Martin Peach wrote:
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----
> >I'm still interested in writing some EE draw software
> >even with crude corners, I think the amount of times
> >I would use it, like in PIC .asm source I could put
> >the circuit, in posts to the piclist, in making quick
> >web page circuits, etc etc.
> >
> >                 C
> >   -------R----B
> >   |             E
> >   |             |
> >   |             |
> >   ---------------
> >
> >Those nice joins and corners would make a lot of
> >difference though. So what ascii characters are
> >guaranteed to always work in emails? Are there a
> >few of those we could sacrifice for nice circuits?
> >Just for - and | that join up would be nice, and
> >a good join + and crossover (not join).
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >
>=20
> I would suggest not requiring people to have special fonts installed. I
> think for example, using * for a join and + for a crossover works OK. A=
lso
> using + for corners shouldn't introduce any confusion. Those neat line
> characters only work in DOS anyway. A friend of mine once made a font f=
or
> the Macintosh that simply drew components instead of letters, so for
> instance if 'a' was a horizontal resistor, 'b' a vertical resistor, 'c'=
 a
> horizontal cap, etc.
> /\/\/\/*=3DMartin


Sure, using the standard text for the circuit would
be a given. But a custom windows font would be worth
having, even if just to improve the + * - | chars
so they join up better. It's only a few minutes work
with a font editor and i'm sure a lot of windows
users would be interested in a Courier+ font or
similar that has those few chars modded.

Some of the ISO 5589/1 characters that Barry posted:
=A1=A2=A3=A4=A5=A6=A7=A8=A9=AA=AB=AC=AD=AE=AF=B0=B1=B2=B3=B4=B5=B6=B7=B8=B9=
=BA=BB=BC=BD=BE=BF
Might make ok corners, and if someone also has the
"special" font they get the nice lines and corners.

How's this:
(Join + 4 corners)

-----=A9---=A1      =B8--------
     |   |      |
     |   |      |
     |   |      |
     |   =AA------=B9

Compared to:

-----*---+      +--------
     |   |      |
     |   |      |
     |   |      |
     |   +------+

So it works ok with just a normal font, but if
the person has the special font they get the
perfect lines and corners. Win/win situation?
-Roman

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