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Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Roman Black
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:17 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: ANSI text "drawing" software
>
>
> Martin Peach wrote:
> >
> > > I just whipped up a sample:
> > > http://centauri.ezy.net.au/~fastvid/text.gif
> > >
> > > You can get quite a complex circuit in a tight
> > > space and it looks clean.
> > > With the right software to draw them it would be
> > > really easy to send circuits back and forth with
> > > quick changes. :o)
> > > -Roman
> >
> > But not everybody has that kind of display...
> > ...you can't complain about html postings and then post in
> ansi...I think
> > ascii is more universal. The user just has to view it in a
> fixed width font
> > such as Courier. This version should work on any terminal:
> >
> >                           |
> > +12V----------------------|--------*---------
> >                  +--------*        |
> >                  C        C        L1
> > In----R1-------B-Q1   +-B-Q2       |
> >                  E    |   E        |
> >                  |    +---|---*-R4-*---------Out
> >                  R2       R3  +-C1-+
> >                  |        |
> > Gnd--------------*--------*------------------
>
> Sure! No real problem to have a "mode" button to
> save the text in either mode. It doesn't really have
> to be ansi as such, most text character sets and windows
> fonts have those characters and since colour is not needed
> they should display on just about anything these days,
> pardon me linux people if i'm wrong. But the use of the
> proper line characters allows a compact neat diagram.
>
> Which buttons do you press on the PC keyboard to generate
> the extended characters? I've forgotten how to do it.
> Can anyone send some of the line chars to the list and
> see if they display?
> -Roman
>
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