On Friday, December 10, 2004, 9:25:19 AM, pat wrote: > i=1;loop{puts"\e[2J\e[H%11s\n %8s(*)____,\n%10s` > =~~/\n#{'~^~'[i%2,2]*9}"%['_',i&1>0?'<':'Quack! >','('];i+=sleep 1} > which wc says is 116 characters The picture is bung: _ <(*)____, (` =~~/ ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ And I'm getting screen flicker. How about some double buffering? :> Gavin