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ASCII Editor for inserting Text in Borders
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 10 Dec 1998 - 13 Dec 1998
********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** *** Does anyone know of a text editor that will insert text into *** *** borders without splitting single words between two lines? It *** *** would optimally need to be configured to, perhaps, take either *** *** a text file or clipboard contents and format them to word-wrap *** *** at a predefined width to fit the text inside the boundaries of *** *** the border, such as I've done here by hand. *** ********************************************************************** * * ********************************************************************** *** What would be even better is if it could detect breaks in *** *** paragraphs and split them up such as I've done here. And it *** *** would be nice if one could create modular border creations *** *** which could be assembled to form boxes. If the paragraph is *** *** six lines long, then six lines of side border would be added *** *** to accommodate, along with borders for the top and bottom of *** *** the paragraph. :) *** ********************************************************************** * * ********************************************************************** *** My whole mission is to basically post messages with ASCII art *** *** throughout, especially in response to people who enjoy posting *** *** messages in HTML. I figure ASCII art is likely to scramble on *** *** their screen and it will give me an excuse and valid argument *** *** in favor of ASCII. Besides, cool borders make messages more *** *** fun and interesting to read, they don't take any more time to *** *** download than a regular message, and it's fun on my end as *** *** well. I tried the ASCII EDITOR mentioned in the previous *** *** article <74jt0e$tp...@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> but it didn't seem *** *** to have the function of inserting text into a border such as *** *** this, and it breaks words between lines. Thanks for any info. *** ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** -- _______ _ _ _ (_______) (_) | | | | _____ _ ____ ____ _ | | ____ ____ ____ | | _ ____ | ___) | | / ___) / _ ) / || | / ___) / _ | / _ | | | / ) / _ ) | | | | | | ( (/ / ( (_| | | | ( ( | | ( ( | | | |< ( ( (/ / |_| |_| |_| \____) \____| |_| \_||_| \_||_| |_| \_) \____)
Firedraake <fir...@earthlink.net> writes: >********************************************************************** >********************************************************************** >*** Does anyone know of a text editor that will insert text into *** >*** borders without splitting single words between two lines? I've never heard of one, but if there WAS such a proggie I'd be very interested. Especially if it could be used with ppl's own borders. I use my own borders, and at the minute I have to put text in by hand, and I don't find it very difficult: it's a little bit more effort than normal, but worth it for the effect. :-) If you're interested in e-mail borders btw, you might want to have a look at www.xs4all.nl/~klr/border.html ........ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: :: :: .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. :: :: ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) :: :: .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. :: :: /{\ .--. oO ,\ /{\ .--. oO ,\ /<\ .--. oO ,\ /{\ .--. oO ,\ :: ::| < ><<_ 9}'.%` || ( ><[_ 6}'.%` || { ><<_>o}'.%` || }>< _>d}'.%` |:: ::| {/%,`--' `&' || {/%,`--' `&' || </%,`--' `&' || {/%,`--' `&' |:: :: \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' :: :: .-"""""-. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .-"""""-. :: :: ((' `)) :: :: ((' `)) :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: //\ .--. oO ,\ :: :: /{\ .--. oO ,\ :: ::| >~><<_)b}'.%` |:: .....that has stuff like ::| {=><<_ @}'.%` |:: ::| \/%,`--' `&' |:: ::| {/%,`--' `&' |:: :: \ `&' `%' / :: this..... but you'll still :: \ `&' `&' / :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `"""""""' :: have to put all the text in :: `"""""""' :: :: .-"""""-. :: :: .-"""""-. :: :: ((' `)) :: by hand! :-) :: ((' `)) :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: /<\ .--. oO ,\ :: :: /|\ .--. oO ,\ :: ::| { ><<} q}'.%` |:: ::| } )<_> 9}'.%` |:: ::| </%,`--' `&' |:: ::| |/%,`--' `&' |:: :: \ `&' `%' / :: :: \ `&' `%' / :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `"""""""' :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: `"""""""' :: :: .