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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 25 Sep 2003.
Re: How to create cool ascii-folders for FTP???

Re: How to create cool ascii-folders for FTP???

Peter Winter <Wiz...@freenet.de> writes
>Hey everyone! i want to create cool folder-names for my ftp-server,
>something lke this: "_.:':._Counter-Strike"_.:':._"! Does anyone know a site
>where i can see a tutorial/howto which explains how to create more than
>this? And i want to use characters that are not "standard" like
>"o?��\??�+?�?��?i�?q �i�~?y!˥�" and so on!
>
>This would be very great! Thx for your support!
>
hi ...

one of the reasons why few people use 'shell' chars
or 'extended' char-set glyphs in their filenames is
so all operating systems can read and interpret the
information for display (in a sensible manner)

for example:    "_.:':._Counter-Strike"_.:':._"!

m$.windows would bleat about that folder name because
it has three (3) quote chars in it
any of  \ / : * ? " < > | are not permitted
however ... 
it is possible to do something like:  ,.+~](o)[=..
as a file or folder name with win32 - other operating
systems may see it differently tho'

the extended char-set is different in every font

consider ...
does everyone that has access to your FTP server use
the *same* FTP program with the *same* font ?

alternatively ...
provide an HTML index page where you can use those
extended chars as folder/filename links to normal
filenames
-- 
    __ ___ ___
:::/  |_  | . )::
::( (-| | |  <:::
:::\__|___|_|_\::

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