Form or online ASCII art editor

Where can I find one to create online ASCII art for wikipedia (
http://www.wikipedia.org ), specially to create mollecule structure in ASCII
art format    .

Regards.

Pedro M. wrote:
> Where can I find one to create online ASCII art for wikipedia (
> http://www.wikipedia.org ), specially to create mollecule structure in ASCII
> art format    .

Do you need a tool specifically to draw molecules, or just to edit ASCII art?

An all-purpose tool which you may find useful is JavE (at http://www.jave.de/)
which is an advanced drawing program for ASCII art.

I would imagine that a general tool to draw molecules would be impossible,
as it would be difficult to anticipate the clearest way to draw a 3D molecule
in 2D. The best way to do this may be to post a couple of example molecules
to this group and see what people come up with.

Here's an example style which might be suitable for smaller molecules:

    H      H            H  H                                  
     \    /             |  |                                  
      C--C           H--C--C--O--H            H   O==N==O     
     / .. \             |  |                   \    /         
 H--C (  ) C--H         H  H            O       C--C    H     
     \ "" /             ethanol          \\    / .. \   |     
      C--C   H                             N--C (  ) C--C--H  
     /    \ /           H     O          //    \ "" /   |     
    H      C            |   //          O       C--C    H     
          / \        H--C--C                   /    \         
         H   H          |   \                 H   O==N==O     
                        H    O--H                             
  methylbenzene     ethanoic acid       trinitrotoluene (TNT) 

-- 
|  Harry Mason  | .------------. |    .___,    |"Whatever you do will be |
| University of | |  hjm200 @  | | ___('v')___ | insignificant. However, |
|  Southampton  | | zepler.net | | `"-\._./-"' | it is vitally important |
|    England    | '------------' | hjm ^ ^     | that you do it." Gandhi |

____     On 27 Aug 2003 10:22:53 GMT
\__/___  Harry Mason ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \
>|  Harry Mason  | .------------. |    .___,    |"Whatever you do will be |
>| University of | |  hjm200 @  | | ___('v')___ | insignificant. However, |
>|  Southampton  | | zepler.net | | `"-\._./-"' | it is vitally important |
>|    England    | '------------' | hjm ^ ^     | that you do it." Gandhi |

COOL BIRDY.
-- 
|    _             .\ ~~   _       ^~
|   <')_,/    ,  ;  .\   >(')__,  . ` '  ,
|   (_~=/   \._`.'.  .\   (_~_/         _,      _..-''-._,____,----,____
|    ='-     \=~_) ;  .\ ~^~~^~   ` (_~_/        `'--'`  `~~~~)_)=\_\-.(
|             -'=      .\    ~^~    ~^~~^~
ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net

Bateau wrote:
> ____     On 27 Aug 2003 10:22:53 GMT
> \__/___  Harry Mason ran through the
>  LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>      |   waving an axe and screaming:
>     / \
>>    .___,   
>> ___('v')___
>> `"-\._./-"'
>> hjm ^ ^    
> 
> COOL BIRDY.

Thanks... I think. I've seen what you do to birds:

> -- 
> |    _             .\ ~~   _       ^~
> |   <')_,/    ,  ;  .\   >(')__,  . ` '  ,
> |   (_~=/   \._`.'.  .\   (_~_/         _,      _..-''-._,____,----,____
> |    ='-     \=~_) ;  .\ ~^~~^~   ` (_~_/        `'--'`  `~~~~)_)=\_\-.(
> |             -'=      .\    ~^~    ~^~~^~
> ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net

:)

-- 
|  Harry Mason  | .------------. |    .___,    |"Whatever you do will be |
| University of | |  hjm200 @  | | ___('v')___ | insignificant. However, |
|  Southampton  | | zepler.net | | `"-\._./-"' | it is vitally important |
|    England    | '------------' | hjm ^ ^     | that you do it." Gandhi |