People have been drawing ASCII art since ASCII was invented, and control codes like the bell "character" existed even before computers did.

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1718627440 2 days ago | parent [-]

Which is still linear text all tools work with.

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matt_kantor 2 days ago | parent [-]

What's your definition of "text"?

(I define it as "written words in a human-readable language". You must have something else in mind, because neither ASCII art nor control codes fit my definition.)

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		A linear stream of non-null characters, the majority of content being printable glyphs.