[GreenKeys] RTTY Art JAVA Viewer Facelift

Paul A. Pennington paulpenn at knology.net
Wed Jan 26 18:47:10 EST 2005


    Tom said:

> That's not an ASCII issue, it's a local-presentation issue, eg.
> your screen.
>
> ASCII doesn't have anything to say about how data is displayed, or
> what an "X" looks like, only that it has a particular
> representation.

    I know, but as long as you're picking arbitrary characters to represent 
a hole or non-hole, pick two of the same size so the result looks like the 
original tape on most displays.  A small point, but now's the time to set 
the standard.

    Who knows -- it might just make the difference between some future 
archeologist recognizing the purpose of the file or not.

    Paul Pennington
    Augusta, Georgia



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