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Re: (meteorobs) Re: Meteor Observations Oct.11/12, 2001 La Crescenta, CA
Very grateful for the "font" tipdot it works perfectly.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Gramer" <dedalus@latrade.com>
To: "Meteor Observing Mailing List" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Re: Meteor Observations Oct.11/12, 2001 La
Crescenta, CA
>
> Sid mentioned that he used the MS Windows Notepad utility to submit his
most
> recent reports. Please note that, *by itself*, using Notepad WON'T
eliminate
> these format problems: after all, Notepad can just as easily use a
NON-FIXED
> WIDTH font as any email app! You still need to ensure (as I mentioned in
my
> last post) that WHATEVER you use to compose your report is either:
>
> a) using a fixed-width font like Courier, Terminal or 'Fixedsys'. (I was
> wrong in my last post: the 'System' font is usually *NOT* fixed-width!)
>
> b) using "flat text" - i.e., it generates email with no formating commands
> at all. (This option (b) may be harder for Windows users to implement.
> For UNIX users, though, this can be as simple as using 'vi' or 'emacs'
> to compose your report email...)
>
>
> I posted the following test for fixed-width fonts, which REALLY DOES WORK:
> >>
> >>M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M
> >>l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
> >>
> >>If these two lines do not line up character-for-character, all
> >>the way to the end, then you are not composing in fixed width.
>
>
> And Wayne Hally replied:
> >Lew, these did not line up on mine :-)
>
> Aha! Then you aren't using a fixed-width font, dude. :) Try this: Change
> your emailer's default font to "Courier", and redisplay this email...
>
>
> Clear skies,
> Lew
>
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