> But it seems that there is no Linux-utility to draw simple > ascii-figures (lines, text, rectangles, circles) with > cut/copy/paste-capacity in textmode.
IIRC this topic has been on this list before. There's even an emacs mode for this. I'm not sure if you'll find cut/copy/paste-capacity for single objects. You could also try to use a "real" draw-program and "convert" the image with aview which is available as a debain package, but I'm quite sure that this is not what you exactly want. If you want/have to create such a program yourself, what about drawing in dia (uses XML format) and write a simple dia-to-ascii converter using python's XML parser or whatever you like? HTH Stony
