

C'ya :o)

*             Bjorn Bratli (aka DaSmurf)           *
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