Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 24 Jul 1998.
A cartoon of mine
alt.ascii-art
· 7 messages · 24 Jul 1998 - 29 Jul 1998
Ooh, this did not work out well!!! Help, someone. :^( This looked good before!!!!!!!! -Sarah The Sorceress is Visited by the Multi Purpose Girl (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` No, that's ) ( '`'`'`'` beef stew ( ) `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` for dinner. ) ( Is this `'`'`'` / ( ) some kind of `'`'`' / ) ( magical potion, `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' / ( ) Sorceress? `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' ,~~;,~~.~~, ) ( / `'`'`' (`'` ` ` `, ( ) .~',~~~~. `'`'`' ~~``` ` ` ; ) ( ;,~'~~~~' `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' |@ , @ | , '; ( ) ; ;( *)*| `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' ' ( ' ` ; ) ( ;,;`.o.' _'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` `._o__/^;' '; ( ) ,~''~____._ /~~`'`'`'`'`'`'~~~\ ;..' ';.` ; ) ( /,; ,----`-` \___'`'`'`'`'`'___/ ' * _ ;.; ( ) \\; ; /#################\ \____/ ) ) ) ( .'' `, ,|###################|. \_____/ | \ ( ) ; ; (@)|/\#####|####)\###/(|(@) |______|\ \ ) ( ;...; (@) / |\#/(#)\##/ (/(/ | (@) / , \ |_) ( ) |\\ (@) |/ ) |/ (| / |/\ \ (@) | , \ ) ( _||\\_ (@)/__/__|___\_(__(__|_|(@) / ; | ( ) '--' '-' (@)smd (@) | , | ) ( (@)(@)(@)(@)(@)(@)(@) / ; | ( ) | , ; | ) ( / ; | ) |__'___^^_______^^ ) ( ~~ ~~ ( ) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sorceress gets an Award from the Newsgroup (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( ,~~;,~~.~~, I'd like to thank the Newsgroup..... ) (`'` ` ` `, / _____________ ) ( ~~``` ` ` ;/ |3 Birdstiens | ( ) |@ , @ | , '; | for | ) ( ' ( ' ` ; | Consisting | ( ) `._v__/^;' '; | of Standard | ) ( ;..' ';.` ; | Characters | ( ) ' * _ ;.;____/|_____________| ) ( \____/ ) )______/ ( ) \_____/__|_______ ) ( |____|smd | ( ) / | | ) ( | , | | ( ) / ; | | ) ( | | | ( ) / | | ) ( | , ;| | ( ) / ; | | ) ( |__'___^^____| | ( ) ~~ |__________| CHEER APPLAUD WHOOP ) (_____________________________________\_________/__________/______________( ) .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. ) ( | |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| | ( ) .`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`. ) ( | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sorceress Goofs Up a Fire-Lighting Spell (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( `'`'`'`''`'` ( ) `'`'smd'`',~~;,~~.~~, HELP! Get some water! OUCH! ) ( `'`'`'`'(`'` ` ` `, / My arm! OW! HELP! ( ) `'`'`' ~~``` ` ` ;/ ) ( `'`'` |@ , @ | , ';_ ( ) `'' ' ( ' ` ( ) ) ( `' `._D__/^;' ';/ ( ) /|)\/|;..' ';.` ;/ ) ( _./_/__\_' * ;.;/ ( ) (__________| ) )/ ) ( | | ( ) |______| ) ( / , \ ( ) | , \ ) ( / ; | ( ) | , | ) ( / ; | ( ) | , ; | ) ( / ; | ( ) |__'___^^_______^^ ) ( ~~ ~~ ( ) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sorceress Accidentally Summons a Boom Box Playing "Mmm Bop" (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( ,~~;,~~.