Mastodawn

we're not sure anyone ever actually noticed…

the prompt 3 marketing copy — at https://panic.com/prompt/ — was all written specifically to be fully-justified paragraphs of fixed-width monospaced characters.

no cheating. no double spaces. but why did we do this

Prompt 3

The 100% native SSH terminal emulator for Mac, iPhone, iPad, and visionOS.

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Ambient Sponge May 19, 2025

@panic Because it looks cool?

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Jeff Kelley May 19, 2025

@panic However much work it was to get the copy to line up like that, I’m sure it was…

😎

…justified.

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Eric Vitiello May 20, 2025

@SlaunchaMan @panic

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Fleedar May 19, 2025

@panic Were you inspired by this Super Metroid guide?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs/10114

Super Metroid FAQ/Speed Guide (SNES)

For Super Metroid on the Super Nintendo, FAQ/Speed Guide by nemes1ss.

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Panic May 19, 2025

@Fleedar YES!

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Shane Celis May 19, 2025

@Fleedar @panic This was my thought: Did the Super Metroid writer get hired here?

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Jonathan Yu May 20, 2025

@Fleedar @panic That's... impressive

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Sean Heber May 19, 2025

@panic I do this sort of thing with code comments sometimes but... I think I spy a *little* cheating here - there's missing punctuation when it's convenient! 😛

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A. Lee Bennett Jr.May 20, 2025

@bigzaphod @panic I was literally about to make the same observation.

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squinky May 19, 2025

@panic This is the kind of crap I pull. Nice.

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zip May 19, 2025

@panic Still not spending $100 on an ssh app though

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Eric Vitiello May 20, 2025

@zip @panic Congratulations, you don't have to!

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John Siracusa May 19, 2025

@panic I remember doing this on Usenet back in the day.

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Whovian NineThreeSixNine May 20, 2025

@panic Having just learned about Prompt, is there a way to get a version that supports iOS 12? I'd love to try it out, but that's the newest iOS/iPadOS version that I have available!

Edit: To clarify, I'm just wanting a way to officially install an older version of the app that supports iOS/iPadOS 12, and not trying to ask "Please give me the latest version of the app on this old OS version!"

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