From d27344274fd68fbeb8761d2945fb37e71ed02047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tater Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 17:23:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] die oper scum --- README.md | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cffd08 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +# a2m + +Convert ansi art to mirc art. + +## Installation + +run make and copy a2m wherever you want. + +## Usage + +run a2m -h for a list of options + +## Troubleshooting + +### IRC Client + +IRCCloud doesn't work very well. It's monospaced font is *Iconsolata*, served +up by Google Web Fonts, which doesn't draw the block characters correctly. In +addition it appears to ignore several lines. Don't use IRCCloud, it's for +people who habitually make bad decisions in life. Works best with a terminal +based client. + +### Terminal + +Don't use reverse video, just make foreground white on black background, but +not bright white, there should be two different whites, bright white and +grayish white, 16 unique colors in all. + +### Font + +The font you use needs to be monospaced obviously but if its missing some of +the block drawing unicode characters its going to borrow them from another +font, which will probably having a different width, resulting in poor alignment +and jagged edges. *Andale Mono* is the best I've found so far.