~~, ( ) (`'` ` ` `, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! ) ( ~~``` ` ` ; / OH, THE TORTURE!!!!!!!!!! ( ) (|~ , ~ | , ';/ ) ( / ' ( '\` ; ( ) | |`._D__/| | '; ) ( \ ;..' '| | ; ( ) \' * \|; ) ( \ ) ) Mmm Bop! Doo wop bop, mmm !( ) | | ___________ ) ( |______| _|___________|_ ( ) / , \ | __ | ) ( | , \ |(@) |__| (@) | ( ) / ; | |smd____________| ) ( | , | ( ) / ; | ) ( | , ; | ( ) / ; | ) ( |__'___^^_______^^ ( ) ~~ ~~ ) ( ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sorceress Accidentally Teleports Herself to the Nearby Junior High (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ,~~~~. ) ( ;`'`'`'; We've got spirit, yes we do! ( ) ;;*( *;; / ) ( _.______;; @ ;;______. ( ) (_____ ___|| ||_______) ) ( ( \__/ ) ( ) ) ( ) ( / \ ( ) /________\ ) ( / / \ \ ( ) / / \ \ ) ( /_/ \_\ ( ) ( ) ( ) Oh, sheer joy! <sarcasm> ) ( ,~~~~. / / \ \ ,~~~~. | ( ) ;`'`'`'; | | ;`'`'`'; ,~~;,~~.~~, ) ( ;;*( *;; | | ;;*( *;; (`'` ` ` `, ( ) _.______;; @ ;; | | ;; @ ;;______._ ~~``` ` ` ; ) ( (________|| ||/ \|| ||________) |^ , ^ | , '; ( ) ( \__/ ) ( \__/ ) ' ( ' ` ; ) ( ) ( ) ( `._o__/^;' '; ( ) / \ / \ ;..' ';.` ; ) ( /________\ /________\ ' * _ ;.; ( ) / / \ \ / / \ \ \____/ ) ) ) ( / / \ \ / / \ \ \_____/ | \ ( ) _/_/ \_\_ _/_/ \_\_ |______|\ \ ) ( (___) (___) (___) (___) / , \ |_) ( ) | , \ ) ( / ; | ( ) | , | ) ( / ; | ( ) | , ; | ) ( / ; | ( ) |__'___^^_______^^ ) ( ~~ ~~ ( ) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sarah and Tony Day wrote: > > Ooh, this did not work out well!!! Help, someone. :^( This looked good > before!!!!!!!! > > -Sarah > > The Sorceress is Visited by the Multi Purpose Girl > > (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( > > ) '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` No, that's ) > > ( '`'`'`'` beef stew ( > [snip] !!/\ \ /|_| /\ /\ | | ---%^^^, \/\/ | | \/ /--\ . . / \/ > > >,^ /| ejm / \ Sorry Sarah, I can't begin to guess what you were trying to do. However, did you remember that your lines must be less than 72 characters long? ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7-- And are you using Outlook Express? Make sure that every line begins with a character (ie: NO SPACES at the beginnings of your lines). And of course, you didn't use tabs, right?? I hope one of these suggestions helps. NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- llizard aka ejm cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions ===%^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ " "
I did not use tabs, yes, a couple did start with spaces, and yes, I am using
outlook express. I can send you a word attatchement of it via email, in
there it looks like what it is supposed to be, but.....oh well.
