Durdraw – ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems
61 points by caminanteblanco 18 hours ago | 26 comments
farcitizen 15 hours ago
Love this.. I was an ANSI Artist back in the day.. Was in <ACiD>, I knew it was a matter of time before AI would make Ansi's out of Photos.
replyefnx 5 hours ago
Acid was great!
replyFnoord 16 hours ago
Back when I still made ANSI art, a couple of UNIX Ansi art editors were around, but I used ACiDDraw [1] in (probably, don't remember) Dosbox.
replyKind of like I used hkSFV for a long, long time. No GUI utility came close, feature-wise. Although if you consider CLI, you can do scripting after download.
utternerd 17 hours ago
Unless someone forks this project, this is the final version. The author is serving a life sentence, so I cannot imagine he will update this ever again.
replyicecheese 12 hours ago
That's not true at all. I know him, too. He is offline, not in jail, but plans to be back online at some point. He was acquitted of the charges you referenced. The report you linked is also not accurate about the charges and circumstances. (Believe it or not, cops lie.)
replyutternerd 9 hours ago
I hope you're right and the information I got was incorrect, we all want him back on the right path. He was found guilty previously for the same charge and did multiple years, so the reality is he did do this at one point, even if the latest charge was acquitted (I had not heard this yet, if it is true).
replyicecheese 9 hours ago
I don't want to say too much out of respect for privacy, but the charge last year was for a probation issue, not related to the old charge. He was acquitted on the probation issue, and is at home today. Like I said, the sheriff dept decided to lie in their report, about pretty much everything. If someone told you he has a "life sentence," that was also a lie.
replyI just saw him the other day at his home. I really hate to see these falsehoods repeated, especially since he isn't here to defend himself. I will tell him about this thread, though.
roskoalexey 17 hours ago
What happened? I can't find any info
replyutternerd 17 hours ago
If I link to any articles about it, I dox him unfortunately and I'd prefer not to. I was friends with cmang from our pre-teen days, and we were both heavily involved in the ansi/ascii scene. I'm sure there's still some here who remember him from efnet, or other places.
replyjohn_strinlai 16 hours ago
>If I link to any articles about it, I dox him unfortunately and I'd prefer not to.
replythats admirable, and i am certainly not telling you to do otherwise.
but i will point out that they have written out their full name and state on their github, patreon, and buymeacoffee.
Fnoord 15 hours ago
If a programmer ends up in jail, it is kind of important to know why, so we can assess if we want to run/use their software. So without writing the details I found out, the alleged crime (if it is the same person) is a crime we as society disagree with, very much. But it isn't related to cybercrime in a sense where it can hurt this software project directly.
replyutternerd 14 hours ago
I didn't notice that but you're correct, and that does change the calculus. In that case: https://www.mctxsheriff.org/news_detail_T6_R1333.php
replyreconnecting 5 hours ago
It looks like public service website, but it returns `403 Forbidden` for EU IP address. Any ideas?
replyicecheese 12 hours ago
That is not what he was charged with, and he was acquitted. I know him personally and he is a good guy, despite how this looks. Works hard to take care of his family, despite a severe disability, and doesn't have a mean bone in his body.
replyI think you should remove this link and correct your comments.
kaddar 16 hours ago
I recently made an ASCII art web app:
replyhttps://textmode.cadencecode.com/
... I occasionally make dos games as a hobby, and I wanted to be able to draw some ASCII on my iPad. Kinda a niche thing but open to feedback if anyone tries it.
reconnecting 16 hours ago
Actually, very cool editor. Perhaps only eraser is missing?
replyphlipski 17 hours ago
Brings back lots of good memories of my middle-school and high-school BBS DaYZ!
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