Re: Nerd Boy - Fan Art

> Be patient for one or two more weeks. For your impatience I will send
> you a note when I have finished a prerelease version.

OK.

> > > One more thing missing is this: Pressing a key when having a selection
> > > should replace the selection and enter the typed key. That's already  on
> > > my list for the next release.
> >
> > Will it write just one char or will it fill the selection with the char?
>
> Just one character as expected.

I'm still undecided about that .. because you don't see the cursor when you have
selected something so it's harder to determine where the char will be written ..
and you could count the entire selection as a sort of cursor.

> > Oh .. btw I dont like the overwrite cursor .. In window the overwrite cursor
in normally a
> > big blinking box .. i'm used to that - seeing a underscore seems weird to me
and I have
> > trouble getting used to it.
>
> I think I will add an option to switch the style for the cursor.

Good.

>I kind of like the underline cursor.

Your preference.

> > I have seen some good perspective ascii-drawings lately and I just got an
idea : how about
> > some tools/functions that helped making perspective drawings ?
> >
> > One idea could be to use the watermark code to draw perspective lines you
could use to
> > line up things correctly.
>
> I have already thought about that some months ago: A watermark layer
> where you can draw/move/modify lines. I think I will implement it.

Good idea.
I thought of a sort of wizard that created lines for you.
You set the vanishing point and the FOV ( field of vision )


      / \
     /   \
    /     \
   /       \
  /         \
 /           \



> > If the compress tool could both enlarge and compress and do it in other
intervals than
> > just half/double the size it ccould be helpful for this too
>
> I knew somone would ask for that :-) I have integrated this feature in
> the last minute before release and so it is quite primitive - just about
> enough for a proof of concept.

Good .. a proof of concept is needed to develop it further.

> Ok, for the other comments: I will think about it.

I forgot one thing ..
I want MY line drawing style in the program too !
VK, Glory and Henry Segerman have theirs in it .. I want mine too.

You have already seen it .. The "How to draw ASCII shapes and lines" tutorial.
Actually there are two variations to it .. the upper and lower.

Quote from the tutorial :
"
[Sun of directions]

My "Sun of directions"

It shows my (CeeJay) favourite linestyles

The first number is the change in the X value.
The second number is the change in the Y value.

Note that the lines in the upper half of the sun
differs from the ones in the lower half.
I prefer the ones in the upper half but there are
different lines for different occasions.

                                 1/3  |  1/3
                             1/2  |   |   |  1/2
                      1/1     |   |   |   |   |     1/1
                  3/2   \     `.  `.  |  ,'  ,'     /    3/2
             2/1   \     \     |   |  |  |   |     /     /   2/1
               .    `.    \    `.  |  |  |  ,'    /    ,'    ,
         3/1    `.    \    \    |  `. | ,'  |    /    /    ,"    3/1
           .      `.   `.   \   `.  | | |  ,'   /   ,'   ,"      ,
     4/1    `-.     `.   \   \   |  | | |  |   /   /   ,"     ,-"    4/1
        -._    `-.    `.  `.  \  `. `.|,' ,'  /  ,'  ,"    ,-"    _.-
   5/1     `-._   `-.   `.  \  \  |  |||  |  /  /  ,"   ,-"   _.-"     5/1
      `--._    `-._  `-.  `. `. \ `. ||| ,' / ,' ,"  ,-"  _.-"    _.--"
  6/1.__   `--._   `-._ `-. `. \             / ," ,-" _.-"   _.--"   __.6/1
        `--.__  `--._  `-._`        _____        "_.-"  _.--"  __.--"
 7/1 `--..__  `--.__ `--._       .-'     `-.       _.--" __.--"  __..--" 7/1
    --..__  `--..__ `--.__     ,'           `.     __.--" __..--"  __..--
 8/1      ``--..__ `--..__    /    _     _    \    __..--" __..--'"      8/1
                  ``--..__   ;    (_)   (_)    :   __..--'"
  -----------------------    |                 |   ------------------------
                  ..--''""   :    |       |    ;   ""``--..
 8/1      ..--''"" .--''""    \    `.___.'    /    ""``--. ""``--..      8/1
    --''""  .--''"" .--'""     `.           ,'     ""`--. ""``--.  ""``--
 7/1 .--''""  .--'""  ,--'       `-._____.-' CJ    ``--. ""`--.  ""``--. 7/1
        .--'""   ,--'" _,-".                     . `-._ ``--.  ""`--.
  6/1'""    ,--'"  _,-" .-' ,' /             \ `. `-.  `-._  ``--.   ""`6/1
       ,--'"   _,-"  .-'  ,' .' / .' ||| `. \ `. `.  `-.   `-._   ``--.
   5/1"    _,-"   .-'   ,'  /  /  |  |||  |  \  \  `.   `-.    `-._    5/1
        ,-"    .-'    ,'  .'  /  .' .'|`. `.  \  `.  `.    `-.     `-.
     4/1    .-'     ,'   /   /   |  | | |  |   \   \   `.     `-.     4/1
           '      ,'   .'   /   .'  | | |  `.   \   `.   `.      `
        3/1     ,'    /    /    |  .' | `.  |    \    \    `.     3/1
               '    .'    /    .'  |  |  |  `.    \    `.    `
             2/1   /     /     |   |  |  |   |     \     \    2/1
                 3/2    /     .'  .'  |  `.  `.     \    3/2
                      1/1     |   |   |   |   |     1/1
                            1/2   |   |   |   1/2
                                 1/3  |  1/3
"

Please include it.

I was also going to point out that the link to the ascii-art FAQ on your webpage
is broken, but I was wrong .. it's not broken It's merely that Joans page "have
exceeded its allocated data transfer"
In other words it used up more bandwidth than Geocities would allow .. most
likely because it is so popular.
.. and probably also because she likes to adorn the page with lots of graphics
and java .. which strike me as a bit out of place since most ascii-artists are
minimalists in some form.

Sincerly
CeeJay