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. :: :: ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) :: :: .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. :: :: /[\ .--. oO ,\ /7\ .--. oO ,\ //\ .--. oO ,\ /(\ .--. oO ,\ :: ::| [ ><<} @}'.%` || 7 >(<_ o}'.%` || > >< _>6}'.%` || ( ><<} g}'.%` |:: ::| [/%,`--' `&' || 7/%,`--' `&' || \/%,`--' `v' || (/%,`--' `&' |:: :: \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: hjw -- .................................................................... : _>-. ____ .-<_ |_| _ | _ | | _ |_ _ _ _ |_ _ | | : : >-.\.-'____`-./ ,< | |(_|\/|(/_\/ |/\|(_||\(/_| |/ )| |(_||/\| : : .','"\__/"`.`<_,-, -----/-----/------------------------------ : : _/ / \_/ \_/ \! (D\ Crawl over to Flump's Ascii Collection : : \ \_/ \__/ \_/!_ (D/ www.xs4all.nl/~klr : : `.`../__\,.'.< `-` ----------------------------------------- : : _>-'/`-.____.-'\ `<_ "All animals are equal but some animals : : >-' `-< are more equal than others." -George Orwell : :...................................................................:
>Subject: Re: ASCII Editor for inserting Text in Borders >From: flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone (Hayley Jane Wakenshaw) >Date: 12/10/98 6:10 PM Eastern Standard Time >Message-id: <764...@hugbear.NL.net> > >Firedraake <fir...@earthlink.net> writes: >>********************************************************************** >>********************************************************************** >>*** Does anyone know of a text editor that will insert text into *** >>*** borders without splitting single words between two lines? > >I've never heard of one, but if there WAS such a proggie >I'd be very interested. Especially if it could be used with >ppl's own borders. I use my own borders, and at the minute >I have to put text in by hand, and I don't find it very >difficult: it's a little bit more effort than normal, but >worth it for the effect. :-) I sound like a broken record here, but, Email Effects (WIN95) does that. I should have stock in that product by now. :) Copy and paste your border into EE and then copy your text, select the area inside the border you want the text to be and then select paste inside that selected area. >If you're interested in e-mail borders btw, you might want >to have a look at www.xs4all.nl/~klr/border.html ........ > >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >:: :: >:: .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. :: >:: ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) :: >:: .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. :: >:: /{\ .--. oO ,\ /{\ .--. oO ,\ /<\ .--. oO ,\ /{\ .--. oO ,\ :: >::| < ><<_ 9}'.%` || ( ><[_ 6}'.%` || { ><<_>o}'.%` || }>< _>d}'.%` |:: >::| {/%,`--' `&' || {/%,`--' `&' || </%,`--' `&' || {/%,`--' `&' |:: >:: \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / :: >:: `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' :: >:: `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' :: >:: .-"""""-. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .-"""""-. :: >:: ((' `)) :: :: ((' `)) :: >:: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: >:: //\ .--. oO ,\ :: :: /{\ .--. oO ,\ :: >::| >~><<_)b}'.%` |:: .....that has stuff like ::| {=><<_ @}'.%` |:: >::| \/%,`--' `&' |:: ::| {/%,`--' `&' |:: >:: \ `&' `%' / :: this..... but you'll still :: \ `&' `&' / :: >:: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: >:: `"""""""' :: have to put all the text in :: `"""""""' :: >:: .-"""""-. :: :: .-"""""-. :: >:: ((' `)) :: by hand! :-) :: ((' `)) :: >:: .'`-.....-'`. :: :: .'`-.....-'`. :: >:: /<\ .--. oO ,\ :: :: /|\ .--. oO ,\ :: >::| { ><<} q}'.%` |:: ::| } )<_> 9}'.%` |:: >::| </%,`--' `&' |:: ::| |/%,`--' `&' |:: >:: \ `&' `%' / :: :: \ `&' `%' / :: >:: `..:%.:::.7.' :: :: `..:%.:::.7.' :: >:: `"""""""' :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: `"""""""' :: >:: .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. .-"""""-. :: >:: ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) ((' `)) :: >:: .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. .'`-.....-'`. :: >:: /[\ .--. oO ,\ /7\ .--. oO ,\ //\ .--. oO ,\ /(\ .--. oO ,\ :: >::| [ ><<} @}'.%` || 7 >(<_ o}'.%` || > >< _>6}'.%` || ( ><<} g}'.%` |:: >::| [/%,`--' `&' || 7/%,`--' `&' || \/%,`--' `v' || (/%,`--' `&' |:: >:: \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / \ `&' `%' / :: >:: `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' `..:%.:::.7.' :: >:: `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' `"""""""' :: >:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -- .-~~-. (_^..^_) Lester||||AMC *Mythos Online : Internet Magazine of Lovecraftian Horror - Dead Alice* http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/redlion/157/deadal.htm *Visit my web page ANSI/ASCII* http://members.aol.com/lester5374/