-Sarah
"Sarah and Tony Day" <day...@uswest.net> writes: % Ooh, this did not work out well!!! Help, someone. :^( This looked % good before!!!!!!!! This doesn't look like the kind of errors you'd get if you used tabs instead of spaces. It looks like every set of one or more spaces got condensed into one space. What kind of newsreader are you using? What program did you make your picture in? (I'd say something like 'Did you type "sed 's/ */ /g' filename" instead of "cat filename"?', but I bet you're using a different operating system altogether. Well, it's funny regardless. Ha ha!) Also, the final result was double-spaced, which probably isn't right, either. It kinda reminds me of those Japanese puzzles where try to reconstruct a small bitmap given how many streaks of consecutive black pixels are in each row and column. I'll see if I can expand your spaces out right. % The Sorceress is Visited by the Multi Purpose Girl % % (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( % ) '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` No, that's ) % ( '`'`'`'` beef stew ( % ) `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` for dinner. ) % ( Is this `'`'`'` / ( % ) some kind of `'`'`' / ) % ( magical potion, `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' / ( % ) Sorceress? `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' ,~~;,~~.~~, ) % ( / `'`'`' (`'` ` ` `, ( % ) .~',~~~~. `'`'`' ~~``` ` ` ; ) % ( ;,~'~~~~' `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' |@ , @ | , '; ( % ) ; ;( *)*| `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' ' ( ' ` ; ) % ( ;,;`.o.' _'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'` `._o__/^;' '; ( % ) ,~''~____._ /~~`'`'`'`'`'`'~~~\ ;..' ';.` ; ) % ( /,; ,----`-` \___'`'`'`'`'`'___/ ' * _ ;.; ( % ) \\; ; /#################\ \____/ ) ) ) % ( .'' `, ,|###################|. \_____/ | \ ( % ) ; ; (@)|/\#####|####)\###/(|(@) |______|\ \ ) % ( ;...; (@) / |\#/(#)\##/ (/(/ | (@) / , \ |_) ( % ) |\\ (@) |/ ) |/ (| / |/\ \ (@) | , \ ) % ( _||\\_ (@)/__/__|___\_(__(__|_|(@) / ; | ( % ) '--' '-' (@)smd (@) | , | ) % ( (@)(@)(@)(@)(@)(@)(@) / ; | ( % ) | , ; | ) Oof. It's really not that easy; I'm sure I've severed poor Sorceress's head. --brian
Sarah and Tony Day wrote: > > Ooh, this did not work out well!!! Help, someone. :^( This looked good > before!!!!!!!! > > -Sarah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The Sorceress gets an Award from the Newsgroup (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( ,~~;,~~.~~, I'd like to thank the Newsgroup..... ) (`'` ` ` `, / _____________ ) ( ~~``` ` ` ;/ |3 Birdstiens | ( ) |@ , @ | , '; | for | ) ( ' ( ' ` ; | Consisting | ( ) `._v__/^;' '; | of Standard | ) ( ;..' ';.` ; | Characters | ( ) ' * _ ;.;____/|_____________| ) ( \____/ ) )______/ ( ) \_____/__|_______ ) ( |____| smd | ( ) / | | ) ( | , | | ( ) / ; | | ) ( | | | ( ) / | | ) ( | , ;| | ( ) / ; | | ) ( |__'___^^____| | ( ) ~~ |__________| CHEER APPLAUD WHOOP ) (_____________________________________\_________/__________/______________( ) .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. ) ( | |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| | ( ) .`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`. ) ( | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Sorceress Goofs Up a Fire-Lighting Spell > (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( `'`'`'`''`'` ( ) `'`'smd'`',~~;,~~.~~, HELP! Get some water! OUCH! ) ( `'`'`'`'(`'` ` ` `, / My arm! OW! HELP! ( ) `'`'`' ~~``` ` ` ;/ ) ( `'`'` |@ , @ | , ';_ ( ) `'' ' ( ' ` ( ) ) ( `' `._D__/^;' ';/ ( ) /|)\/|;..' ';.` ;/ ) ( _./_/__\_' * ;.;/ ( ) (__________| ) )/ ) ( | | ( ) |______| ) ( / , \ ( ) | , \ ) ( / ; | ( ) | , | ) ( / ; | ( ) | , ; | ) ( / ; | ( ) |__'___^^_______^^ ) ( ~~ ~~ ( ) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Sorceress Accidentally Summons a Boom Box Playing "Mmm Bop" > (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( ) ) ( ,~~;,~~.~~, ( ) (`'` ` ` `, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! ) ( ~~``` ` ` ; / OH, THE TORTURE!!!!!!!!!! ( ) (|~ , ~ | , ';/ ) ( / ' ( '\` ; ( ) | `._D__/| | '; ) ( \ ;..' ' | | ; ( ) \ ' * \ |; ) ( \ ) ) Mmm Bop! Doo wop bop, mmm! ( ) | | ___________ ) ( |______| _|___________|_ ( ) / , \ | __ | ) ( | , \ | (@) |__| (@) | ( ) / ; | |smd____________| ) ( | , | ( ) / ; | ) ( | , ; | ( ) / ; | ) ( |__'___^^_______^^ ( ) ~~ ~~ ) ( ( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Bock And...@erl9.siemens.de ------------ Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes. ------------
