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I've included 'From:' lines to tell who emailed or posted the materials. For best results, this file should be viewed using light characters on a dark background. Hope this helps! Scarecrow ______________________________________________________________________________ ___ ___ _ _ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ _ _ ___ | | / _ \ | | | || _| / __!!_ _!!_ _!/ _ \ | \| |/ __! | | | (_) || |_| || _| \__ \ | | | || (_) || .` |\__ \ | | \__\_\ \___/ !___!!___/ !_! !___!\___/ !_|\_!!___/ | | O _ ___ _ _ _____ _____ ______ | | /|\/ |_ _| | \| | / ___ \ / ___ \ | ___ \ __! !__, / | | | | .` | | | | | | | | | | | \ \ \ / \O / \ !___! !_!\_! | |___| | | !___! | | |___/ / \ / \/| /___\ _ _ ____ | ___ | | ___ | | .. _/ \ / | !_ _! | |__| | | __! | | | | | | | | | | \ \ \ / / \ | | | __ | | __! | | | | | | | | | | \ \ Y _/ _\ !_! !_! !_! !____! !_! !_! !_! !_! !_! \_\ 1 What is ASCII art? 2 Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF? 3 What is ASCII art used for? 4 What are the different kinds of ASCII art? 5 What is the best way to view ASCII art? 6 How can I learn to make ASCII art? 7 Are there any ASCII tools? 8 Where can I get ASCII tools? 9 Where can I find ASCII art? 10 How do I use FTP, Gopher, World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers? 11 What does the Scarecrow recommend? 12 Is it OK to copy ASCII art? 13 How do I make those big letters? 14 Where can I get Figlet? 15 How can I make Gray Scale pictures? 16 Where can I get Gray Scale converters? 17 How can I make better Gray Scale conversions? 18 What do those filename extensions mean? 19 What is 'uuencoding'? 20 How do I save, 'uudecode' and uncompress a file? 21 How do I view animations and color images? 22 How do I put an animation in my plan? 23 How do I make a sig? 24 How do I have my sig automatically added to my posts and email? 25 What should I know about posting ASCII Art? 26 Where is the FAQ available? 27 Who made this file? ______________________________________________________________________________ ___ _ _ ____ _ _ ______ _____ ____ O ,/ _ \ | \ | | / ___! | | | | | ____! | __ \ / ___! /\/| !_! | | \| | | (___ | | /\ | | | !__ | !__) | | (___ / | _ | | . ` | \___ \ \ \/ \/ / | __! | _ / \___ \ O , /\ | | | | | |\ | ____) | \ /\ / | !____ | | \ \ ____) ||\/ /_/_ !_! !_! !_! \_! !_____/ \/ \/ !______! !_! \_\ !_____/ |/\_ __ _ O /_ | ______________________________________________________ \/|\/ _| |_ | !_____! What is ASCII art? _/ \_ a b c d e f g h Standard ASCII art is made by using only i j k l m n o p q letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols r s t u v w x y z such as those at the left. , A B C D E F G H These characters are part of the ASCII (as - kee, I J K L M N O P Q America Standard Code for Information Interchange) R S T U V W X Y Z set. This part of the ASCII set, is called the 'printable set' (7 bits, characters 32 to 126). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 There's also non-standard ASCII art, which \ | - _ + % @ < ; ! contain 'contral codes'. = # . , : > ( ] / $ * & " ~ ) [ ^ { ' ` } ? ASCII art is popular, with several ASCII art groups on various information services. Before 'printable set' computers, ASCII art was made on typewriters, of the 7 bit teletype machines (5 bit), and was created ASCII characters. typographically. There's even :-) tee-shirts. ___ O , !_ ) _______________________________________________________ \/|\/ / /_ | /____! Why use ASCII art instead of a GIF? _/ \_ ASCII art is used because: Standard ASCII art is If you can view text, ASCII art is also the the only type of you can view ASCII art most compact form of graphics easily (as it is made up of graphics. An ASCII transmitted and standard text picture can easily be instantly viewable on characters). No less than 1 K. In any terminal, conversion or special cases where resolution emulation, or software required to is not an issue, an communications view. Non-standard ASCII graphic can take software. It should (8 bit) ASCII art the place of a bitmap, also be printable on requires that the file EPS, or GIF of 20, 50, type of printer. be saved and "cat'd". 100 or more K! ____ O , !__ / _______________________________________________________ /|\/ !_ \ / | !___/ What is ASCII art used for? _/ \_ ASCII art is used for many things, like: o EDUCATION - A periodic table or molecular model for example. o CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION - Pictures are international. o BBS & SERVER SCREENS - Login and logoff screens, MUDs, promos, etc. o ENTERTAINMENT - Like a birthday 'card', holiday greetings, invitations, congradulatory messages, children's picture stories, etc. o VISUAL AID - Such as a wiring diagram, floor plan, illustrated instructions, or flow chart, to eliminate a long involved explanation with a graphic. _ _ O | | !_ ______________________________________________________ \/|\/ !_ _! | !_! What are the different kinds of ASCII art? _/ \_ The first four use the standard printable set, and can be viewed anywhere, anytime, on any equipment. If you can view text, you can view art. They are: o Line drawing - Such as the 3-D snowman ..:::::::::.. below. Line art is made using ..:::::::::::::::.. characters for their shapes. ..:::::: ====== :::::.. ..::::: ========== ::::.. In the case of the candle at right, ..::::: ==== |\ ==== ::::.. characters were chosen for their .::::: ==== /%#| ==== :::.. shape AND brightness. .::::: === |&@/ ==== :::::. ..::::: ===_\|_==== :::::.. For how to make ASCII art, see ..::::: /| .:. | :::::... Ouestion 9 below. ..:::: || .:. | ::::... ...:: (| .:. | ::.... Candle Line Drawing by The Scarecrow. .... | .:. | .... o Lettering - Large and styled like the title "ASCII ART RESOURCES" above, ond like the lettering below. It can be made by hand, or it can be generated by _ ___ _____ _____ ___ ___ _____ _ _ ___ using special | | | __!|_ _||_ _|| __! | _ ) |_ _|| \| | / __! software. For | |_ | __! | | | | | __! | \ _| |_ | || \_ \ more info on !___!!___! !_! !_! !___! !_!\_\!_____!!_!\_| \___/ auto-lettering programs for use on some systems, see Question 13. This is a 'Geometric Article'. It is used as a wrap-around for the hand drawn word "LETTERING" above. o Gray Scale picture - These :x<:> ?%8xx!:i:`MHbLX | || rcvunxzjft | :*:!!:nM.~!~`<i!lI? | :@8R?R?88ex .boba94 WM888M88(W888888f | Darker .'`,^:";~ | .oX"#MMX!!R88b ~"##**".d8f?RRX8PW8888888f !________________________! .u8888iXMMnWU7T#@s. @88kX888RN88888888f Scale from Jorn Barger. .@888888NK9*MR88N86Q:.. x8T888R#88888888888f x8888888888@iX#M@8888888N88888#X@88888888888f Einstein GIF conversion d88888888888kM888NN868RRRRRRR5b@8888888888888f by The Scarecrow. '8888888888888!M888888888888888888888888888888! o 3-D image - They can be viewed by people with similar vision in both eyes. You try to focus as if you are looking at the back of the monitor. The image should pop into focus and create a 3-D illusion. Other 3-D images are viewed by putting your nose on the monitor glass. .-~~\ :::::: .-~~\ :::::: For automated help in / \ _ |::::| / \ _ |::::| making 3-D images, ~x .-~_)_ l~~~~! ~x .-~_)_ l~~~~! you can use a program ~>x".-~ ~-. \RC/ ~x".-~ ~-. \RC/ called 'sirdvu11'. _ ( / \ || _ ( / \ || For red-blue 3-D, || T o o Y || || T o o Y|| you can use DTA ==:l l < ! (3 ==:l l < !(3 (Dave's Targa \\ \ .__/ / /|| \\ \ ._/ / || Animation), and for \\ ,r"-,___.-'r.//|| \\,r"-,___.-'r/|| stereograms you need }^ \.( ) _.'//.|| }^\. ( ) _.-//|| a program called STAREO. / }~Xi--~ // || / }~Xi--~ // ||\ And there's also Y Y I\ \ " || Y Y I\ \ " || Y "mk3d.lha" for the | | |o\ \ || | | |o\ \ || | Amiga. For more | l_l Y T || | l_l Y T || | information, see l "o l_j |! l "o l_j || ! the alt.3d group. \ || \ ||/ .--^. o -Row .^||. .--^. o -Row ||--. 3-D snowman by " ~ `' " ~`' Rowan Crawford. See Question 8 for info on where to get 3-D programs. Other types of ASCII art using the standard printable set include the following four: o Geometric Article - Text itself is formed into shapes. It can be used to create interesting or meaningful shapes out of the text you read. o Picture Poem - A geometric article that is also a poem. See the swan in the examples at the end of this file and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version of the FAQ). o Page Making - Text and graphics are intermixed, as in a magazine. The first four examples in this ansewr are an example of ASCII art page making. Also known as 'pagination'. Page making may be as simple as using a geometric article as a simple wrap-around, as in Question 5. Or it may be a three column text format, as in Questions 2 and 9. Or it can be something complex, like multi column text wrapped around gray scale graphics, with captions, headlines, graphs, charts, sidebars, etc. o Picture Story - A story told with accompanying ASCII pictures. The text and ASCII graphics are intermixed using ASCII art page making techniques. Chevalier has made a number of picture stories. Six stories and two poems are available in a file called "Chevalier" in /pub/Scarecrow/Misc at the Scarecrow's FTP site. See the end of this file and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version) for examples of all of the above. There are also non-standard types of ASCII art which cannot be viewed immediately upon receiving. They contain 'control codes' for color or animation. They must be 'uuencoded' to be posted or emailed. For further information, see Question 19. The three types of non-standard ASCII art are: o Animation - You see an animated image produced by a sequence of changing ASCII pictures. The speed will depend on the system you are using, and modem speed if you are calling in. "ANSI" (American National Standards Institute) escape sequences can be found at the end of this file and in ASCII Art Reference (the Web version). o Color Graphics - You can view color ASCII pics, if you have a color screen and ANSI color compatible software. Check to see if your software supports ANSI color, and how it is enabled. o Color Animation - For an example of color and animation together, take a look at the file called "Vortex" in /pub/Scarecrow/Color at the Scarecrow's FTP site. Examples of these are at the end of this file and ASCII Art Reference (the Web version). But wait, there are other kinds of ASCII art: o Overstrike Art - It contains carriage returns without line feeds at times. The print head can overstrike a line on the paper that has already been printed on. This allows for darkening, and for placing different characters at the same place on the paper. This kind of art is obviously only printed. o Srcoll Animation - This is an animation that is made to be viewed by scrolling down. The image plays out as the screen is redrawn with the next 'page' of the image. ___ O | __! _______________________________________________________ /|\ !