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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art.animation, started 15 Apr 1994.
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Moving Ascii? Hmm!@#$%#$..

Moving Ascii? Hmm!@#$%#$..

alt.ascii-art.animation · 1 message · 15 Apr 1994
Minh Nguyen <mng...@mason1.gmu.edu> wrote in alt.ascii-art:
>   I have heard that there is some Ascii picture that actually move when
>you save it into ".plan" file and if whoever finger you, he/she will see
>that picute actually move on the screen. Is it true? if it is,can someone
>please show me how to get those pictures... Thanks in advance.

This is difficult, because 'finger' filters away the ESC character.
You would have to use ^H (backspace) and ^M (carriage return)
characters to manipulate your position on the line.

It would't take too much effort to make something simple though,
say -- a banner coming across the line.

-tor

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