Andreas Bock wrote: > > Sarah and Tony Day wrote: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Sorceress gets an Award from the Newsgroup > (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~( > ) I'd like to thank ) > ( That's cute! ,~~;,~~.~~, the Newsgroup...... ( > ) I can be cute, too! (`'` ` ` `, / _____________ ) > ( I can lift my leg ... ~~``` ` ` ;/ |3 Birdstiens | ( > ) Oops! |@ , @ | , '; | for | ) > ( / ' ( ' ` ; | Consisting | ( > ) .oo `._v__/^;' '; | of Standard | ) > ( ( -) ;..' ';.` ; | Characters | ( > ) '` " ' * _ ;.;____/|_____________| ) > ( '. \____/ ) )______/ ( > ) ' \_____/__|_______ ) > ( ' |____| smd | ( > ) ' / | | ) > ( | , | | ( > ) / ; | | ) > ( | | | ( > ) / | | ) > ( | , ;| | ( > ) / ; | | ) > ( |__'___^^____| | ( > ) ~~ |__________| CHEER APPLAUD WHOOP ) > (_______________________________\_________/__________/______________( > ) .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. .`. ) > ( | |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| | ( > ) .`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`.| |.`. ) > ( | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ( > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================================ [] [] [] /( )\ Visit the Gallery of the 'steins! [] [] ( "> <" ) http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/ [] [] (> )><( <) Woodpeckersteins dancing the boogie-woogie [] [] ^^ ^^ [] ================================================================
In article <35b...@news2.uswest.net>, "Sarah and Tony Day" <day...@uswest.net> wrote: > > I did not use tabs, yes, a couple did start with spaces, and yes, I am using > outlook express. I can send you a word attatchement of it via email, in > there it looks like what it is supposed to be, but.....oh well. > -Sarah Sarah, don't you have a simple text editor that you can use instead of word? I went into Dejanews Power search (http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml) to find the answers I am about to post. Here is a list of text editors (from Martin's extensive list) I can't remember if you use Windows95 or a MacIntosh so here is a list of editors for both of those. ---------------------BEGIN QUOTE: Windows95: Notepad (Comes with Windows!) EDIT.COM (Comes with windows!) MicroEMACS EditPad PFE32 UltraEdit (www.ultraedit.com) TextPad (www.textpad.com - shareware) [snip] AppleMac: Nisus SimpleText (included with MacOS) TeachText (included with MacOS) Saint Edit (shareware $10) BBEdit (commercial but free light version is available) Tex-Edit Plus (shareware) END QUOTE----------------------- And here is another excerpt from one of Martin's posts about Outlook Express. ---------------------BEGIN QUOTE: Are you using Outlook Express? Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided that noone ever needs a single space at the start of a line, so they made Outlook Express zap it when the message is displayed. In the following examples, assume the line of 'i' is the left margin, as if I used the true margin outlook express would just zap the lines! With a 'normal' newsreader: i ||||| i| o o | i| > | i| \_/ | i \___/ With Outlook Express: i||||| i| o o | i| > | i| \_/ | i\___/ [...] ||||| | o o | | > | .-- Indent a pic a couple hundred miles and it`s fine! | \_/ | --' \___/ __| |__ END QUOTE----------------------- So remember, Sarah, always have more than one space at the beginnings of your lines and don't make your lines more than 72 characters long. I hope this helps because I have really liked seeing the drawings that you have successfully posted. NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ Dejanews is so handy! --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
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