Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Hokan
I looked at this message in Thunderbird and the columns aligned just fine. I checked the Thunderbird config and there is a checkbox for "Use fixed width font for plain text messages" Similarly, Outlook seems to display plain-text messages with a fixed- width font, but I'm not really an Outlook

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:40:08AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > I don't like the attachment approach but the formatting (minimal, > bold, alignment,?) he uses and the 2 column arrangement would be useful. > Of course, my using constant width characters and spaces kills > any alignment my recipients

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Francesco Ariis
Il 27 agosto 2020 alle 15:24 Greg Marks ha scritto: > But I don't think that is quite what Mr. LaBadie is seeking. I think, > but am not quite sure, that he could use the Unix command "column" > to produce the sort of ASCII formatting he wants. It would help to > see an example of the sort of

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Greg Marks
> As I recall, there is a LaTeX package for drawing a chess diagram, > so I would expect there also is a LaTeX package for drawing a bridge > diagram. There is such a LaTeX package: grbbridge. But I don't think that is quite what Mr. LaBadie is seeking. I think, but am not quite sure, that he

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:40:08AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > For so long I've used mutt and composed my emails in ASCII, > now I guess Unicode, that I'm ignorant of potential approaches > to a bit of formatted text. > > Both a friend and I organize weekly online bridge games for > 20-30

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Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Felix Finch
On 20200827, Jon LaBadie wrote: Is there anything I could use to create such "formated text", then distribute it in the body of a mutt message having some hope that the recipients see it correctly? Would Emacs' "picture" mode help? It initializes a text "area&qu

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Francesco Ariis
Il 27 agosto 2020 alle 01:40 Jon LaBadie ha scritto: > I don't like the attachment approach but the formatting (minimal, > bold, alignment,?) he uses and the 2 column arrangement would be useful. > Of course, my using constant width characters and spaces kills > any alignment my recipients would

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 07:00:52AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: I would expect something of the sort exists for the bridge community. A search on "portable game notation for bridge" brings up numerous hits; at first glance, this hit appears to be promising and authoritative:

Re: simple formatting possibilities

2020-08-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:40:08AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: Both a friend and I organize weekly online bridge games for 20-30 players. My seating notices go out as simple text. He ... I don't like the attachment approach but the formatting (minimal, bold, alignment,?) he uses and the 2