__ \ _/ | \_ !___/ What is the best way to view ASCII art? _/ \_ For best results in viewing ASCII art, try: o A 'non-proportional' font, also called a 'mono-spaced' font. This is a font that displays the same number of characters per inch, no matter what the actual width of the characters. So the letters i and n and m are displayed at the iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii same characters per nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn per inch. If you are MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM actually viewing with a non-proportional, or mono-spaced, font, the three lines in the inset area above should appear the same length. If they don't look the same length, try another font. Names to look for on various systems include: Monaco, Courier, Courier New, Video Terminal, System, TTY, VT100, Screen, Terminal, FixedSys, Line Printer, etc. This is a simple Geometric Article. It is used as a wrap-around for the lines of characters. o A small, say, 9 point font, will help to increase the apparent resolution. A small font also helps the illusion of gray scale images. o Viewing from a distance of a meter or more also helps. o Using light characters on a dark background. Many ASCII pictures are meant to be viewed light on dark. This is because the artist can more easily control the light and get a better lighting effect. Also, the viewer benefits because there is less glare than you would get from a light background. And in some instances: o While most gray scale pics are made to be viewed light characters on a dark background, some will be made to be viewed dark on light. This is because they are meant to be printed with dark ink on light paper. Use dark characters on a light background, or print them out. o While most ASCII pics are made to be viewed on a monitor that displays 80 characters across, some ASCII pics are wider, say, 81 to 132 characters across. They are meant to be printed. Use a small, say, 4 point type, and view dark on light, or print them out. o While mast ASCII art is either ready to view, 'cat' or print, you may find art that has been saved as a picture in a bitmap, EPS, GIF, or other binary format. These must be viewed or printed with the appropriate software. There are a few important things to remember when making, viewing, or talking about an ASCII art image. And they're obvious but almost always forgotten. o Even though different fonts may all be mono-spaced, they ARE different, and can make a picture LOOK different. Some artists may mention the font the picture was made with. o A font may be serif or sans-serif (serifs are the little feet on characters). The ascenders and descenders may be straight or curved. And characters may be wide or narrow. o The weight, or heaviness of characters can vary. Serifs, the little feet on characters, can make them look heavier. Especially effected by weight inconsistencies are symbols like: # hatch/hash mark $ dollar sign @ at sign o Shapes can vary too. Here are some of the more consistent shapes: - dash / slash \ backslash Richard Kirk says "Shapes to be wary of are": ~ sometimes sits high, sometimes in middle ^ same reason * same reason & sometimes closed, sometimes open | same reason ' sometimes hooked left, sometimes straight [] sometimes centered, sometimes far off <> sometimes touch top and bottom, sometimes centered 0 sometimes with slash, sometimes open l sometimes with base, sometimes not y sometimes straight tail, sometimes curved o According to Jorn in his "asciitech" file, "Unfortunately, this narrow standard ignored the needs of many other cultures: the British 'pound' sign, letters with accents in French and Scandinavian alphabets, etc., which led them to introduce slight modifications to the standard, making the following symbols (at least) non-universal": ^ caret ` backquote # hatch/hash mark | pipe {} curly braces ~ tilde \ backslash [] square brackets $ dollar sign @ at sign o Different systems display text differently. If you look at a picture on a terminal at a Unix site, and then bring it home and view it on a Mac, it will look different. On the Mac, it will be displayed shorter top to bottom. In other words, it will have a greater aspect ratio. Even though it contains the same number of lines. This is an Aspect Ratio Scale: 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 -+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----> | | | | To get the aspect ratio of | | the screen you are viewing: | | | | ______ Measure the vertical line (left) | | on your screen with a ruler. | | | | Read off the same distance on the horizontal -+- scale (above). That number is the aspect ratio. / __ , O/ / /_ ______________________________________________________ \/| | _ \ | \___/ How can I learn to make ASCII art? _/ \_ Unfortunately, there aren't many text books on the subject. :-) A good way to learn is to look at how an artist has made a picture. See what characters are chosen. How are the characters laid out? How is a texture made? Study whatever ASCII art you see in the group (or in archives). Another good way is to modify existing art. Take a piece of art you think could be improved. Make a copy. Now work on it. If you ruin it, make another copy and have another go. When you are good at that, try to improve a really good pic. Diddle a GIF conversion. Then see if you can fix a damaged file. Now take some small pics and put them together into a big composite image. If you're working from scratch, the following may help you: o Decide what you want. Block it out, guessing roughly where everything should go. Then work out the sizes and proportions. Now is the time to do it, not after all the detailing and smoothing has been done. o Start adding the details. Concentrate on the focal point and important parts of your drawing. Because ASCII art is a low definition medium, you have to make the pic big if you want to be able to really smooth it out or have a lot of detail. o Be careful how much detail you try to pack into a picture. Take a tip from master artists of the cartoon world, and just try to suggest things, don't try to replicate them. Too much detail can end up looking confusing. o One of the biggest helps is knowing how to shape things. For example, you can curve a horizontal line with just: _ - " _____-------"""""""--------_____-------""""""" Here's a wavy line by MJ: .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' Here's Richard Kirk's DNA-like version: .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.- / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ `-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' o Slanting vertical lines is easy: This slanted This second This one is This really slanted line line is simply line is made made using is made with the five made with the / with , and ' , and - and ' characters , _ - ' " / ,' ,-' ,_-'" / ,' ,-' ,_-'" / ,' ,-' ,_-'" / ,' ,-' ,_-'" / ,' ,-' ,_-'" / ,' ,-' ,_-'" Felix Lee made the following lines, saying "Each of these conveys a different style, a different mood". / _/ ./ ,/ /' .' ,' / _/ ./ ,/ /' .' ,' / _/ ./ ,/ /' .' ,' o Then there's smoothing, also called "anti-aliasing". This is where special care is taken to use characters for their shapes. With this technique, you can smooth out a font, or an object like the one below. Let's say you have made an XXXX The b d and o are good object like this out of X's ______ XXXXXXXX / for sloping. 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' Top portion of a ` `;%; picture by Susie Oviatt. o Here are a couple of textures from Jorn's "asciitech" file: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::*:::::***::::::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :::::::**::::::*::::*: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :*::*:*::*::::*::::*:: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :::*::::::*::*:*:::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::*:*::::*:*:::::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::::::*:*::::*:::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* Flat *::::::::**:::::::::** The same, *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* texture. ::::*::::::*:::::*:::: randomized. Here are a few tips, that taken together, can make an instant ASCII artist out of anybody: o A quick way to make a pic is to photocopy a drawing onto plastic. Place the plastic over your monitor to act as a guide for placing characters. o Ease your work by making a file full of lines of spaces. Now copy that file. Open a copy and start working. You'll see that it's easier because you can now go where you want and replace the spaces with characters. You have eliminated endless space bar pressing. Remember to strip all trailing spaces when you're done. o Use a mouse. A mouse allows you to move more quickly from character to character. It's also easier to delete bunches of characters and large numbers of lines. ___________________________ o To avoid as much variation as possible | | in characters, weights, and shapes | ) = + / ! ( | found between different fonts, use the | - _ : ; , . | characters shown at the right. !