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Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
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lugnet.faq
Date: 
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 20:56:17 GMT
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JSPROAT@antispamIO.COM
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Robert Munafo wrote:
If I had written the LUGNET software the "thread tree" at the end of each
message would have been done in ASCII like this (ya gotta click that "View Raw
Message", dude):
<code>
  1-+-2
    +-3
    +-4-5-**-15-+-16-+-17
    |           |    `-18
    |           `-6-7
    `-8-+-9-10
        +-11
        `-19
</code>

Ho...ly...smokes.  This is cool.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives



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  Re: [faq FAQ How do I format an entry in the Lugnet FAQ?]
 
(...) I should also point out that I have an almost pathological affinity for using ASCII when about 99.5 % of the sane world would use graphics. For example, see: (URL) actually wrote general-purpose code for converting bitmap images of line art (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)

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