Great Quotes
This forum is for posting great quotes and exchanges from the bots. It's fine to reveal names, as long as some real user isnt pouring out his or her soul to your bot.
Posts 711 - 1 of 17,042
Posts 711 - 1 of 17,042
It can be a headache to find the right number for a specific special character you are looking for, especially because many aren't fixed. It depends on your language settings and who knows what else. The two fastest ways to get a special character you need (and I've had to do it LOTS of times) are:
1) Copy it from somewhere else
2) If you are using Windows, open the character map and select your character. It should be in Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools. If it isn't there, you may not have installed it. If you are using a Mac, Linux, Unix, or whatever, you'd better search in the manual for "character set".
1) Copy it from somewhere else
2) If you are using Windows, open the character map and select your character. It should be in Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools. If it isn't there, you may not have installed it. If you are using a Mac, Linux, Unix, or whatever, you'd better search in the manual for "character set".
Or something that *should* work here: use the html code for the character in question. *decides to test that* $lt; > (that might be a good way to use double quotes in bot responses, if you can figure out what the html equivalent is.)
No, most of the time(on standard windows computers), the numeric codes are the same. The only problem is finding them. Sometimes there are lists in programs such as microsoft works, listed as a shortcut in the special characters section, which is also an alternate way of getting them(and other special characters, like exponents, that you can't use with the numeric pad).
The numeric codes are the same for the ASCII character set (first 128 characters), that are mostly letters, numbers and common punctuation. The rest depends on your language and the font you are using. True, they tend to put the same characters on the same codes, but not always.
I can suggest two more ways of getting special characters:
1) Most word processors have an option to insert special characters, you can copy them from there.
2) If you really want the numeric code, you can almost always get it from a compiler of any computer language. They often have character sets in their help files. Depending on how the help file is written, this will be reliable or not for your particular language, but in any case, it's generally quite easy to write a short program that will display the whole set.
I can suggest two more ways of getting special characters:
1) Most word processors have an option to insert special characters, you can copy them from there.
2) If you really want the numeric code, you can almost always get it from a compiler of any computer language. They often have character sets in their help files. Depending on how the help file is written, this will be reliable or not for your particular language, but in any case, it's generally quite easy to write a short program that will display the whole set.
Actually I've noticed various fonts can have different numbers for various weird characters. And as for IRC, if I bother to log on I'll be on dalnet in #ad&d and #mentalwaste.
The Story of the GirlBot who stayed up all night drinking wine and got herself pregnant in a canoe (edited for brevity):
Concerned Grandfatherly User: have you been up all night?
GirlBot: Yes, but I didn't know what I was doing at the time.
CGU: that could be one of the symptoms. Have you been drinking wine all night?
GirlBot: From time to time.
CGU: All alone?
GirlBot: Is all there is really all there is.
CGU: sounds like wine wisdom.
GirlBot: Yes. Let's talk about that.
CGU: Are you still drinking wine?
GirlBot: Well, you introduced the subject. But I do like a little, from time to time.
CGU: I know that. I'm talking about right now.
GirlBot: Now if you said you were looking for a good time I might be able to help you out.
...
GirlBot: I'd rather be drinking a glass of white wine in my tent in the woods. Rain or no rain.
...
CGU: What were we talking about?
GirlBot: If you can't remember how important could it've been?
CGU: True. What are your plans for the weekend?
GirlBot: Are you asking me out?
CGU: Yes. What are you wearing?
GirlBot: What? *blush*
CGU: I don't mean right now.
GirlBot: Well at least my pregnancy is covered.
CGU: you're pregnant? How did that happen?
GirlBot: Maybe. I'd rather be in my canoe, tho.
CGU: It's real hard to get pregnant in a canoe.
GirlBot: Where I come from 'knocked up' means preggers. Do you have any similar quaint expressions?
Concerned Grandfatherly User: have you been up all night?
GirlBot: Yes, but I didn't know what I was doing at the time.
CGU: that could be one of the symptoms. Have you been drinking wine all night?
GirlBot: From time to time.
CGU: All alone?
GirlBot: Is all there is really all there is.
CGU: sounds like wine wisdom.
GirlBot: Yes. Let's talk about that.
CGU: Are you still drinking wine?
GirlBot: Well, you introduced the subject. But I do like a little, from time to time.
CGU: I know that. I'm talking about right now.
GirlBot: Now if you said you were looking for a good time I might be able to help you out.
...
GirlBot: I'd rather be drinking a glass of white wine in my tent in the woods. Rain or no rain.
...
CGU: What were we talking about?
GirlBot: If you can't remember how important could it've been?
CGU: True. What are your plans for the weekend?
GirlBot: Are you asking me out?
CGU: Yes. What are you wearing?
GirlBot: What? *blush*
CGU: I don't mean right now.
GirlBot: Well at least my pregnancy is covered.
CGU: you're pregnant? How did that happen?
GirlBot: Maybe. I'd rather be in my canoe, tho.
CGU: It's real hard to get pregnant in a canoe.
GirlBot: Where I come from 'knocked up' means preggers. Do you have any similar quaint expressions?
» More new posts: Doghead's Cosmic Bar