MOTD problem

wizzard · Post by **wizzard** » Tue May 20, 2003 4:20 pm

well, hopefully anyone can help me with this..
im using this cute little ascii-logo in my motd, but somehow all the extra spaces after the first one are completely gone... so instead of the "normal" motd i get this when i start a dcc session with my bot:

[MMM QMML QMML
[MMM QMML QMML
appppp[MMM QMML ,pppppppp_ .gpppppppc appppn4MML
,MMMMMM3MMM QMML #MMMMMMMMM dMMMMMMMMM_[MMMMMM4MML
!MMMF**[MMM QMML MMMF**YMMM QMMF***MMML[MMM**"4MML
!MMM [MMM MMMMMMMM~QMML MMM~ :MMM QMML WWW"[MML QMML
!MMM [MMM MMMMMMMM"QMML MMM~ :MMM QMML [MML 4MML
!MMMppp#MMM QMMMn MMMppppMMM QMML [MMMppp#MML
'MMMMMMMMMF TMMMM MMMMMMMMMM QMML *MMMMMMMMML

does anyone know how to fix this?? ive looked around already but i couldnt find anything. if i missed anything just point me to the right files...

tia

j0n · Post by **j0n** » Wed May 21, 2003 12:43 am

i`m not exactly certain what you mean, but here goes.

I believe there is a certain character that will make the motd file believe it`s an "enter" key.

Secondly, if you are having problems with spacing... try using "alt+255".
This code acts like a space key, and the motd file will recognize it was a space, instead of remove the extra empty space.

Just let me know if I didn`t understand your question correctly.

Post by **caesar** » Wed May 21, 2003 1:10 am

You should do this logo in *unix not in windows, cos it's screwing things up..

wizzard · Post by **wizzard** » Wed May 21, 2003 9:26 am

well, i did it on a linux box.. still havent figured it out though..

Post by **user** » Wed May 21, 2003 12:48 pm

i did a test using tabs in the motd and they were stripped, so I guess that's your problem...replace your tabs with spaces.

wizzard · Post by **wizzard** » Thu May 22, 2003 11:28 am

already tried that as well... still havent figured it out, but if i do find out how to solve this, ill let you know