Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 12 Dec 2003.
set of symbols
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 12 Dec 2003 - 13 Dec 2003
What is ASCII ? A set of symbols:
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}| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these: |{
}| |{
}| 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL|{
}| 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{
}| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{
}| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{
}| | |{
}|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
}| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these: |{
}| |{
}| 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' |{
}| 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / |{
}| 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 |{
}| 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? |{
}| 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G |{
}| 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O |{
}| 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W |{
}| 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ |{
}| 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g |{
}|104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o |{
}|112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w |{
}|120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | |{
}|---------------------------------------------------------------|{
}| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use this one either: |{
}| |127 DEL|{
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VK+ejm
So, only one-liners are ASCII art?
I would definitely include CR and LF in the set!
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Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > > What is ASCII ? A set of symbols: > > =================================================================== > }| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use these: |{ > }| |{ > }| 0 NUL| 1 SOH| 2 STX| 3 ETX| 4 EOT| 5 ENQ| 6 ACK| 7 BEL|{ > }| 8 BS | 9 HT | 10 NL | 11 VT | 12 NP | 13 CR | 14 SO | 15 SI |{ > }| 16 DLE| 17 DC1| 18 DC2| 19 DC3| 20 DC4| 21 NAK| 22 SYN| 23 ETB|{ > }| 24 CAN| 25 EM | 26 SUB| 27 ESC| 28 FS | 29 GS | 30 RS | 31 US |{ > }| | |{ > }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{ > }| Yes, yes, yes, MUST use these: |{ > }| |{ > }| 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' |{ > }| 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / |{ > }| 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 |{ > }| 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? |{ > }| 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G |{ > }| 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O |{ > }| 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W |{ > }| 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ |{ > }| 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g |{ > }|104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o |{ > }|112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w |{ > }|120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | |{ > }|---------------------------------------------------------------|{ > }| No, no, no, MUSTN'T use this one either: |{ > }| |127 DEL|{ > =================================================================== > > VK+ejm Should be: > UNIX+ejm All I did was type "man ascii"... > So, only one-liners are ASCII art? > I would definitely include CR and LF in the set! Yes, and the list of "visible" characters one should use is: ================================================================= | | | 32 SP | 33 ! | 34 " | 35 # | 36 $ | 37 % | 38 & | 39 ' | | 40 ( | 41 ) | 42 * | 43 + | 44 , | 45 - | 46 . | 47 / | | 48 0 | 49 1 | 50 2 | 51 3 | 52 4 | 53 5 | 54 6 | 55 7 | | 56 8 | 57 9 | 58 : | 59 ; | 60 < | 61 = | 62 > | 63 ? | | 64 @ | 65 A | 66 B | 67 C | 68 D | 69 E | 70 F | 71 G | | 72 H | 73 I | 74 J | 75 K | 76 L | 77 M | 78 N | 79 O | | 80 P | 81 Q | 82 R | 83 S | 84 T | 85 U | 86 V | 87 W | | 88 X | 89 Y | 90 Z | 91 [ | 92 \ | 93 ] | 94 ^ | 95 _ | | 96 ` | 97 a | 98 b | 99 c |100 d |101 e |102 f |103 g | |104 h |105 i |106 j |107 k |108 l |109 m |110 n |111 o | |112 p |113 q |114 r |115 s |116 t |117 u |118 v |119 w | |120 x |121 y |122 z |123 { |124 | |125 } |126 ~ | | | | | No, no, no, MUST'NT use ones that are not on the chart! | | | ================================================================= -- __ __ _____ _____ ______ __ _ _ _____ __ ||| \ \ ) )/ / \|| | \ \ / / \ \ | \ | || | / / \| ) \ ||.. \ \/ /| |_/| | |_/ /| | | || \ | || || | / \ |.PP. \ / | | \| | | \ \| | | || |\_\| || || | / /\ \ _\/___ \_( \_\__/||_| \_\\_\__/_/ |_| |_||_| \_\__/|(_( \_\ |____ A S C I I A R T C H A T http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/ ___|
On 12 Dec 2003, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > So, only one-liners are ASCII art? > I would definitely include CR and LF in the set! Or at least newline :-) 3ch ,"\ "Got the blues for the 50's c_ ) I Miss the early 60's too /\_/\ I do" //|_|/ +- =|= (o) |^| [_BSA_] d d
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