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From: rcnortma@midway.uchicago.edu (R. Nortman)
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Subject: Re: TALK: Animations in .plan
Date: 12 Jul 1994 12:24:39 -0500
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In article <2vuaba$i35@gagme.wwa.com> "R.K.Harding" <rkh2@ukc.ac.uk> writes:
>
>In article <2vs1db$5gg@gagme.wwa.com>,
>R. Nortman <rcnortma@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>
>>How do I put a vt animation in a .plan file, and how would I use an
>>animation using the write command (for those of you using unix)?
>
>We can't use .plan files at my site since the mail machine is separate 
>from those holding our unix accounts.  However, I think you just need to 
>rename the vt file into ".plan" using:
>
>unix% mv animation.vt .plan

[...]

Yes -- I did this, but somehow when the animation is viewed via the
finger command, something happens and it comes out garbled.

>>While we're at it, can these be sent in a mail message?
>
>They can, but those I've tried (sending them to myself) need you to press 
>space in my mail reader because it waits at the end of every screenful.
>What I can do, though, is to press space a number of times and it works fine
>except the scrambled "-More-" messages on the left of the screen.

[...]

Again, it comes out garbled.  (BTW:  I know I could uuencode and send,
but I want it to be animated when they view their mail)


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