___________________________! o Use 'block editing' if you can. Some software allows for a square or rectangular chunk of text to be cut, copied and pasted. o It may be better to work on your own computer (if it has more appropriate hardware and-ar software), and then upload it to your host. Also, see files like Jorn's "asciitech", available at: Jorn's FTP site -> Host: ftp.mcs.com Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art File: asciitech URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art/asciitech Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Info URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Info Has Jorn's "asciitech", plus 'How-To' and techniques files from Normand and Row, FAQs, and other info files. Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. \ ____ \O , !__ | _______________________________________________________ |\/ / / | /_/ Are there any ASCII tools? _/ \_ Not many. The Emacs editor offers some help, if you know how to use it. There are a couple of bits of Emacs code in the Scarecrow's FTP site. EmacsMouseCode let's you draw with a mouse, and EmacsFigletCode let's you use Figlet within Emacs. Q-Edit and "vedit" are ASCII editors with block cut and paste. And TheDraw can do some ANSI tricks but is limited by RAM size. There are Unix and DOS scripts for flipping an ASCII pic (like "modasc" by Ric Hotchkiss). BBSdraw is available for the Amiga. So is CygnusEd, which allows column editing. And also the TPU editor for VAX. And then there's "mdraw.el" for GNU Emacs 19 under X, that lets you draw ASCII with a mouse. Erik Downie is working on an ASCII tool for the Amiga. Also available for the Amiga are BBSdraw and CygnusEd (the latter allows column editing). And there's the TPU editor for VAX. \ / ___ \O/ ( _ ) _______________________________________________________ | / _ \ | \___/ Where can I get ASCII tools? _/ \_ You can get TheDraw at: -> Host: oak.oakland.edu Path: pub/msdos/screen File: tdraw463.zip URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/screen/tdraw463.zip You can get "mdraw.el" at: -> Host: ftp.cse.psu.edu Path: pub/flee File: mdraw.el URL: ftp://ftp.cse.psu.edu/pub/flee/mdraw.el You can get Q-Edit at: -> Host: oak.oakland.edu Path: /pub/msdos/qedit URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/qedit You can get Emacs Code at: -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Info URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Info You can get Erik Downie's Amiga tool via email from: -> Address: mcscs1eid@dct.ac.uk You can get stereogram programs from: -> Host: katz.anu.edu.au Path: pub/stereograms URL: ftp://katz.anu.edu.au/pub/stereograms You can get "sirdvu11" from: -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk -> Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu ___ Q / _ \ _______________________________________________________ ,_/|\ \_, / |/ /_/ Where can I find ASCII art? _/ \_ You can FTP and Gopher ASCII art (single pics and archives of dozens or hundreds of images). FTP'ing is easy. Gophering is easier. See Question 10 for further info. ASCII art is available from many sites, including: o FTP Sites: Scarecrow's ASCII Art FTP -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more. See Question 11 for a table of all the Scarecrow's files, showing file name, size (uncompressed), version, name it has at the Scarecrow's FTP site, and the subject line for requesting it by email. -> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu Path: pub/ascii/art/pictures URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/pictures Chris' FTP Site -> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu Path: pub/ncsu/chking/Archive URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive Contains all the Scarecrow's files, all of Steve Sullivan's files, and Gifscii for many systems. Jorn's FTP site -> Host: ftp.mcs.com Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art Has Scarecrow's files, plus other ASCII art files, and the technically oriented "asciitech". -> Host: ftp.cs.ttu.edu Path: pub/asciiart URL: ftp://ftp.cs.ttu.edu/pub/asciiart Has Steve's Small ASCII Pics collections in /sullivan. -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart -> Host: nic.funet.fi Path: pub/pics/ascii pub/doc/humour/asciigfx URL: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/pics/ascii -> Host: aug3.augsburg.edu Path: files/text_files URL: ftp://aug3.augsburg.edu/files/text_files ASCII art files are appended with ".art". -> Host: faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Path: pub/pictures/ascii/plain_ascii URL: ftp://faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pictures/ascii/plain_ascii -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/be/bertino URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/be/bertino Cantains Disney art. -> Host: ocf.berkeley.edu Path: pub File: ascii-art.gz URL: ftp://ocf.berkeley.edu/pub/ascii-art.gz Lineprinter art: -> Host: grind.isca.uiowa.edu Path: image/lineprinter.art URL: ftp://grind.isca.uiowa.edu/image/lineprinter.art -> Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu Path: graphics/lpr_art URL: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/graphics/lpr_art -> Host: ftp.funet.fi Path: pub/pics/lpr_art URL: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/pics/lpr_art -> Host: ftp.sunet.se Path: pub/pictures/asci URL: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/ascii Animations: -> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk Address: 128.240.2.1 Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation URL: ftp://tuda.newcastle.ac.uk/pub/local/n1ka0/animation Contains dozens of animations -> Host: procyon.cis.ksu.edu Path: pub/vtmovies URL: ftp://procyon.cis.ksu.edu/pub/vtmovies -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/be/bertino URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/be/bertino -> Host: quartz.rutgers.edu Path: pub/computer/vt100 URL: ftp://quartz.rutgers.edu/pub/computer/vt100 -> Host: sunsite.unc.edu Path: pub/multimedia/animation/vt100-animation URL: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/multimedia/animation/vt100-animation -> Host: irisa.irisa.fr Path: pub/vt100 URL: ftp://irisa.irisa.fr/pub/vt100 -> Host: mordor.ind.wpi.edu Path: pub/ascii/art/movies URL: ftp://mordor.ind.wpi.edu/pub/ascii/art/movies -> Host: faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de Path: pub/pictures/ascii/vt100_animation pub/Multimedia/pictures/vt100-animation URL: ftp://faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pictures/ascii/vt100_animation -> Host: ftp.armory.com Path: pub/user/hello/index URL: ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/hello/index ANSI graphics: -> Host: ftp.uwp.edu Path: pub/msdos/demos/ansi URL: ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/demos/ansi o Gopher Servers: ASCII Art Bazaar -> Host: twinbrook.cis.uab.edu Menu Items: 11, 1 Path: 70/1asciiarc.70 (70/11asciiarc.70 on some clients) Over 12 megabytes, thousands of pieces in many categories. Scarecrow's ASCII Art Gopher -> Host: gopher.wwa.com Menu Items: 3 URL: gopher://gopher.wwa.com/11/ascii Has Scarecrow's files, SAPs, animations, color, FAQs, Figlet, gray scale converters, 'how-to' files, and more. Everything the FTP site has is available from the Gopher, with friendlier menus. TTU Gopher -> Host: gopher.cs.ttu.edu Menu Items: 7, 1 Path: 1/Art and Images/ClipArt (ASCII) URL: gopher://gopher.cs.ttu.edu:70/11/Art%20and%20Images/ClipArt%20%28ASCII%29 UMN Link: North America/USA/texas/Texas Tech University, Computer Sciences Stanford Gopher -> Host: medmail.Stanford.EDU Menu Items: 2, 1 URL: gopher://medmail.Stanford.EDU/11/other.stuff/pictures/ o World Wide Web: Scarecrow's WWW Link -> URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Gateway to the wold of ASCII art, with links to everything. Chris' WWW Page -> URL: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/chking/HTML/HTMLs/ascii.html -> URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/WWW/homepage.html Joshua Bell's Star Trek art -> URL: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~jsbell/sta.html o Mailing List: ASCII Art listserv list -> Address: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu Message: subscribe asciiart o FTP Mail Servers: -> Address: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com Message: help -> Address: ftpmail@sunsite.unc.edu Message: help -> Address: bitftp@pucc.bitnet Message: help / _ __ , Q/ / | / \ ____________________________________________________ \/\ | || () | How do I use FTP, Gopher, / !_! \__/ World Wide Web, and FTP Mail Servers? _/ \_ The following instructions are for most Unix based, live InterNet sites. If you are not on a live wire, you can still access FTP sites. See the section below on 'How to use FTP Mail Servers'. If you're on a commercial service, or other non-Unix based system, ask your sysadmin or service representative for information on obtaining files. If you are using InterNet software on your own computer via a PPP or SLIP connection, I assume you don't need my instructions. How to read a URL (Uniform Resource Locator): ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking/Archive/Funnies |_| |__________| |_____________________| |_____| | | | | Connect Method Host Name Folder Path File Name Note: The connect method (the protocol> could also be "gopher" or "http" (http indicates a WWW page). Also, a URL my not have a file name at the end, but may just point to a folder. It may not even have a folder path, pointing only to a site. WWW URLs usually end with a file having a ".html" extension. And Web pages can also be stored on, and accessed from, FTP and Gopher sites. Special note: You may occassionally see URLs with a username and password, or a WAIS URL with additional items. For further information on URLs, see the CERN info on URLs: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Addressing/URL/Overview.html How to FTP: If you have FTP at your site, and you want to FTP over to say, Chris King's FTP site, you would, at the prompt: o Type: ftp ftp.ncsu.edu Notice that "ftp" was typed twice. The first is the command, the second is a port of the address. If you're already at an FTP prompt: Type: open ftp.ncsu.edu o When the connection opens, it'll ask for your name. This is 'anonymous FTP' so: Type: anonymous __________ ______________ o When it asks for a password, |:""""""""i: | ............ : |: |: | : | : Type: Your email address |: >boba |: | : | : |:________!: | :>@wwa.com | : o To 'Change Directory' over | ..... :---_____---| :__________! : to Chris' ASCII folder, Type: | '-----" : |..............: cd pub/ncsu/chking/Archive | @ :"-__-_ |"""""""""""""": |..........: _-" |..............: o To list the folder contents, /.::::::::.\ /\ /.::::::::.:::.\ type: ls /____________\ (__) /________________\ o Let's say you want a file called "Funnies", you would: Type: get Funnies The file will be transfered to the host you FTP'd from, in the folder you were in when you started that FTP session. o When you're done: Type: bye It will say goodbye and quit. If you just want to switch to another site: Type: close You will be at the ftp prompt, where you can: Type: open ftp.wwa.com (or whatever site) You may have to decompress or uudecode the file first. See Question 20 on how to do that. Now you can view or download the file from your host. For how to view animations and color pics, see Question 21. Two helpful things. Type "cd .." to go back out of a folder. Type "pwd" ('Print Working Directory') to see where you are. Another thing to type is "mget" when you want several files. Say you want all the Scarecrow's 'Galleries'. You would type "mget *Gallery*". It will get everything that has "Gallery" in it, which will be all the Scarecrow's 'Galleries', like the GIf Gallery, Sig Gallery, etc. When it's ready to transfer each file, it will ask you if you want it. Press the 'y' key. How to Gopher: Gopher is easy. Say you want to check out the Bazaar. You would: o Type: gopher twinbrook.cis.uab.edu o Use the up and down arrow keys or number keys to pick the menu item you want. o Use the right arrow (or return key) to enter a selection, and the left arrow to back out. o In this case we pick "The Continuum", which is #11, and press the right arrow or return. o After we enter The Continuum, we see the ASCII Art Bazaar, so we pick it (it's #1) and press the right arrow or return. The Bazaar has over 12 megabytes of ASCII art pics (in categories), newsgroup articles, collections, information, etc. And you can view the goodies without having to download anything just to see it. You just use menus to look at what you want, and it's displayed on screen. How to use the World Wide Web: Using the World Wide Web is as easy as Gopher. For example, let's say you want to check out the Scarecrow's WWW Link, you would do the following on a live Net site using lynx: o Type: lynx http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html o Use the up and down arrow keys to select what you want to see. o Use the right arrow (or return key) to enter a selection, and the left arrow to back out. You can do as with Gopher, but you can also access links to FTP, Gopher and WWW sites. For example, there are links that will take you to Chris King's Web archive of ASCII art, the Figlet server, the Bazaar, Joshua Bell's Star Trek ASCII art site, and practically everything in the ASCII art world. Important Note: You can use a Web browser to access FTP sites. You avoid all that logging in, and there are no commands to remember. For example, say you're using lynx, and you want to go to the Scarecrow's FTP site, you would type, at the prompt: lynx ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow As you can see, it's just "lynx" plus the URL for the site. You can do this with any FTP site, just type "lynx ftp://" plus the address/path, and you in like Flynn. Note: When using FTP, Gopher, WWW, or other live Net services, try to: o Find files at sites that are close to you before accessing more distant locations. This causes less drain on Net resources between your site and the accessed site. o Use these services at off-peak hours, to not slow down the official operations of a school or business. o Send a thank you note to the admins of sites you have used and benefitted from. Admins are overworked and underthanked. How to use FTP Mail Servers: If you don't have FTP access, you can use an FTP Mail Server. There are a few listed in the answer to Question 9. To use them send a message to any of the listed addresses with "help" as the message. Here is an example of how to use ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com: o Address a message to: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com o Leave the subject blank. In the message: o Type: connect ftp.wwa.com The hostname could be any available host. o Type: chdir pub/Scarecrow Changes directory (folder) to the Scarecrow's ASCII art folder. The folder name could be any existing folder. o Type: binary For programs and compressed files. OR Type: ascii For text files, uuencoded files, etc. o Type: get MORE Transfers the flie called "MORE" to your computer. The name could be the name of any existing file in that folder. o Type: quit o Send the email message Your message will be acknowledged. It will be given a number which you should save in case of a problem. Within a day or two you should recieve either a file or an error message. If you get an error, make sure the following are correct: o The host name. o The pathname. o The filename. o The commands. o The cAsE of the letters. _ _ O / | / | _____________________________________________________ '\/|\ | | | | | \ !_! !_! What does the Scarecrow recommend? _/ \_ ___,___,_______,____ ___,___,_______,____ | ...|///./||'|| \ | ...|///./||'|| \ | ...|//.//|| || | | ...|//.//|| || H) | THE | ...|/.///||||| | | ...|/.///||||| | SCARECROW'S | _______________ | | _______________ | RECOMMENDATIONS | |:::::boba::::::| | | |:::::boba::::::| | ___________________ | |_______________| | | |_______________| | | |_______________| | | |_______________| | ________________________ | |_______________| | | |_______________| | |\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | | |_______________| | | |_______________| | |''''''''''''''''''''''''| ||_| | | ||_| ||_| | HD 100 - o | !__|_______________|__! !__|_______________|__! !________________________! If you're short on disk If you have a bit more If you have some disk space, I would suggest disk space, you may want space to spare, you you get the FAQ and to get the Best of the should get all of the get the Most Often Scarecrow's ASCII Art SAAAs and save this file. Requested Edition, plus Archive. Also, select a You can also get all of files containing the number of files from Steve Sullivan's Small type(s) of art you want, Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics, and a few such as the Sig Gallery. ASCII Pics. animations and color pics, plus some 'How-To' files. STORIVG ASCII ART ON YOUR HOST OR YOUR COMPUTER You can get Megabytes of Disk space is often limited, so store ASCII art art and info. With all compressed (it should compress 3:1). View it when these, you'll be an it's compressed by typing: "zcat filename | more" ASCII art expert and for .Z and "gzcat filename | more" for .gz files. collector, instantly! _ ___ , Q / | !_ ) ___________________________________________________ \//\ | | / / / / !_! /___! Is it OK to copy ASCII art? _/ \_ ASCII art that is posted is considered copyrighted by the poster. But since the post goes around the world, and copyright laws vary, you'd have trouble enforcing it in some places. The correct thing to do is ask permission before using a piece. _ ____ O / | !__ / ___________________________________________________ \/| | | !_ \ /\ | !_! !___/ How do I make those big letters? _/ \| You can make lettering like the above subtitle "ANSWERS" by hand, or use a program called Figlet. With Figlet, the letters you type are automatically turned into big letters. Figlet stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters. ^ ^ ^ ^^^ Figlet is available for use on some host systems. If it is not, you can obtain Figlet and fonts from the sites listed in Question 14. There are about 100 fonts for use with Figlet. Figlet fonts have a .flf suffix. Figlet is currently in version 2.1, available for Unix, DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. There are a number of examples of Figlet fonts at the end of this file and in ASCII Art Reference (the Web version of the FAQ). The following utilities are also available: chkfont - Checks Figlet 2.1 font files for formatting errors. fsfiglet - Is a font switching front end to Figlet. showfigfonts - Prints a list of available Figlet fonts, and samples. zfiglet - Allows the use of compressed fonts with Figlet. Here are some handy things for Figlet users. Again, these instructions are for most Unix based systems. This is a ksh script that produces an example file for all fonts in a folder. #! /bin/ksh for FILE in `ls *.flf` do echo $FILE >> output.file echo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> output.file echo $FILE | figlet -f $FILE >> output.file echo ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ >> output.file done To use it: o Save this script to a file in the folder where you keep the fonts o Make it executable by typing: chmod 755 filename o Make sure the folder containing the script is in your path o Run it by typing its name If you want to send Figlet's output to a file instead of the screen, do the following at the prompt on most Unix based systems: o Type: figlet -f fontname > output.file o Type your text. o When you're done, press: control-d. You can have it both ways, send the output to the screen and to a file, by doing the following: o Type: figlet -f fontname | tee -i output.file o Type your text. o When you're done, press: control-d. Or you can use two files, one for prepared text, and another for the output from Figlet. Here are a couple examples: o Type: figlet -f fontname < prepared.txt > output.file OR o Type: cat prepared.txt | figlet -f fontname > output.file A vi macro that will figletize a line (by Anthony Thyssen): " @F Expand Current Line with `Figlet' :map @F !!figlet -c -f When you run this macro (with @F in command mode - note that this is a 'two-key' macro), you can specify the font name on the command line (or else the default one will be used). The current line will be figletised (and centered) when you press return. Add this to your EXINIT variable, or to your ~/.exrc file (but beware that vi will ignore ~/.exrc if EXINIT is set). Automatic execution is possible by finishing the macro with a ^M (done in vi by a control-V followed by 'Enter' to produce a 'hard' control-M). With all the Figlet fonts available, you have a lot of choices. But it doesn't stop there. You can make an infinite number of changes to how the output looks. For example, here's the standard output of the alligator.flf font: ::::::::::: :::::::::: :::::::: ::::::::::: :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +#+ +#++:++# +#++:++#++ +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ #+# #+# #+# #+# #+# ### ########## ######## ### You can flip the effect by typing: echo TEST | figlet -f alligator | tr ':+#' '#+:' Which gives us: ########### ########## ######## ########### #+# #+# #+# #+# #+# +#+ +#+ +#+ +#+ +:+ +:++#++: +:++#++:++ +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ +:+ :+: :+: :+: :+: :+: ::: :::::::::: :::::::: ::: And of course, you can send the output to a file, like: echo TEST | figlet -f alligator | tr ':+#' '#+:' > output.file Some other hosts have a program called "Banner" which performs a similar function. _ _ _ O / | | | !