Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Mar 2000.
how to get rid of those two lines!
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· 9 messages · 17 Mar 2000 - 23 Mar 2000
hi,
I copied this magnificent ascii art to my notebook and then assigned the
file as my signature file. The only prob. I have is that those two lines
that appear after this text, appear every time I write a new message.
Does anybody know how to get rid of them?
Thank you
Marcus
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Marcus wrote: > I copied this magnificent ascii art to my notebook and then assigned the > file as my signature file. The only prob. I have is that those two lines > that appear after this text, appear every time I write a new message. > Does anybody know how to get rid of them? > > -- ^^^ \\\ You mean these? They are your sig separator (actually that's two lines and a space). They tell the rest of us that this is your signature, and our news readers can adapt to show it in a suitable font and colour, or to ignore it completely (depending on our individual preferences). It also enables people's news readers to automatically ignore it when they reply to your post. In other words, those two little lines (and a space) are a Good Thing and you should be happy that your software is smart enough to include those for you automagically. Usually it's the other way around: newbies get flamed for *not* having those two little lines there! (I do, however, predict that your sig will eventually get flamed for its size if you use it in any other group than this one...) :-) See, I have one too! :-) /// vvv -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 21:31:18 +0100, Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote: >Marcus wrote: >> I copied this magnificent ascii art to my notebook and then assigned the >> file as my signature file. The only prob. I have is that those two lines >> that appear after this text, appear every time I write a new message. >> Does anybody know how to get rid of them? >> >> -- > ^^^ > \\\ >You mean these? > >They are your sig separator (actually that's two lines and a space). >They tell the rest of us that this is your signature, and our news >readers can adapt to show it in a suitable font and colour, or to ignore >it completely (depending on our individual preferences). It also enables >people's news readers to automatically ignore it when they reply to your >post. In other words, those two little lines (and a space) are a Good >Thing and you should be happy that your software is smart enough to >include those for you automagically. Usually it's the other way around: >newbies get flamed for *not* having those two little lines there! (I do, >however, predict that your sig will eventually get flamed for its size >if you use it in any other group than this one...) :-) > >See, I have one too! :-) > /// >vvv Booga Booga (Looking to see if mine does) __ __ __ [__] [__] [__] [_] [_] [_] um don't ask i forgot what i was gonna do with that... O_o ����-Nightshifter //`״-`״-`״-`״-Start Geek Code-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ Version 3.12 http://www.geekcode.com/ GED/B/CC/O/>AT d-(---) s+:+++ a-- C++++ ULB++>++++ P+ L+ E? W+++ N o? K++ w+() O? M V? PS+++ PE-- Y PGP- t+ 5+ X+>++@ R>+ tv+@ b+++ DI+ D G e>*++++ h* r->+++ y+** //`״-`״-`״-`״-End Geek Code-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." -- Twain Go Ahead...Send me spam, I love killing accounts!
<mass snippage> I had to add em =/ needed to rework it anyways ����-Nightshifter -- Need Answers? Visit: http://www.nightshifter.com //`״-`״-`״-`״-Start Geek Code - Version 3.12-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ http://www.geekcode.com/ GED/B/CC/O/>AT d-(---) s+:+++ a-- C++++ ULB++>++++ P+ L+ E? W+++ N o? K++ w+() O? M V? PS+++ PE-- Y PGP- t+ 5+ X+>++@ R>+ tv+@ b+++ DI+ D G e>*++++ h* r->+++ y+** //`״-`״-`״-`״-End Geek Code - Version 3.12-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ "Beefy peanut buster bel grande!" -- Joel Robinson Yum I love Spam, Killing accounts is Yummier!
