Ascii-art app for OS X?
November 8, 2009 5:43 PM Subscribe
What is the name of this obscure Mac text editor that draws ASCII art boxes and lines by dragging them out?
I last used this app about three years ago, on OS X.
It was a simple text editor, that had a unique feature. You could drag a rectangle and it would create a BBS-style ASCII box. It would also do straight lines. (It may have done more).
Freely downloadable, at no cost. Ran in English.
I last used this app about three years ago, on OS X.
It was a simple text editor, that had a unique feature. You could drag a rectangle and it would create a BBS-style ASCII box. It would also do straight lines. (It may have done more).
Freely downloadable, at no cost. Ran in English.
emacs has artist mode, which allows creating ascii boxes, and even diagrams with connectors etc. This may not be the app you had in mind; emacs is far from obscure or simple I think.
posted by idiopath at 7:38 PM on November 8, 2009
posted by idiopath at 7:38 PM on November 8, 2009
Best answer: The best one I know is ASCII/edit. I wouldn't characterize the output as "BBS-style," which implies more an IBM-ANSI art style rather than the plain ASCII punctuation it uses.
posted by majick at 5:37 AM on November 9, 2009
posted by majick at 5:37 AM on November 9, 2009
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posted by rbs at 6:06 PM on November 8, 2009