_ __________________________________________________ |\/ | | !_ _! | !_! !_! Where can I get Figlet? /_\_ You can get Figlet and fonts from: o FTP Sites: Official Figlet Site -> Host: ftp.nicoh.com Path: pub/figlet URL: ftp://ftp.nicoh.com/pub/figlet Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Figlet URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Figlet Has Figlet, utilities, and all the fonts I've found. Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. If you have any Figlet fonts that are not on my site, please put them in my incoming FTP folder. Thank you. -> Host: plaza.aarnet.edu.au Path: graphics/graphics/misc/figlet URL: ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/graphics/graphics/misc/figlet Figlet only. -> Host: ftp.u.washington.edu Path: pub/user-supported/figlet URL: ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/pub/user-supported/figlet Fonts only. -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart/fonts URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/vz/vzvz/asciiart/fonts Fonts only. -> Host: ftp.io.org Path: pub/apple2/16bit/GNO/Figlet URL: ftp://ftp.io.org/pub/apple2/16bit/GNO/Figlet -> Host: vinny.csd.mu.edu Path: pub/cbip/volume28/figlet URL: ftp://vinny.csd.mu.edu/pub/cbip/volume28/figlet Depending on where you get Figlet and-or Figlet fonts from, you may have to uudecode, uncompress, and possibly 'untar' them. For how to do this, see Question 20. o Figlet WWW Server: -> URL: http://www.inf.utfsm.cl/cgi-bin/figlet o Figlet Mail Server: -> Address: figlet@ottime.chi.il.us Message: HELP o Figlet WWW Home Page: -> URL: http://math.uiuc.edu/~chappell/figlet o Figlet Mailing List: -> Address: listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu Message: SUBSCRIBE FIGLET-L Receive new fonts, software update notices, as well as chat about Figlet. It's run by Ian Chai. _ ___ , O O / | | __! __________________________________________________ \/| |\_ | | !__ \ /\ | | /\ !_! !___/ How can I make Gray Scale pictures? _/ \| |/ \_ :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::Hb:::::::::::::: :::::::::XMRW::::::::::::: :::::::: MMM$W:::::::::::: :::::::~ MMMM$>::::::::::: You can make them from ::::::: :MMMMRk::::::::::: Most converters scratch if you are a ::::~s:::XMMM9M::::::::::: require the GIF to be very good ASCII artist. :::::9k?:HMMM@MXN>:::::::: in 87a format, not 89a :::::M$(!?MMMMMH$k:::::::: format. GIFs in 89a An easier way is to ::::!M$k:!MM!`M9M$:::::::: format, must be converted use an ASCII converter. ::::~MBf!!!" M8MM$!::::::: to 87a format first. ::::!M$XH!~ X##MMN:::::::: Some programs capable of There is ASCGIF, ::::!MM!?! M:@NM$:::::::: viewing GIFs can save in Gifscii (with versions :::::MR!~: :?MN$8N!::::::: the 87a format. many systems), ANSIrez, ::::!MM::: '4M$$$$!::::::: GIF2ANSI, "gif2txt" and ::::!MH::: '4M$$$$!::::::: The exception to the "ansicv22" for the PC ::::!?%~: XM9$B$!::::::: GIF converters is a :::::XX:: 'XM9$B$!::::::: bitmap converter for There's "asciipicter", ::::!XM:: 'XM9$$$f::::::: Windows called Pixel a HyperCard stack (Mac) ::::~!%~: 'XMM$M$!::::::: Characterizer (version that allows you to draw :::::x!:xHMMMMN$$8k::::::: 0.5) by Shi Y Chen. a pic and convert it. ::::?!Xd$MM!MMM$$$NX:::::: ::::!sN$$MMXMMM$$$$$H::::: If you have trouble These programs make an ::::N$$$8HMMM9M?R89MRNk::: getting a good conversion ASCII pic from any GIF :?::2C"""""MM9XXM$##*#*!\! after making a dozen, see (Graphics Interchange !!:?##M@@hxMMM!MM$bobaxx!! Question 17. Format) image (or any XHHH!HMMMM!?X!:MMMMXXxxXXX image you can convert MMMMXMMMMMHXXHHMRMMMMMMMMM Shuttle GIF conversion to a GIF). MHW8MMM$8MMM8MN$R$MMMMMMMM by The Scarecrow. _ _ _ __ \ / / | / /_ ___________________________________________________ | | || _ \ /O\ !_! \___/ Where can I get Gray Scale converters? _/ \_ You can get Gifscii for many systems, and the source code from: o FTP Sites: Chris' FTP site -> Host: ftp.ncsu.edu Path: pub/ncsu/chking URL: ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/ncsu/chking Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. Both Chris' and Scarcecrow's sites have the following: Version: File name MSDOS: Gifscii.exe Unix (Sun): Gifscii.ux Macintosh: MacGifscii.hqx Amiga: Gifscii.lha Digital Alpha: ALPHAGifscii.exe Digital VAX: VAXGifscii.exe c-source: Gifsciiv2.2src Jorn's FTP site -> Host: ftp.mcs.com Path: mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art URL: ftp://ftp.mcs.com/mcsnet.users/jorn/ascii-art Has Gifscii for the Mac, and the source. You can get ASCGIF from: o FTP Sites: -> Host: usc.edu Path: archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif URL: ftp://usc.edu/archive/usenet/sources/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Misc URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Misc Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. -> Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu Path: usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif URL: ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif -> Host: ftp.uu.net Path: usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif URL: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume30/ascgif You can get GIF2ANSI and "gif2txt" from: o BBS Sites: -> BBS: Exec-PC (414) 789-4210 File: GIF2ANSI.ZIP, in the "Mahoney MS-DOS" file collection. -> BBS: Aquila BBS (708) 820-8344] File: gif2txt.zip You can get "ansicv22.zip", "ansirez1.zip", and "asciipicter.sit.hqx" from: Scarecrow's FTP Site -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Misc URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Misc Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher and WWW sites. You can get the GDS GIF-JPEG to ANSI (for DOS) at: o FTP Sites: -> Host: ftp.netcom.com Path: pub/ph/photodex File: gds31d.zip URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ph/photodex/gds31d.zip -> Host: oak.oakland.edu Path: SimTel/msdos/graphics File: gds31d.zip URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/graphics/gds31d.zip _ ____ . Q / |!__ | ___________________________________________________ \/|\ | | / / |/ !_! /_/ How can I make better Gray Scale conversions? _/ \_ Most of us start out thinking that you just put a GIF into a converter program and out comes a perfect ASCII pic. Would you believe ... there are some things you can do to improve the chances of getting a good conversion. The following is not a complete list, but it is what I have learned in making many conversions: o Use an 8 bit gray <<<~!%<:<<<~ .~ ' wide range of tones, !<:!< x< `~~!?!!: of an object. Avoid M9R*!MMMRRR8RR8i:::!MMMH(2MMMMMM9MMMMRM!<~~ ::<<: o Avoid busy 88X~tX!???tMXM?MM@HXMMMM%. <<~: Host: oak.oakland.edu Path: pub/msdos/compress File: comp430d.zip URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/msdos/compress/comp430d.zip To uuencode a file, use the following syntax at the prompt: uuencode filename filename > filename | | | | | | | | | |___ The name of the file that will be | | | | written to your disk so as to not | | | | overwrite the original file. | | | | | | | |___ Tells the system to write the resulting | | | uuencoded file to the name following it. | | | | | |___ The name to be put on the 'begin' line of the | | resulting uuencoded file. This name will | | be given to the file when it is uudecoded. | | | |___ The file you want to uuencode. | |___ The uuencode command. To compress a file: For Unix compress: o Type: compress filename For Gzip: o Type: gzip filename To zip compress a number of files into one .zip file, use the following syntax at the prompt: zip filename.zip filename1 filename2 filename3 | | |_________|_________| | | | | | |___ Files to be zipped, | | can be any number. | | | |___ Name for resulting .zip file. | |___ Command. For info on viewing animations and color images, see Question 21. \ / ___ _ \O/ !_ ) / | __________________________________________________ | / / | | | /___! !_! How do I view animations and color images? _/ \_ Type the name of the file where I have "filename". On a Unix system, the process is usually as easy as: To view an animation or color pic: o Type: cat filename You can view a compressed file without decompressing it. To view a .Z compressed file: o Type: zcat filename To view a .gz compressed file: o Type: gzcat filename To slow down an animation: o Type: cat -u filename Note: if you're modeming into your host, the speed of your connection will effect the speed of the animation. At 28.8 K, the animation may go to quickly, while at 2400 or lower, it may go too slowly. Host system speed and terminal speed also affect animation speed. To view color, you need a color screen and ANSI color capable software. There are also programs to slow animations. They are: vtcat - An alternative to type(msdos) cat(UNIX). This program will display your animations at the speed you like. delayvt - Inserts delays into an animation file so that the animation itself becomes slower. revdelay - This UNDO's the delays added by 'delayvt' so that you get the original animation as written by the author. The C source code, plus PC executables are available from: -> Host: tuda.newcastle.ac.uk Address: 128.240.2.1 Path: pub/local/n1ka0/animation/progs/utils URL: ftp://tuda.newcastle.ac.uk/pub/local/n1ka0/animation/progs/utils If you have uudecoded and decompressed a file and downloaded it, you need to do the following: o On your PC: You have to type "type filename" and press the return to view. You have to be sure there is a line reading: "DEVICE=ANSI.SYS" or "DEVICEHIGH=ANSI.