On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 23:57, guenther wrote: > > Oops, I think I better sign up for "counting 101" :-) > > You are correct it is 71. > > > > I stil have 2 problems with this though: > > > > 1. what if I need to get something out that has more characters > > on a line than 72, I do think this lenght should be a preference. > > Well, if you want text/plain and longer lines, select "Preformat" as > paragraph style.
I prefer plain text as much as possible, but this is an option yes > > HTML mail will expand to the limits of the window -- but maybe depends > on the MUA. ;) > > > > 2. as soon as I start using my own fonts, it is not 72 anymore but > > more like 39 which is totally unacceptable. > > I'm not entirely sure on this. But "using your own font" feels like it > will only make sense for HTML mail. ;) > > If you use a custom font, just for viewing pleasure while typing, the > font will be wrapped on the window edges. Sending the mail *will* set > the line length to 72. hmm I set a custom font for my reading pleasure while reading, I like the message in the preview pane to have a somewhat larger font, This also seems to affect the font used in the composer... > > As you probably have seen by your first mail, which apparently had > *more* than your mentioned 36 chars: NoI had not noticed that, just tested that and you are correct :-) > > > 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 > > 1 2 3 a > > b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a > > You even can see, that you used a non-monospaced font, which is not the > best option when typing text/plain mails. Correct, I have just setup Evolution as my reader, and am playing with the settings untill I am satisfied with them, I need to change the font to something better > > ...guenther Taco -- Taco de Vries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
