Re: OT : Formatting Messages

From: LX-i (lxi0007_at_netscape.net)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 21:55:16 -0500

James J. Gavan wrote:
> I've just recently sent a message to Daniel on the topic OT: OO which
> included some source code. Some of my code was 'free-hand' (off the
> cuff) which I typed directly into the message - for the most part that
> shows up OK. Then to illustrate points I copy and paste *real code*
> produced by my M/F Editor. The *real code* looks just great at my end
> before I send the message.
>
> When I then look at the message in clc my "real code* is an absolute
> mish-mash - unintelligible. What can I do to make it *readable* in the
> message in clc. I'm currently using Netscape/Mozilla.. (I'm not sure it
> is a fault of either of those two, because this frustration has occurred
> for years).
>
> So often I would prefer to attach an MS Word doc or a zipfile - but I
> know there are folks out there who would blow a blue fit if I did that !

Would anyone -really- scream that much if an occasional CLC post were in
HTML? It would format it nicely... :) I also think that you can set
your reader to "cut" lines when you're composing, so that instead of
breaking at 74 (or some other random number), it breaks at 100 or 120.

Of course, you're always going to be at the mercy of the receiver -
always have on the Internet. ;) 

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