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file. You should probably also convert these files to DOS-ASCII. Do this with a CR/LF converter (FLIP.EXE from FLIP1EXE.ZIP). Be sure to use the binary option because of the escape codes. o On your Amiga: Open a large Cli/Shell and type "type filename" and press return to view. ___ ___ /\Q !_ )!_ ) __________________________________________________ |\/ / / / / | /___!/___! How do I put an animation in my plan? _/ \_ On most Unix systems: o Name the file you want to be used as: .plan o Put it in the top level of your home folder. o Make your home folder 'world readable' by typing: chmod 711 . o Make your plan world readable by typing: chmod 644 .plan It does not work with all finger commands. Many systems will munch anything except CR and LF. To test your 'planimation', finger your account with your full address, not just your login. For example, type "finger foo@bar.edu" and not "finger foo". Putting an animation in your plan is not universally recommended. ___ ____ O , !_ )!__ / __________________________________________________ |\/ / / !_ \ | /___!!___/ How do I make a sig? /_\_ There are no rules for making sigs. Most sigs contain items like: o Name. o Nickname. o Email addresss. o ASCII art pics. o Borders. o Work and school names. o Disclaimer. o Mail addresses. o Phone, fax, and pager numbers, PINs. o Quotes and jokes from the poster and other people. o Info about the poster's .plan, PGP key, FTP site, WWW home page. You might simply 'Figletize' your name, pop in your addy and a pic, and presto, instant sig: | 'Go Johnny Go' || ___| johnsmith@foo.bar.edu | | || / _) | | | _ __ __ \||/ __ __ `__ | __| __ \ | ( | | | | | /()\ | | | | | | | | ___/ ___/ _| _| _| _| \__/ _____/ _| _| _| _| __| _| _| Here is the same sig with more information and a border: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * School: University of Silicon Valley, math major - Job: Al's Shipping Co. * * I speak for myself not for Silicon Valley University or Al's Shipping Co. * * /| * * | 'Go Johnny Go' || ___| G O S V U ! * * | | || / _) | | * * | _ __ __ \||/ __ __ `__ | __| __ * * \ | ( | | | | | /()\ | | | | | | | | * * ___/ ___/ _| _| _| _| \__/ _____/ _| _| _| _| __| _| _| * * * * InterNet Email Addresses: jsmith@foo.bar.svu.edu - jsmith@al.shipping.com * * WWW: http://foo.bar.edu/~jsmith/js.html - FTP: ftp.foo.bar.edu/pub/jsmith * * Mail: John Howard Smith - 12346 Foobar Avenue - Silicon Valley, CA 90000 * * Phone: 555.555.1212 - Fax: 555.555.1213 - Page: 555.555.1214; PIN: 143847 * * "Life is like spaghetti." Finger my account for the reasons, and for PGP. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notice how busy a sig can get. Think carefully about what is really important, how much of it you really want to include, and how you want it laid out. The little sig is 5 lines and 367 characters. The ego-billboard is 18 lines and 1404 characters. Over three times the size. If you're going to have your sig automatically included in your posts and email, remember that some systems only allow up to 4 lines in the sig. For info on how to have your sig automatically included, see Question 24. If you want to use a larger sig on systems that only allow 4 lines, you will have to insert it manually. On most Unix based systems: o Using pico editor, press control-r when you want to insert the sig, and then type the name (or full pathname) of the file to be inserted. o Using vi, ex, ed, the command is ":r " o Using emacs, it is control-x control-r Speaking of sig length, there is a rule of thumb of 4 to 6 lines. Try to keep sigs around this length for posts, reserving the long ones for email, and post to the ASCII art groups, where it's expected. / ___ _ _ \Q !_ )| | !_ __________________________________________________ |\ / / !_ _! How do I have my sig |/ /___! !_! automatically added to my posts and email? _/ \_ On a Unix system, the process is usually as easy as: For posts: If you are using most newsreaders: o Name the file you want to be used as ".signature" o Put it in the top level of your home folder. Your news software should pick it up. Note: some systems are set up to allow only four lines in a posted sig. If you are using tin: o Make a folder in the top level of your home folder called ".Sig". o Fill it with sigs. The files in that folder will be used randomly by tin when selecting a sig for your post. You can call the folder something other than ".Sig", but you must change the 'signature path' line in your tinrc in your .tin folder. To have a file included above your random sig: o Make a file in the top level of your home folder called ".sigfixed". For email: o Name the file you want to be used as ".signature" o Put it in the top level of your home folder. If you have done this for the above use in news posts, you need to, in additon, do one of the following: If you're using Elm for your email, and elm doesn't pick up your sig: o You need to put the following in ypur elmrc: localsignature = ~/.signature remotesignature = ~/.signature If you don't have an elmrc yet: o Open Elm o Press the 'o' key to get to the options screen. o Press the '>' to save your configuration. o Press 'i' to go back to the index. o Quit. This will create the elmrc file in the .elm folder. If you're using Pine (with Pico) for your email: o Place the following in your .pinerc file: signature-file=~/.signature If you're using vm (in emacs) for your email: o Place the following in your .emacs file: (setq mail-signature t) ____________________________________________________________________________ | | | S I G L E N G T H I N P O S T S & E M A I L | | | | Note about sig usage: Try to use short sigs for posts to newsgroups. | | If you have any long sigs, try to only use them for email and posts to | | the ASCII art groups. | !____________________________________________________________________________! , \ ___ ___ \Q , !_ )| __! __________________________________________________ |\/ / / !__ \ | /___!!___/ What should I know about posting ASCII Art? _/ \_ You can post any of the following types of ASCII art to rec.arts.ascii or alt.ascii-art or alt.binaries.pictures.ascii groups: o All forms of ASCII art including: - Standard ASCII art (line pics, 3-D, oversize printer art, GIFs, etc). - Non-standard ASCII art (animations, color pics, color animations). o Discussion about pieces of art. o Requests for specific pieces of art, and their fulfillment. o Questions and answers covering: - Creating and viewing ASCII art. - Locating FTP sites for ASCII art and related files. o Discussion about artists in the field. Animations can also be posted to alt.ascii-art.animation. 3-D art can also be posted to alt.3d. To make it easier for everybody, please put one of the following Subject IDs at the beginning of the subject line of your post: Line - Standard ASCII line art. Line pictures and large lettering. GIF - Gray scale image. Animation - Animation. Usually uuencoded. Color - ANSI Color image. Usually uuencoded. 3-D - Three dimensional art. Font - Alphabets and Figlet fonts. Binary - Binaries (software like Figlet and Gifscii). Usually uuencoded. Big - Wider than 80 columns and-or longer than 24 lines). Repost - Repost of a previously posted pic, not new art. Request - Request for a picture, Figletized name, sig, etc. Talk - General discussion, no pics included. Question - A question concerning any of the ASCII art topics. Answer - An answer to a question asked by a poster. Info - Web URLs, email addresses, Gopher and FTP sites, font lists, etc. Announce - Announcements of events, new sites, Web pagse, etc. FAQ - Used for the weekly posting of Frequently Asked Questions If you are following up a post, please change the Subject ID to reflect the contents of the post. This way if you are fulfilling a request, change: Request: Marilyn Monroe TO GIF: Marilyn Monroe This allows readers the option of reading the group in a newsreader's selector, sorted by articles. They can then read only what is of interest to them, trusting the IDs to accurately identify the contents. Some people do not have the time (or money if they are paying by the hour or byte) to read everything in every group they like. Here are some guidelines: Posting to the ASCII groups: o If someone requests a picture only days after it has been posted, and you would like to fill that request, please email the picture to the person requesting it. It's better than reposting so soon. o Try to eliminate unnecessary blank space to the left of the pic, and trailing space to the right. This reduces waste. o If you're posting a collection of pics, try to keep each pic on its own lines (and separated from other pics by a couple of lines). o Replace tabs with spaces. Otherwise tab damage can occur. When following up an article: o Read all the articles in a thread before posting. Most newsreaders will let you re-read news you've already seen. o Decide whether it's better to post or email your message. o Check the attributions. o Try to keep quoted materials to a minimum. o Summarize where possible. o Change the Subject ID to reflect the contents of the post. Most general guidelines for posting apply here too: o Try to stay on topic (ASCII art). It's easy to get sidetracked into other things, especially when a cross-posted thread gets going. o If you disagree with somebody, disagree with what they have said, but don't flame them. o Ask permission before quoting somebody's email message. o Type your post in upper-and-lower case. ALL UPPER CASE IS HARD TO READ. o Cross-post an article instead of posting it separately to many