CatCode


About a year and a half ago a friend of mine told me about a code
that people used on their signature files called a "CatCode".  What
you do is think, "If I were a cat, what kind of cat would I be?"

Go through the questions, and write down the corresponding  1-7 
characters that are listed for your choice.  So, what you end up 
with is an encoded bunch of characters in a line.  Use this code 
below to create and decode other people's CatCode.

Here is what my code looks like:

SI SP A 6.9 X+++ L+ W+ C+ I+  T++ A E+ H+ S++
V+ F+ Q+ P+ B+ PA+ PL+ N O+

This is the Extended CatCode, based on the CatCodes by 
Eric Williams (wd6cmu@netcom.com) with additions by 
Tobias B. Koehler (ukjp@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)

Oh, one more thing... Just to let you know this CatCode process
is four pages long.  The first page is longer than the other 3,
however.  Make sure to have a sheet of paper to write down all 
your characters, and some time to view it all. :)




1.  Physical Attributes

    
These describe the physical appearance of the cat and must be listed
in the order shown here.

1.1  Name
    
Common or formal name followed by ':'

1.2  Species or Breed
    
    
(a) domestic cats

Mixed breeds, if known, can be combined in 
descending order of contribution. (eg: MC+SI)

If a cat 'looks like' a particular breed but parentage is unknown, breed can be enclosed 
in quotation marks.

    (b) other felines

The '+' sign can be used for hybrids, like PT+PL for a tigon.

1.3  Color

(a) basic colours

R  Red (Orange)
W  White
S  Silver
B  Black
D  Brown
C  Chocolate
L  Lilac
D  Ruddy
G  Gold


(b) Modifiers

d  Diluted (i.e.: Red->Cream, Black->Blue(Grey), etc.)
t  Tabby (classic or mackeral pattern)
r  Tortoiseshell
p  Pointed
s  Smoke
c  Chinchilla
k  Ticked
m  Mink
o  Spotted (small spots or rosettes)
h  Shaded
t  tiger-striped (clearer stripes than tabby)


Colors can be combined in descending order of area (eg: B+W)

Modifiers can be applied to individual colours by concatenation 
(eg: W+Bd = white with gray patches), 
or groups of colours by use of parenthesis 
(eg: (W+B+R)d = dilute calico,
(R+W)t=W = red tabby w/white).

1.4 Eye Colour

B  Blue
A  Aqua
G  Green
H  Hazel
C  Copper
Y  Gold (yellow)


Odd-eye colors can be separated by '/', eg: B/G
Colors can also be added for mixed colors, eg: G+Y = green-gold.

1.5 Age

yy or yy.mm.

Eg: 5 = five years old, 1.5 = 17 months, .10 = ten months.


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