yes, that is what one should do (in fact lately I am dropping SQL all together), but the box selection I used it a lot when I was creating ui elements in objective c with this tool, ASCIImage that transforms a string like this:
into these hi res images, on the fly:
it really helped a lot although you end up creating the weirdest copy and paste combinations - hence the box selection :)
yes, that is what one should do (in fact lately I am dropping SQL all together), but the box selection I used it a lot when I was creating ui elements in objective c with this tool, ASCIImage that transforms a string like this:
+ (UIImage *)chevronImageWithColor:(UIColor *)color { NSArray *asciiRep = @[ @"· · · · · · · · · · · ·", @"· · · 1 2 · · · · · · ·", @"· · · A # # · · · · · ·", @"· · · · # # # · · · · ·", @"· · · · · # # # · · · ·", @"· · · · · · 9 # 3 · · ·", @"· · · · · · 8 # 4 · · ·", @"· · · · · # # # · · · ·", @"· · · · # # # · · · · ·", @"· · · 7 # # · · · · · ·", @"· · · 6 5 · · · · · · ·", @"· · · · · · · · · · · ·", ]; return [self imageWithASCIIRepresentation:asciiRep color:[UIColor blackColor] shouldAntialias:NO]; }into these hi res images, on the fly:

it really helped a lot although you end up creating the weirdest copy and paste combinations - hence the box selection :)
Crazy stuff!