>********************************************************************** >********************************************************************** >*** Does anyone know of a text editor that will insert text into *** >*** borders without splitting single words between two lines? It *** >*** would optimally need to be configured to, perhaps, take either *** >*** a text file or clipboard contents and format them to word-wrap *** >*** at a predefined width to fit the text inside the boundaries of *** >*** the border, such as I've done here by hand. *** ______________________________________________ / :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) II (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: \ |???__________________________________________???| |??/ \??| |?| You could insert a text file in a |?| |?| selected area by 'ASCII Editor'. The |?| |?| program word-wraps automatically at the |?| |?| end of the selected area without |?| |?| splitting the words. Additionally you |?| |?| can center the text in the border. |?| |?| |?| |?| The program has some painting functions |?| |?| and it's easy to define your own |?| |?| borders. You can always use this borders |?| |?| to insert a text (or a ASCII picture). |?| |?| |?| |?| Example: 1.) create a own border or use |?| |?| the rectangle function. 2.) mark the |?| |?| empty area in the border. 3.) Press the |?| |?| 'Import Text in Selection' button and |?| |?| choose a textfile. |?| |?| |?| |?| This text was made with the program. |?| |?| |?| |?| There is a posting about ASCII Editor in |?| |?| this newsgroup with more informations. |?| |?| |?| |?| \\\/// |?| |?| / oo \ |?| |?| ( \__/ ) |?| |?| \____/ |?| |..\__________________________________________/..| |................................................| \______________________________________________/ Download ASCII Editor at: http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/editor/_index.htm +===================================================+ ,,,,, I _,,,_ __ __ ___ ___ _ _ I.|_ _|. I / o o \ |M \/ M| |E__| |P_ \ | || | ASCII I(| O-O |) I > � < | |\/| | | _| | _/ | HH | & more I | I | I \_\_/_/ |_| |_| |E__| |_P |_||_| ~~~~~~ I | \_/ | I I \___/ I http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/ascii.htm I I I I \_M_/ I http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/index.html I W +===================================================+ _/ \_
Cool. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. :) "Meph" <UZS...@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> posted: <74r698$f8...@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> > ______________________________________________ > / :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) II (-: (-: (-: (-: (-: \ > |???__________________________________________???| > |??/ \??| > |?| You could insert a text file in a |?| > |?| selected area by 'ASCII Editor'. The |?| > |?| program word-wraps automatically at the |?| > |?| end of the selected area without |?| > |?| splitting the words. Additionally you |?| > |?| can center the text in the border. |?| > |?| |?| > |?| The program has some painting functions |?| > |?| and it's easy to define your own |?| > |?| borders. You can always use this borders |?| > |?| to insert a text (or a ASCII picture). |?| > |?| |?| > |?| Example: 1.) create a own border or use |?| > |?| the rectangle function. 2.) mark the |?| > |?| empty area in the border. 3.) Press the |?| > |?| 'Import Text in Selection' button and |?| > |?| choose a textfile. |?| > |?| |?| > |?| This text was made with the program. |?| > |?| |?| > |?| There is a posting about ASCII Editor in |?| > |?| this newsgroup with more informations. |?| > |?| |?| > |?| \\\/// |?| > |?| / oo \ |?| > |?| ( \__/ ) |?| > |?| \____/ |?| > |..\__________________________________________/..| > |................................................| > \______________________________________________/
Can you believe it? I checked and it's already on my hard drive. :\ Firedraake "Meph" <UZS...@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> posted: <74r698$f8...@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> > |?| You could insert a text file in a |?| > |?| selected area by 'ASCII Editor'. The |?| > > Download ASCII Editor at: > > http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/editor/_index.htm
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