<snip> >in my newsreader (on a vt100 term): > >//`-W4-`W4-`W4-`W4- <snip> > >Somehow I get the impression that is not the desired effect - >investigate it further - perhaps you've used some non-ascii codes? Yeah I did two of em...just to be annoying, one the X times symbol and the others a reversed ` Gimmie some time, I'm not done with it yet, I want to include my website and such along with the geek code, but i want to keep it as short and sweet as possible, a huge challenge, if only there was a newsreader as scriptable as mIRC for irc, I'd be fine. =D ����-Nightshifter -- Need Answers? Visit: http://www.nightshifter.com //`״-`״-`״-`״-Start Geek Code - Version 3.12-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ http://www.geekcode.com/ GED/B/CC/O/>AT d-(---) s+:+++ a-- C++++ ULB++>++++ P+ L+ E? W+++ N o? K++ w+() O? M V? PS+++ PE-- Y PGP- t+ 5+ X+>++@ R>+ tv+@ b+++ DI+ D G e>*++++ h* r->+++ y+** //`״-`״-`״-`״-End Geek Code - Version 3.12-`״-`״-`״-`״\\ "Always try to do things in chronological order; it's less confusing that way." Yum I love Spam, Killing accounts is Yummier!
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Veronica Karlsson wrote: > Marcus wrote: > > I copied this magnificent ascii art to my notebook and then assigned > > the file as my signature file. The only prob. I have is that those > > two lines that appear after this text, appear every time I write a > > new message. Does anybody know how to get rid of them? > > > > -- > ^^^ > \\\ > You mean these? > > They are your sig separator (actually that's two lines and a space). > They tell the rest of us that this is your signature, and our news > readers can adapt to show it in a suitable font and colour, or to ignore > it completely (depending on our individual preferences). It also enables > people's news readers to automatically ignore it when they reply to your > post. In other words, those two little lines (and a space) are a Good > Thing and you should be happy that your software is smart enough to > include those for you automagically. Usually it's the other way around: > newbies get flamed for *not* having those two little lines there! (I do, > however, predict that your sig will eventually get flamed for its size > if you use it in any other group than this one...) :-) > > See, I have one too! :-) > /// > vvv > -- > (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ Mine doesn't work that way, and I'm glad for that. ( I notice I'm not the only one using Pine ) I can edit my sig block at any time, even now before I transmit. This time I'll add the two lines just so you can know where it is. -- Happy to help anytime, John You wanna discuss it? Try: INDIAN-HERITAGE discussion List *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* # John Wm Sloniker <joh...@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # # *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* # # I have Ancestors, Aunts, Cousins, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters. # # Some are very good, some are very bad, but they're all mine. # *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Ben Norwood wrote: > afaik true, pine doesn't add the dash-dash-space by default before > .sigs, but it does know about their existance and uses them to strip > .sigs from messages when replying. > > As for me, I have a default .signature and an a.a-a 'special', both McQ, > both include the dash-dash-space seperator. > To change one for the other, I simple ^K the original then ^R in the > alternative (~/.asig) :) > Ben, that's a bit over my head. I see you have Pine.GSO.4.21 I don't, and you won't find PINE.EXE or PINE.COM on my comp. I use a shell account and pine is on the system used by my ISP. They have Pine 4.02 though I prefer 3.96 that they replaced last year. Since Pine comes from the Univ. of Wash. I suspect they use grads for their updates. That would explain why there is no purchase cost to use it. Also, you can't use windoze 3.11 on my sys, unless you know the special key to call it. And, you won't find Win98 on my sys. I plan on sticking with DOS 6.22 or perhaps switching to Linux. I don't like windoze telling me how to use my comp. I do just fine with ASCII text. Ever hear of PCWrite? Great word processor. John *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* # John Wm Sloniker <joh...@serv.net> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*
On 22 Mar 2000 00:34:24 GMT, John Wm Sloniker <joh...@serv.net> wrote:
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you will probably have to switch to linux if you are going to
be able to get any new dos only programs
come to the land of freedom
there is even a dos emulator and a dos-to-linux-howto
that can help you get started
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On 21 Mar 2000, John Wm Sloniker <joh...@serv.net> wrote: > Mine doesn't work that way, and I'm glad for that. ( I notice I'm not > the only one using Pine ) Why are you glad for that? What does it help you? I'm just curious, I can't think of anything helpful that would need to have them _not_ included? *scratches* > I can edit my sig block at any time, even now before I transmit. Me either - I don't know of any newsreader that doesn't let you do that? At least non of those I used or have seen. I would call that a broken behavior.... > This time I'll add the two lines just so you can know where it is. Would you be so kind to add a space also after the two dashes? Then your signature-delimeters would work fine :-) Have fun! Alfie -- "practise random acts of kindness and acts of senseless beauty" -- unknown
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