Ahh! Now I know what the J is that I often see that appears to make no sense in the context of the sentance - it's not a J is a smiley face! I did see a full horizontal line though :) (colon + right parenthesis) :-) (colon + hyphen + right parenthesis)
On 6 November 2013 11:27, Brian L. Lightfoot <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, that is mostly true but I think that using HTML can send certain > characters that cannot be directly represented in plain text. One of the > biggest examples are the emoticons. If I send a "smiley" face in plain > text, it consists of 3 separate characters (colon, hyphen, close > parenthesis) but within HTML, those get re-interpreted by whatever > characters set the user is using (Windows, Mac, etc) and is changed to one > smiley face character usually from a special symbols typeface. And another > example is this: I will insert a “horizontal line” below this paragraph. > You should see it because I am sending in HTML. If you attempt to reply to > this message and switch to plain text, I think the horizontal line will > disappear entirely. > > > > Horizontal line here: > ------------------------------ > > > > One character smiley face here: J > > > > Beyond that, I think the OP can rest easy about any weird characters > showing up on messages in this forum. Usually one can determine what the > original character was intended to be. > > > > Brian in CA > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 1:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Â Â Â > > > > On 2013/11/05 19:28, Brian L. Lightfoot wrote: > > > > > Now you know why one of the rules for this board is that we should all > > > be using PLAIN TEXT instead of sending in HTML which is probably the > > > default setting for most users. We all forget to change the setting > > > and as a consequence we have to learn to read though all those weird > > > characters that may show up. Sort of like the weird characters that > > > show up at your high school reunion --- just ignore them. > > > > This is nothing to do with plain text or HTML, and everything to do with > character sets and encoding of characters within the emails. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Mike Fry > > Johannesburg (g) > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
