Re: Smiling Faces
Robert Craig wrote:
> Juergen Luethje wrote:
>> ( The original post showed a little picture instead of "colon dash
>> right-paren". )
>> Then re-convert it to "colon dash right-paren" for e-mail and RSS,
>> please.
>
> I'm not changing what's sent through Topica.
I see.
> I'm just converting colon dash right-paren
> to a smiley picture on the RDS EUforum Web pages.
> This also causes the RSS feed to have a picture
> instead of 3 characters, but Thunderbird RSS handles
> this OK, displaying the picture. I'm not sure about
> other RSS readers - I might have to change something.
What settings are you using in Thunderbird?
I had used Thunderbird 1.0.2 on Windows with the following settings:
- Main menu:
View > Text of messages > Original HTML
- RSS options:
[v] Show summary instead of whole page
I just tested it again. When I get the RSS feed
<http://www.listfilter.com/EUforum/messages_full.xml>,
smiley pictures in messages are displayed correctly for the moment.
But after closing Thunderbird and re-starting it, they are not displayed
any more (the PC is offline then). It then looks like this:
<http://www.rapideuphoria.com/uploads/tb_rss_smiley.png>
As you already wrote (below), Thunderbird can convert colon dash
right-paren to smiley pictures itself. That seems to work also when the
PC is offline.
> I look forward to seeing your new RSS reader.
Thanks. 
Unfortunately, it will take some time until the first release. This is
not only because the upcoming holidays, but also because I encountered
problems with the XML library EEBAX.
( Thomas Parslow, did you get my mails? Please reply. )
I have started writing my own XML parser now. This seems to be not too
hard, but before a public release, I'll read the XML specification, and
then I'll probably have to apply some changes.
I also haven't read an RSS specification until now.
All this will take some time.
> I guess you don't handle full HTML. Just text.
Well, it's not a full blown RSS reader, just a RRS-to-mail converter.
It handles full HTML. What the user will see, of course depends on the
mail client (or other program) s/he uses for viewing, and on the chosen
settings.
The program also has the option to convert HTML to plain text, since
this is what many people prefer in e-mail. In this case, any HTML img
tag is converted to the text "[img]".
> Maybe you can convert the smiley URL back to colon dash right-paren.
Interesting idea, thanks!
I could change the HTML-to-text converter, so that instead of "[img]",
the output would be e.g. "[happy.gif]". This is more meaningful anyway.
Additionally, in the section of the INI file that is related to the
concerning RSS feed, there could be a line such as
happy.gif =
[1]
> But first let's see how other RSS readers handle it.
OK.
I'm sorry for being a little impatient.
> jxliv7 wrote:
>> One of the things that appeals to me about the Euphoria forum is the
>> maturity.
>> It makes this forum about code seem professional.
>>
>> I equate smily faces of any sort with newbees and immaturity. They distract
>> from the text and they (if allowed) are overused.
>>
>> Please, Rob, tell me what good little smiley faces are and how they relate to
>> Euphoria?
>
> A lot of people already type in colon dash right-paren,
> or something similar. It won't hurt to see a graphical smiley instead.
> It already shows up graphically with some e-mail clients.
> I'm not planning to add any more, except maybe the sad face 
>
> I don't think I need to explain the value of emoticons in
> text communication, though the more unusual ones are often lost
> on the majority of the audience.
>
> As for how a smiley face relates to "Euphoria" - just
> look up "Euphoria" in a dictionary.
>
> (See - without the emoticon, you'd be really pissed off
> at me, but with the emoticon, you are only mildly pissed off.)
Regards,
Juergen
[1] More challenging would be to properly implement something like
the following:
|\ _,,,---,,_
cat.gif = /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_
|,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-'
'---''(_/--' `-'\_)
--
Have you read a good program lately?
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