I received the plain text e-mail with  +----  style boxing.
It also is spaced correctly.  I can't seem to remove Unicode symbols. I
don't really want to remove them as much as space them correctly.

Linda

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Mitchell
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:53 AM
To: Programming forum
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] FW: Copying a result

The problem I saw was the use of the Unicode vertical bar character.  This 
causes your text to format oddly with the email client I use.

I tried replacing it with the ASCII vertical bar:

+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | o | o |o o|o o|o o|
| o |   | o |   | o |o o|
|   | o | o |o o|o o|o o|
L---+---+---+---+---+----

         toss
----T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---┐
| o | | o | |o o| |o o| | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o | | o |
| o | |   | |   | | o | | o | |   | | o | |   | | o | |   |
| o | | o | |o o| |o o| | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o | | o |
+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+
| o | | o | | o | | o | |o o| |   | |   | |o o| |o o| |   |
|   | | o | |   | |   | | o | | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o |
| o | | o | | o | | o | |o o| |   | |   | |o o| |o o| |   |
L---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+----
             toss
----T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---T-T---┐
| o | | o | |o o| |o o| | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o | | o |
| o | |   | |   | | o | | o | |   | | o | |   | | o | |   |
| o | | o | |o o| |o o| | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o | | o |
+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+
| o | | o | | o | | o | |o o| |   | |   | |o o| |o o| |   |
|   | | o | |   | |   | | o | | o | | o | |   | |o o| | o |
| o | | o | | o | | o | |o o| |   | |   | |o o| |o o| |   |
L---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+---+-+----
--
David Mitchell

On 11/26/2011 4:56, Linda Alvord wrote:
>
>
> _____________________________________________
> From: Linda Alvord [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 4:53 AM
> To: 'Linda Alvord'
> Subject: Copying a result
>
>
>         dice
> ----T---T---T---T---T---┐
> │ │o │o │o o│o o│o o│
> │ o │ │ o │ │ o │o o│
> │ │ o│ o│o o│o o│o o│
> L---+---+---+---+---+----
>
>        dice
> ----T---T---T---T---T---┐
> │        │o       │o     │o    o│o    o│o    o│
> │   o   │         │   o  │       │   o  │o     o│
> │        │      o │     o│o   o│o    o│o     o│
> L---+---+---+---+-- +--- -
>
> I want this to look right in an e-mail
>
> Linda
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