[plug] A bit of gross bash code

Adam Ashley adam_ashley at softhome.net
Thu Mar 8 09:31:43 WST 2001


Or try setting Outlook up properly. Im using outlook atm and using courier
so it works fine

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Breen [mailto:wombat at wa.apana.org.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 8 March 2001 7:49 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] A bit of gross bash code
>
>
> What MS Outlook does is to use proportional fonts, so that the width of a
> space character depends on the width of the character that follows it.
>
> The only way I've found around this is either
>
> 1) Don't use Outlook - find a real mailreader
> or
> 2) Go into the options page and select both proporional and fixed width
> fonts as something like Courier New.
>
> <snip>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> John Breen
>
> +------
> | John Breen
> | B Sc(Computer Science)
> |
> | john at fairport.com.au
> | ICQ#777296
>
> >
> > Do you mean you get it like the former or the latter?
> > I have checked it, and it uses only spaces, no tabs, so it
> should be ok..
> > You are using Microsoft Outlook, so this may have some strange formating
> > quirks..
> >
> >
> >
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