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(posting from TB (Thunderbird))

When sending Email, i can easily embed a JPG into the body of the msg.
--------- i wish i could do that here.

On 2/4/2024 3:10 PM, HenHanna wrote:

>   When sending Email, i can easily embed a JPG into the body of the msg.
>             --------- i wish i could do that here.
>

Before Google Groups, we used to create diagrams using ASCII characters.
The rec.puzzles newsgroups was strictly text*. The best font to use
on ASCII diagrams was a fixed-width font, where each character is the
same width. Proportional fonts would often make the diagram unreadable.
To show a picture (e.g., a *.jpg), one could put it on a website and
post a link.

Here is an example from many years ago:

The 16 polyomino shapes shown below (forming the words "a little
puzzle") are made out of 100 small unit squares. Fit together the pieces
to form a 10 unit by 10 unit square. There are many ways to form the
square if you are allowed to flip pieces over, but it is possible to
make the square without flipping any pieces over. There is a picture of
the puzzle at:

http://www.microprizes.com/public/alp.htm

(View the diagrams using a fixed-width font)

[l] [i] [l]
[a][a][a] [l] [t] [t] [l] [e][e][e]
[a] [l] [i] [t][t][t] [t][t][t] [l] [e][e][e]
[a][a][a] [l] [i] [t] [t] [l] [e]
[a][a][a] [l] [i] [t] [t] [l] [e][e][e]

[l]
[p][p][p] [u] [u] [z][z][z] [z][z][z] [l] [e][e][e]
[p] [p] [u] [u] [z][z] [z][z] [l] [e][e][e]
[p][p][p] [u] [u] [z][z] [z][z] [l] [e]
[p] [u][u][u] [z][z][z] [z][z][z] [l] [e][e][e]
[p]

Note that the two z's are formed out of two pieces each. Each piece
looks like this:

[z][z][z]
[z][z]

The rest of the letters (except for the dot on the "i") are one piece.

<End Example>

*I am now seeing your newsgroup posts in Thunderbird. Possibly you
recently changed something that are allowing the posts through (e.g.,
avoiding HTML or binary data).

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On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 4:14:56 PM UTC-8, Carl G. wrote:
> On 2/4/2024 3:10 PM, HenHanna wrote:

> Before Google Groups, we used to create diagrams using ASCII characters.
....

I notice that Google Groups ruined the spacing in my ASCII puzzle diagram. This is one reason I avoid using Google Groups, and use Thunderbird. The diagram looks fine in Thunderbird.

-Carl G.

On 2/4/2024 4:14 PM, Carl G. wrote:
> On 2/4/2024 3:10 PM, HenHanna wrote:
>
>>    When sending Email, i can easily embed a JPG into the body of the msg.
>>              --------- i wish i could do that here.
>>
>
> Before Google Groups, we used to create diagrams using ASCII characters.
................

>
>
> *I am now seeing your newsgroup posts in Thunderbird. Possibly you
> recently changed something that are allowing the posts through (e.g.,
> avoiding HTML or binary data).
>

that'd be because i'm now posting from TB.

over in Geometry.puzzles, there's this post
(What Fraction is Shaded? 5/10/2022)
that has an image attachment, which i can see.

What is the next letter in this sequence? ----- ( G, D, S, B, H, S, __ )