Post by thread:The relay circuit. OT Question

This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever since I started using Netscape all those years ago: How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see it. Any ideas? Quentin PS: And if you tell me to use IE4 instead, I will hunt you down and shoot you!

Quentin wrote: > This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever > since I started using Netscape all those years ago: > How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? > Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see > it. You need to choose the right font. Use a proportional font (all letters take the same amount of space) like Courier and all will be right with the world, methinks. Michael * TAKE THE '.NOSPAM' OUT OF MY ADDRESS TO REPLY ********************************************** Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too hard to read anyway! Groucho Marx **********************************************

At 15:56 01/04/99 +0200, Quentin wrote: >This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever >since I started using Netscape all those years ago: >How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? >Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see >it. > >Any ideas? try Edit|Proferences...|Mail&Newsgroups|Display plain text messages and articles with|Fixed width font haven't tried it myself, i use another mail client, but it sounds close. ge

At 00:03 01/05/99 -0800, Michael J. Ghormley wrote: >You need to choose the right font. Use a proportional font (all letters >take the same amount of space) like Courier and all will be right with the >world, methinks. just to avoid confusion: as the name says, "proportional" fonts have letter widths roughly proportional to the actual width of the letter and are not suited to view ascii graphics with them. you would use monospaced or fixed-width fonts or however you may call them -- anything but proportional fonts. ge

Hi, Quentin wrote: > > This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever > since I started using Netscape all those years ago: > How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? > Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see > it. In the Preferences under the Mail & Newsgroups main setting, find "Display plain text messages and articles with" box (in the middle of the dialog). Then select "Fixed width font" on the option. That should cure your problem. Reggie

> Van: Quentin <spam_OUTqscTakeThisOuTICON.CO.ZA> > Aan: .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Onderwerp: Re: The relay circuit. OT Question > Datum: maandag 4 januari 1999 14:56 > > This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever > since I started using Netscape all those years ago: > How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? > Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see > it. Goto : "Messages" , "Options" , "Lettertypes" , "Change" and choose a fixed-font like "FixedSys". That way all letters will be of the same width. Or you could use IE4 ofcourse ... <BigGrin> Greetz Rudy

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Michael J. Ghormley wrote: [snip] > > You need to choose the right font. Use a proportional font (all letters > take the same amount of space) like Courier and all will be right with the > world, methinks. Hi, DO NOT USE a proportional font, because it assigns DIFFERENT amount of space to the individual letters. Fixed fonts (what Michael described in ellipses, e. g. Courier) would do the job. Try to avoid TABs. Imre

> This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever > since I started using Netscape all those years ago: > How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? > Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see > it. |You need to choose the right font. Use a proportional font (all letters |take the same amount of space) like Courier and all will be right with the |world, methinks. Any idea how to do that with Messysoft OutToLunch? I hate the way it defaults all incoming text to Arial 10. I am able to set the font used for reply text (Courier 10), though that's probably what causes it to always want to turn on that blasted ".RTF" attachment. In case you're wondering why I select a different font for my reply text when my font choice won't be visible elsewhere--it's so I have at least a reasonable chance of producing (by hand) a reasonable right margin.

I asked our IT department about that. We were (are) using Exchange and I was told that the default incoming font was outside the users control as it was set my the mail server. I suspect that may be true for OutLook as well Regards Mike Rigby-Jones mrjonesKILLspamnortelnetworks.com {Quote hidden}> ---------- > From: John Payson[SMTP:.....supercatKILLspam.....CIRCAD.COM] > Sent: 07 January 1999 21:35 > To: EraseMEPICLISTspam_OUTTakeThisOuTMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: The relay circuit. OT Question > > > This is now waayyyy OT. But it is something that's been bugging me ever > > since I started using Netscape all those years ago: > > How do you set the mail so that you can see an ASCII drawing properly? > > Mine is all bunched up. Currently I have to paste it in notepad to see > > it. > > |You need to choose the right font. Use a proportional font (all letters > |take the same amount of space) like Courier and all will be right with > the > |world, methinks. > > Any idea how to do that with Messysoft OutToLunch? I hate the way > it defaults all incoming text to Arial 10. I am able to set the font > used for reply text (Courier 10), though that's probably what causes > it to always want to turn on that blasted ".RTF" attachment. In case > you're wondering why I select a different font for my reply text when > my font choice won't be visible elsewhere--it's so I have at least a > reasonable chance of producing (by hand) a reasonable right margin. >

Rigby-Jones, Michael [PAI01:4837:EXCH] wrote: > > I asked our IT department about that. We were (are) using Exchange and I was > told that the default incoming font was outside the users control as it was > set my the mail server. I suspect that may be true for OutLook as well So you are accessing the WWW via an in-house LAN? If so, then IT may be right, but if you have a stand-alone copy of Exchange running on your computer, then there *must* be a way. I don't use MS net products, so I may be a bit naive. Alternately, you can alway copy the ASCII text into Notepad or some such. :^( Michael * TAKE THE '.NOSPAM' OUT OF MY ADDRESS TO REPLY ********************************************** Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too hard to read anyway! Groucho Marx **********************************************

You can select the text and use Format|Font from the menu to set to to courier or whatever, put its a pain. And when you close the mail, exchange asks you if you want to save the changes. Not funny when you have 100 Pic list mails to scan through. Regards Mike Rigby-Jones mrjonesspam_OUTnortelnetworks.com {Quote hidden}> ---------- > From: Michael J. Ghormley[SMTP:@spam@mjg99KILLspamJPS.NOSPAM.NET] > Sent: 08 January 1999 21:33 > To: KILLspamPICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: The relay circuit. OT Question > > Rigby-Jones, Michael [PAI01:4837:EXCH] wrote: > > > > I asked our IT department about that. We were (are) using Exchange and I > was > > told that the default incoming font was outside the users control as it > was > > set my the mail server. I suspect that may be true for OutLook as well > > So you are accessing the WWW via an in-house LAN? If so, then IT may be > right, but > if you have a stand-alone copy of Exchange running on your computer, then > there > *must* be a way. I don't use MS net products, so I may be a bit naive. > > Alternately, you can alway copy the ASCII text into Notepad or some such. > :^( > > Michael > > * TAKE THE '.NOSPAM' OUT OF MY ADDRESS TO REPLY > ********************************************** > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > Inside of a dog, it's too hard to read anyway! > Groucho Marx > ********************************************** >

Rigby-Jones, Michael [PAI01:4837:EXCH] wrote: > You can select the text and use Format|Font from the menu to set to to > courier or whatever, put its a pain. And when you close the mail, > exchange asks you if you want to save the changes. Not funny when you > have 100 Pic list mails to scan through. Oh really! This is all getting just too much! Use the little "X" in the top right corner and then install a decent program. Try Netscape (no shares held)! Either a program is usable - or it isn't! -- Cheers, Paul B.