[libcaca] Re: a conversion script, and patches for libcaca, and ttyvaders

[Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007, Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler wrote:

> i checked out the latest svn revisions of libcaca and ttyvaders, and lo
> and behold -- ttyvaders had been replaced by the "rofl|rofl"
> side-scroller! this would not do, so i revived(?) the regular game,
> leaving the side-scroller as a pre-intro. this required patches to
> libcaca and ttyvaders, and the creation of a new utility -- txt2caca.py
> (sorry, it's python rather than c) for conversion from ttyvaders old
> text-based animation format to the modern "caca" animation file format.
> anyhow, here they are:

   Thanks for your contributions! It's nice to see some interest from
new people.

   The main reason I'd like to change ttyvaders from a top-down scroller
to a side scroller is that most terminals have 80 columns but only 24 or
25 lines, thus allowing for smoother horizontal scrolling. The ugly
sprites are, as you may have guessed, because I did not convert previous
sprites to the new format.

   I'll review your patches and get back to you later.

Regards,
-- 
Sam.
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