Yes, that is exactly how the 4 and 6 appear to me in your reply. You can count hyphens to figure out where they would go in a fixed width display. If the command which produced a box display is available, I can copy it into a J session and see the correct display that way. --Kip
Sent from my iPad On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, this is less visually noisey in email (where I am only given > the option of displaying a proportionally spaced font) than the > traditional boxed display. However, adjacent lines still do not > align, so reading the display still takes some thought. > > For example, given: > > ----- --- ------- > 2 3 4 5 6 ----- > > For me, the 4 appears under the first gap in the line above and the > 6 appears under the beginning of the third dashed sequence in the line > above. > > Mostly, reading 2 dimensional fixed-width-font displays in gmail is a > chore for me and one I usually neglect. (I do get the option of > searching a menu for a "message text mangled" option which opens a new > window where I can try to find the boxed display - if I am interested > enough, this works fine, though using this option does require a > distinct shift and re-organization of my stream of thought. So I need > to be purposeful enough to go off and find the correct display and > then to come back after I am done (albeit, probably finishing my > reading of that message in the alternate window).) > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:45 PM, km <[email protected]> wrote: >> What do you think of the following (only top and bottom edges of boxes are >> shown, corners and sides are spaces)? >> >> <1 2 3 >> ----- >> 1 2 3 >> ----- >> ]y=: (<<2 3 4),<(5 6 ; <<i. 2 3) >> ------- ------------- >> ----- --- ------- >> 2 3 4 5 6 ----- >> ----- 0 1 2 >> 3 4 5 >> ----- >> --- ------- >> ------- ------------- >> >> The hope is this display will be easier to decipher when email mangled. Kip >> Murray >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
