On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 01:06:48PM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> Things like HTML and PDF are designed for finalized documents.
PDF, yes. But historically, TimBL very much designed HTML for revisable
documents.
(Sadly, as was already pointed out earlier in the thread, many people
are unwilling to
On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 01:06:48PM -0400, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 07:32:03PM -0600, Akkana Peck wrote:
> > Derek Martin writes:
> > > Your only option for this which would have widespread support would
> > > be HTML. It is *possible* to generate such messages and send them
>
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 07:32:03PM -0600, Akkana Peck wrote:
> Derek Martin writes:
> > Your only option for this which would have widespread support would
> > be HTML. It is *possible* to generate such messages and send them
> > with Mutt. It's just not very easy or user-friendly.
>
> I agree (
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> From: Akkana Peck
> To: mutt-users@mutt.org
> Subject: Re: simple formatting possibilities
> Message-ID: <20200830013203.gh2...@shallowsky.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Derek Martin writes:
> > Your only option for this which would h
Derek Martin writes:
> Your only option for this which would have widespread support would
> be HTML. It is *possible* to generate such messages and send them
> with Mutt. It's just not very easy or user-friendly.
I agree (and the thread you reference is very worthwhile reading).
But be warned t
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 03:57:04PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
...
>
> I fear I've mislead the list readers. I'm not looking to show some
> thing analagous to a bridge game or hand. Much more basic than that.
>
> Currently I send out an email with a paragraph or two of text followed
> by lines li
On 29Aug2020 08:34, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>On 27Aug2020 18:49, Hokan wrote:
>>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"
>
>Aye. I'm surprised it isn't
On 27Aug2020 18:49, Hokan wrote:
>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"
Aye. I'm surprised it isn't a default - there are some very nice looking
fix
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 us
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
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 Wor
> 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 co
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 players.
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" in overwrite
mode instead of ins
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 se
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:
http://82.95.22
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 colum
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 players. My seating notices go out as simple text. He
creates a 2 column Word d
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