GHCi ASCII art

Donald Bruce Stewart dons@cse.unsw.edu.au
Sat, 24 May 2003 12:16:45 +1000


[23.05.03] jss:
> Hi all,
> 
> since the content of this list is in general so completely beyond 
> my feeble Haskell comprehension, I feel I must make a nuisance of 
> myself with some inane criticism of the GHCi ASCII art ... !
> 
> >     % ghci
> >       ___         ___ _
> >      / _ \ /\  /\/ __(_)
> >     / /_\// /_/ / /  | |      GHC Inter[..], v[..] 5.04.2, for H[..] 98.
> >    / /_\\/ __  / /___| |      http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
> >    \____/\/ /_/\____/|_|      Type :? for help.
> 
> 
> Aaaargh...
> 
> Surley there is an arty type out there who can improve on that illegible 
> mess which is believe, supposed to be "GHCi" !

Yup:
    $ alias ghci="echo ; figlet -f smshadow GHCi ; ghci -v0"
    $ ghci

      __| |  |  __|_) 
     (_ | __ | (    | 
    \___|_| _|\___|_| 
                      
    Prelude> 

-- Don ;)