newsgroups. You cross-post by adding group names to the "Newsgroups:" line in the header (if you are using the editor in a newsreader). Or by typing names when prompted in "Pnews". When you cross-post, only one copy is sent around. And only one copy is kept on each machine. And as a reader, you only see the cross-posted article once, no matter how many groups it was cross-posted to. If you're a new reader: o Read the ASCII groups for a week or two to familiarize yourself with them before posting. If you're a new user: o Familiarize yourself with newsgroups, their customs, terminology and abbreviations. Check out the guidelines, posted in the newsgroups news.announce.newusers and news.newusers.questions. One exception to the usual rules is the use of sigs. Because the groups rec.arts.ascii, alt.ascii-art and alt.binaries.pictures.ascii are about ASCII art, it is within the scope of these groups to post longer sigs. Be an Art Detective. Let's say you're reading another group, say, rec.nonsense, and while reading the posts, you see a pic or sig. You would like an easy way to show it to us on rec.arts.ascii, without saving it, quiting from rec.nonsense, going to rec.arts.ascii, starting a post, inserting the pic or sig, quiting your newsreader, deleting it, etc. It's easy to be an Art Detective. While in the original newsgroup: o Follow-up the article, making sure it is quoted. o Replace any newsgroups named in the "Newsgroups:" with "rec.arts.ascii". o Delete all extraneous materials from the post, leaving the pic or sig. o Add any commentary you think appropriate. o Send it. / ___ __ O/ !_ )/ /_ __________________________________________________ \/| / /| _ \ |/\_ /___!\___/ Where is the FAQ available? _/ Tha FAQ is available from newsgroups, FTP, Gopher, WWW, finger: o Newsgroups: - rec.arts.ascii - alt.ascii-art - alt.binaries.pictures.ascii - alt.ascii-art.animation - comp.graphics - news.answers - alt.answers - rec.answers - comp.answers o FTP Sites: -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Path: pub/Scarecrow File: FAQ URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/FAQ -> Host: ftp.uu.net Path: usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq.Z URL: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z -> Host: rtfm.mit.edu Path: pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: ftp.mty.itesm.mx Path: pub/usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq URL: ftp://ftp.mty.itesm.mx/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Path: pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/usenet/news.answers/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: ftp.sunet.se Path: pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: ftp.cs.ruu.nl Path: pub/NEWS.ANSWERS File: ascii-art-faq URL: ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/NEWS.ANSWERS/ascii-art-faq -> Host: ftp.Germany.EU.net Path: pub/newsarchive/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq.Z URL: ftp://ftp.Germany.EU.net/pub/newsarchive/news.answers/ascii-art-faq.Z -> Host: ftp.funet.fi Path: pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz URL: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/rtfm/rec.arts.ascii -> Host: ftp.edu.tw Path: USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K).gz URL: ftp://ftp.edu.tw/USENET/FAQ/rec/arts/ascii -> Host: ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de Path: pub/comp/usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq URL: ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq -> Host: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr Path: pub/usenet/news.answers File: ascii-art-faq URL: ftp://hwarang.postech.ac.kr/pub/usenet/news.answers/ascii-art-faq -> Host: ftp.uni-paderborn.de Path: doc/FAQ File: FAQ_-_ASCII_Art_Questions_&_Answers_(*.*_-_*_K) URL: ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/doc/FAQ o Gopher Servers: -> Hast: gopher.wwa.com Menu Items: 3, 3 -> Hast: jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Menu Items: 10, 12, 1 -> Host: src.doc.ic.ac.uk Menu Items: 37, 30, 647, 3 -> Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de Menu Items: 12, 8, 4, 647, 3 -> Host: cc1.kuleuven.ac.be Menu Items: 3, 3, 858 -> Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net Menu Items: 7, 1, 20, 14, 62 -> Host: gopher.win.tue.nl Menu Items: 8, 6, 3, 4, 20, 53 -> Host: gopher.Germany.EU.net Menu Items: 7, 1, 20, 14, 62 -> Host: gopher.uni-paderborn.de Menu Items: 12, 4, 10, 5, 703, 3 o World Wide Web: Scarecrow's WWW Link -> URL: http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/scarecrow.html Select: ASCII ART FAQ (posted text version) Select: ASCII Art Resources (this file) Select: ASCII Art Reference (Web version with links to everything) -> URL: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/ascii-art-faq/faq.html -> URL: http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-faqs/rec.arts.ascii o FTP Mail Servers: -> Address: ftp-mail@uni-paderborn.de Message: help -> Address: mail-server@cs.ruu.nl Message: help -> Address: archive-server@Germany.EU.net Message: help -> Address: ftpmail@ftp.edu.tw Message: help -> Address: ftp-mailer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Message: help o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony sites: finger asciifaq@wwa.com (turn on text capture first) OR finger asciifaq@wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time) OR finger asciifaq@wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq') , \ / ___ ____ \O/ !_ )|__ ! __________________________________________________ | / / / / _/\|/\_ /___! /_/ Who made this file? 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The ASCII numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6) refer to how far ``out'' the big numbers should appear. 6666666 5555555555555 66666666666 444555555555555566666 66666 3333333 444455555 66666 3333333333333 4444455555 66666 222233333 33333 44444455555 66666 222222222 333334444444455555 66666 22222 222222 33333444444444 555555 66666666666 111122222 22222 333334444 44444 55555 6666666666666 1111122222 22222 333334444 44444 55555 666666 66666 111111 22222333334444 44444 5555566666 6666 111111 22222333344444444444444 555566666 6666 11111 222223333444444444444444 555566666 6666 11111 22222 33333 444455555 555556666666666 11111 22222 33333 4444455555 55555 666666 11111 22222 33333 44444 5555555555 11111 22222 33333 44444 55555 11111 22222 33333 33333 44444 1111122222 333333333333333 44444 11111222222222233333333333 11111122222222222222 1111111 3-D art, a picture of boxes (by Benjamin B. Thomas): Here is another example of 3-D art. To view, place your nose on the monitor glass in the middle. +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ |`. `. |\ \ | | / /| .' .'| | `+------+ | +------+ +------+ +------+ | +------+' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + | | + | | | | | | + | | + `. | | \| | | | | |/ | | .' `+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+' .+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+ +------+. .' .'| / /| | | |\ \ |`. `. +------+' | +------+ | +------+ | +------+ | `+------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + | | + | | + | | + | | | | .' | |/ | | \| | `. | | +------+' +------+ +------+ +------+ `+------+ The next two must be saved, uudecoded, and "cat'd" (Questions 20 and 21). 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His daughter, the |__ ,| / \ / `\ / \ | ===| most wonderful, sweet, ___| ___ ,|__ / /=_=_=_=\ \ |, _| bright, gentle, coura- I_I__I_I__I_I (====(_________)___|_|____|____ geous and beautiful mouse \-\--|-|--/-/ | I [ ]__I I_I__|____I_I_| of the Kingdom -- was now |[] '| | [] |`__ . [ \-\--|-|--/-/ of age to be married, |. | |' |___|_____I___|___I___|---------| and the King wanted to / \| [] .|_|-|_|-|-|_|-|_|-|_|-| [] [] | find the most perfect <===> | .|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | / \ and worthy husband for ] []|` [] ||.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.|.||- <===> her. He wanted to marry ] []| ` | |/////////\\\\\\\\\\.||__. | |[] [ her to someone special, <===> ' ||||| | | | ||||.|| [] <===> to someone strong and \T/ | |-- ||||| | O | O | ||||.|| . |' \T/ powerful. In fact, he | . _||||| | | | ||||.|| | | | decided he would marry ../|' v . | .|||||/____|____\|||| /|. . | . ./ her to the *MOST* power- |//\............/...........\........../../\\\ ful being on Earth. At this time, my little one, you have to understand that a princess couldn't choose herself who she wanted to marry. This would cause many princesses to have a very sad life, and thankfully today, we can marry who we want! :) So the princess mouse was very sad, for she knew that she had to marry the one her father choses, and she loved secretly a prince-mouse that lived in another kingdom. . . | . / -- Surely, said the king to himself one \ ... ... | ... / night he couldn't sleep because he was ...\...........|..... /...... thinking about all that, surely the ......\... * *../............ SUN is the MOST *powerful* being .......... ______________*_____......... in all the world! I shall meet ....... (____________________>... him tomorrow and ask him to marry - - - - - - - (o o) - - - - - - - - my daughter. ....* \ *..... ......... ,____~ .......... The day after, he had a big ...../.* .*...... breakfast, and then he climbed the / ......* *..... \ tallest tower of his castle (the one / ........... ..........