the ghost of xmas past.

well it's almost that time of year again, and i've not posted for a very very very long time. Either way i dug this out (i wrote it many xmas' ago), but here it is:

$n="\e[0;40;32m";for(1..10){print"\ec$n\n".$"x(15)."\e[1;35mY$n".$"x15
+;
for(1..8){print$/.$"x($a=16-$_);$c=int rand($d=2*$_);for(2..$d){$f=31+
int rand(3);print($_-$c?"X":"\e[$f;1m*$n")}print$"x$a}print $/.$"x(31)
+.
"\e[0m\n".$"."MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL".$/x2;select$q,$q,$q,0.5}
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have a lovely holidays, whatever you're up to. alex

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Re: the ghost of xmas past. by Brutha (Friar) on Dec 17, 2004 at 11:44 UTC
Agree, very nice! ++ I confess I destroyed it a little bit, to get the ANSI colour effects even on windows with `use Win32::Console::ANSI;` Update: ANSI is long since I used it last, but shouldn't the middle part of the first line read: `... for(1..10){print"\e[2J ...` instead of `... for(1..10){print"\ec ...` ??? And it came to pass that in time the Great God Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One: "Psst!" (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: the ghost of xmas past. by teamster_jr (Curate) on Dec 21, 2004 at 17:56 UTC
hmm yes you can use \e[2J (erase screen and return home), although \ec (reset device) does basically the same thing, and is 2 (obv) chars cheaper. you can find more here al	[reply]
Re: the ghost of xmas past. by Mutant (Priest) on Dec 16, 2004 at 16:11 UTC
Very nice! ++	[reply]
Re^2: the ghost of xmas past. by sth (Priest) on Dec 21, 2004 at 19:18 UTC
I second that, let me add Very Very nice! ++	[reply]