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    From The Millionaire@1:103/705 to digital man on Saturday, July 13, 2019 17:38:02
    are the dots animated?
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Saturday, July 13, 2019 22:20:34
    Re: ellipsis
    By: The Millionaire to digital man on Sat Jul 13 2019 05:38 pm

    are the dots animated?

    No.

    digital man

    Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #81:
    XOFF = Transmit Off (ASCII 19, Ctrl-S)
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  • From The Millionaire@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Sunday, July 14, 2019 06:42:00
    Re: ellipsis
    By: Digital Man to The Millionaire on Sat Jul 13 2019 10:20 pm

    Re: ellipsis DM> By: The Millionaire to digital man on Sat Jul 13 2019
    05:38 pm >> are the dots animated? DM> No. DM> digital manthen what was the reason for the code then?
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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to The Millionaire on Sunday, July 14, 2019 11:43:02
    Re: ellipsis
    By: The Millionaire to Digital Man on Sun Jul 14 2019 06:42:00

    then what was the reason for the code then?

    To send the most appropriate ellipsis to the user's terminal, which may be a single Unicode character or it may just be three separate dots.

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