On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 07:41:13 +0900 Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair / soyabean.com.au> wrote: > 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 > I think that if you put everything onto one line, the picture should be ok. Regards, Brian -- Brian Schröäer http://www.brian-schroeder.de/