On 18/04/2021 05.23, David T-G wrote:
Carlos, et al --
...and then Carlos E. R. said... % % El 2021-04-15 a las 12:10 -0300, Marco Calistri escribió: ... % >Use fixed width characters for simple text messages % % That's specially bad in a computer related mail list. Tell me how % you see this:
That's bad? I would think that that it is GOOD. Why would proportional fonts be better than fixed on a computer list? I can think of countless occasions when someone tried to list some code (indentation), point to a piece of a line above (lots of spacing/tabbing), draw a picture (spacing plus chars of different thicknesses), and so on that crash horribly under proportional fonts.
Exactly, that's the issue. Wait, maybe I misunderstood what he said :-? [...] Yeah, I did. My mind read a different thing that what the letter said :-( My mind interpreted "use proportional font". Sorry, Marco.
% % +----------+ % | | % | | % | |----> Ascii Drawing. % | 1 % | | % +----------+
It looks like a lovely box to me, of course (save for the "1" oops), because I use a fixed-with font :-)
Soooooo ... Confusion? Typo? Or a real opinion that proportional is better than fixed? Just curious, with a dash of confused ...
Confusion. Thanks for noticing... (yes, you also noticed the "1" oops. The "|" in the Spanish keyboard is on the "1" key + [AltGr]), and depending on the font (I'm playing with font changes to find the proper one) it is not very visible). -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.2 x86_64 at Telcontar)