On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:24 PM, greg heil wrote: > "watch out for line wraps"... > almost a mantra on these fora;-) > > Is there a way, perhaps using "mark down", to get around that? > Generally it seems most email client apps seem to mess up the writers > intentions:-(( Perhaps there is a way if only in our fora (not > necessarily the wider word of emailed communication) to move beyond > that into at least a modicum of formatting, without the heaviness of > proprietary "solutions".
Greg, Using HTML or RTF in your mail client should prevent the mailer from "messing up" the presentation. I use HTML all the time for tabular content so that I can use a monospace font on that content, even if the prose is my normal, variable width Verdana font. For example, this ASCII table presents nicely only because I'm using a monospace font on it. ;:'now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country' +---+--+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+----+--+---+---+--+-----+-------+ |now|is|the|time|for|all|good|men|to|come|to|the|aid|of|their|country| +---+--+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+----+--+---+---+--+-----+-------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
