# \[WIP\] reply by drawing

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**Category:** Plugin\
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**Created:** [5. Februar 2016 um 02:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wip-reply-by-drawing/39080 "2016-02-05T02:30:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![purldator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Post date:** [5. Februar 2016 um 03:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wip-reply-by-drawing/39080/2 "2016-02-05T03:14:50Z")

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Whoa.

I was thinking of something like this; had the whole thing coded in my head, or at least how and when specific data moved between client and server/db. Having an optional [oekaki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oekaki#Internet_oekaki) input has been the Holy Grail of geekdom and art culture forums, Only phpBB got somewhere with a released mod…that crumbled with time, and the core’s constant advances at that moment.

Those traditional oekaki java applets will cease to load shortly; again, crumbling with time and in this case, closed-source code.

Any current reincarnations kept up to date are closed source (eg, Lascaux Sketch).

Searching for “oekaki” in my stars collection [@github](https://github.com/purldator) returns some attempts in JavaScript and HTML5. I hope they may help in some way to this data transfer and turn it into an actual image. That is where oekaki excelled.

(And as a clarification, I am not asking or expecting the grand Photoshop-like options or any multiple color choices the traditional setups were also known for. Gimmie a line on canvas. All anyone needs, I think.)

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