\ that scratches the heavens with its / ... . ..... |........... \ weather-vane) and said to the Sun / .. ... | ... ... \ from the tallest window: . . | . . \ | "Oh Sun, Sun! You that are | the most *powerful* being in the world! Would you marry my daughter, who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?" "I would be glad to do so," responded the Sun, "but alas! I am not the most powerful being in the world... look, look in the sky! Do you see the cloud? When he comes in front of me, he blocks my rays and stop my warmth... they are surely more powerful than I!" The King was very persistent, and decided to keep his hopes high. The day after, after eating a hearty breakfast, he climbed the highest mountain in the Kingdom, and met with the cloud: "Oh Cloud, Cloud! You that are more ( ( ) powerful than the Sun, who is the most ( ( ) powerful being in all the world! Would you ( ( ) marry my daughter, who is the most (_ ( ) wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, ( ( ) courageous and beautiful mouse in the ^^^/^^^^/^^^^^^^^^^^ Kingdom?" / /__ \__ / ? / /__ \ ( )( )________ /__ / /00 \ _ / / O_\\--mm---mm /_______) / / \/ "I would be glad to do so," answered the Cloud, "but Alas! there is someone who is more powerful than I... look, look! Do you feel the wind? When he blows strongly, he pushes me far away and we can't do anything about it! He certainly would be the one worthy of your daughter." The king did not despair, and decided the next day, after a big, hearty breakfast, to meet with the Wind. . . . . . . . . * . . . . . . . * He traveled far, far away, to a land . ____ . . . where only ice, mountains, cold and wind >> . . live and play music all the time . . /WWWI; \ . . . ____ between the stars. . * /WWWWII; \=====; . /WI; \ * . /\_ . . /WWWWWII;.. \_ . ___/WI;:. \ . _/M; \ . . . /WWWWWIIIIi;.. \__/WWWIIII:.. \____ . . /MMI: \ * . . _/WWWWWIIIi;;;:...: ;\WWWWWWIIIII;. \ /MMWII; \ . . . /WWWWWIWIiii;;;.:.. : ;\WWWWWIII;;;:: \___/MMWIIII; \ . /WWWWWIIIIiii;;::.... : ;|WWWWWWII;;::.: :;IMWIIIII;: \___ * /WWWWWWWWWIIIIIWIIii;;::;..;\WWWWWWIII;;;:::... ;IMIII;; :: \ . WWWWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIii;;::.;..;\WWWWWWWWIIIII;;.. :;IMIII;::: : \ WWWWWWWWWWWWWIIIIIIii;;::..;..;\WWWWWWWWIIII;::; :::::::::.....:: \ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXXXXX %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Oh Wind, Wind! You that are more powerful than the cloud, who are more powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the whole world! Would you marry my daughter, who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, courageous and beautiful mouse in the Kingdom?" "I would be glad to do so... but alas! I am not that powerful... when you will travel back to your land, you will surly see this old tower on the the castle of the neighboring Kingdom... for centuries and centuries I have vainly blown on him.. and never would he move! This old tower is surly more powerful than I." The King decided to go see this tower and ask him to marry his daughter, since it was right on his way back to home: "Oh tower, Tower! You who are more |>>> powerful than the wind, who is more | powerful than the cloud, who is more _ _|_ _ powerful than the Sun, who is the MOST |;|_|;|_|;| powerful being in the world! Would you \\. . / marry my daughter, who is the most \\: . / wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle, ||: | courageous and beautiful mouse in my ||:. | kingdom?" ||: .| ||: | \,/ ||: , | /`\ ||: | ||: . | __ _||_ | ____--`~ '--~~__ __ ----~ ~`---, ___ -~--~ ~---__ ,--~' ~~----_____-~' `~----~~ "I would be glad to do so, but alas! I am not that powerful... look, look! here in my dungeons, a prince mouse has made hundreds of holes in me, and never, never have I been able to stop him from doing so! Surly he is more powerful than I." The King was very desperate by that time... he decided to make a last attempt and walked in the maze of paths and holes of the dungeons of the tower to find the prince mouse. After some time, he met him: "Oh Sir, prince Mouse.. You who are more powerful than the Tower, who is himself more powerful than the Wind, who is more powerful than the Cloud, who is more powerful than the Sun, who is the most powerful being in the world! Would you marry my daughter.. who is the most wonderful, sweet, bright, gentle courageous and beautiful mouse in my Kingdom?" __ ,-'' `-. And since the prince mouse was in , . /\\` _\ , love with the King's daughter too, c(\/| |\\ (_\/| he answered "yes:)" and the two / o `-. ` / /-'o `-. mice married each other, were | --' | / --' happy like no other royal couple, _-_ (_ /' /\_,-'|`-'/ many many children. /`` `---' \ / | |_.--._|/-' / `---. \ \-'\__./ | | , /)` \ ( -< -'-'|\_.-/' \\_| ,) || T H E | `-.`. ,`( `--\ |_// | /`'----'\ |' |__, E N D \\_/ | | | | \ /|\ ` `-~~\~~|~/~~' \ |/ \|\_, ,_/ ' ` ,,, (o o) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Geometric Article (by Lars Aronsson): I don't know about you, but in a local Internet BBS here in Linkoping Sweden, we have been cultivating a different form of ASCII art, which we call "geometric articles". The same thing is know from literature as "picture poems" (I don't know if that is the term used in English, though), but the traditional picture poems don't adhere to our strict rules. Traditionally these were typeset in proportional pitch fonts, while we use fixed font terminals. The most common of the "geometric articles" is the "brick". Just like this text, you keep both margins straight. Simple variations are triangles and circles. The art gets more difficult as you try to Wow, look at this. A whole empty space in here, make shorter where I could put a signature, or some ASCII art, lines. The or something else, that would be interesting to my most skilled readers. Too bad I cannot make up my mind on how in this noble to use this space, and soon it will all be used. art have tried to write articles in the shape of pictures, or even in the shape of a word. Obviously, this requires a command of the language used that I can impossibly display in English. I leave that all to you to try... Picture Poem (by Adrienne Rich, from Meindert de Jong): Dusk above the water hang the loud flies Here O so gray then what A pale signal will appear when Soon before its shadow fades where Here in this pool of opened eye in us No upon us As at the very edges of where we take shape in the dark air This object bares its image awakening ripples of recognition that will brush darkness up into light even after this bird this hour both drift byatop the perfect sad instant now already passing out of sight toward yet-untroubled reflection this image bares its object darkening into memorial shades scattered bits of light No of water Or something across water Breaking up no being regathered soon Yet by then a swan will have gone yes out of mind into what vast pale hush of a place past sudden dark as if a swan sang ANSI Escape Codes for making animations (from Colin Douthwaite): ANSI ESCAPE SEQUENCES ============================================================================== Wherever you see '#', that should be replaced by the appropriate number. ESC code sequence Function ------------------- --------------------------- Cursor Controls: ESC[#;#H or ESC[#;#f Moves cusor to line #, column # ESC[#A Moves cursor up # lines ESC[#B Moves cursor down # lines ESC[#C Moves cursor forward # spaces ESC[#D Moves cursor back # spaces ESC[#;#R Reports current cursor line & column ESC[s Saves cursor position for recall later ESC[u Return to saved cursor position Erase Functions: ESC[2J Clear screen and home cursor ESC[K Clear to end of line Set Graphics Rendition: ESC[#;#;....;#m Set display attributes where # is 0 for normal display 1 for bold on 4 underline (mono only) 5 blink on 7 reverse video on 8 nondisplayed (invisible) 30 black foreground 31 red foreground 32 green foreground 33 yellow foreground 34 blue foreground 35 magenta foreground 36 cyan foreground 37 white foreground 40 black background 41 red background 42 green background 43 yellow background 44 blue background 45 magenta background 46 cyan background 47 white background ESC[=#;7h or Put screen in indicated mode where #is ESC[=h or 0 for 40 x 25 black & white ESC[=0h or 1 for 40 x 25 color ESC[?7h 2 for 80 x 25 b&w 3 for 80 x 25 color 4 for 320 x 200 color graphics 5 for 320 x 200 b & w graphics 6 for 640 x 200 b & w graphics 7 to wrap at end of line ESC[=#;7l or ESC[=l or Resets mode # set with above command ESC[=0l or ESC[?7l Keyboard Reassignments: ESC[#;#;...p Keyboard reassignment. The first ASCII or ESC["string"p code defines which code is to be or ESC[#;"string";#; changed. The remaining codes define #;"string";#p what it is to be changed to. E.g. Reassign the Q and q keys to the A and a keys (and vice versa). ESC [65;81p A becomes Q ESC [97;113p a becomes q ESC [81;65p Q becomes A ESC [113;97p q becomes a E.g. Reassign the F10 key to a DIR command. ESC [0;68;"dir";13p The 0;68 is the extended ASCII code for the F10 key and 13 is the ASCII code for a carriage return. Other function key codes F1=59,F2=60,F3=61,F4=62,F5=63 F6=64,F7=65,F8=66,F9=67,F10=68 D.E.C. VT-100 ANSI (from Wintson Smith): D.E.C. VT-100 keys are not redefinable. Each key sends a fixed escape code. Thus, the [ GOLD / PF1 ] key can not be exchanged with the [ PF4 ] key. Their hardware actions are fixed. The keys can only be reassigned via changing the --SOFTWARE-- routine executed for any particular keypress. VAX/VMS DCL allows you to map and remap the VT100 keys at the OS level. You can redefine VT-100 keys under program control, but you can do that for --ANY-- key on your keyboard (e.g. if 'a' is pressed go West, etc....). D.E.C. VT-100 ANSI is not much like MS-DOS ANSI.SYS in several respects. PF1, for example, will send an in D.E.C. VT-100 ANSI. There is no way to change this sequence short of turning on VT-52 emulation and turning the VT-100 into a VT-52 (which changes the screen mapping and everything else about the terminal). Here is the VT100 ANSI function keypad as I know it: [ O P ] [ O Q ] [ O R ] [ O S ] [ O w ] [ O x ] [ O y ] [ O m ] [ O t ] [ O u ] [ O v ] [ O l ] [ O q ] [ O s ] [ O p ] [ O n ] [ O M ] The function keypad is turned on with: = The function keypad is turned off with: > ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ASCII Art Resources This format and compilation as a whole is copyrighted by Bob Allison. c1995 Bob Allison This archive may be read and distributed non-commercially at no charge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WHOLE BUNCH OF INFO FILE :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version: 4.9.2 Released: April 9, 1996 |||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||| END O F A S C I I A R T R E S O U R CES |||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||