Sending ASCII - question

1. Is there any way to assure that when one e-mails using a fixed width font
that the recipient will receive in the same manner?

2. Some e-mail programs are set to a different number of characters before a
line break. Is there any "safe" number to use going across so that each
line, as sent,  will most likely hold up when it is received and not create
an extra line? (which could wreck everything)

Thanks

Bryan

"bam" <ba...@digital.net> writes:

> 1. Is there any way to assure that when one e-mails using a fixed width
> font that the recipient will receive in the same manner?

With *real* e-mail: No. If you want to send ASCII-art to Clueless
Wan^WId^WLu^WUsers using OE or similar "Mailreaders" you might try to
make it an HTML-mail and put the ASCII-art in <pre>-Tags.

But that would be fighting something bad with something worse...

What I would do, really is tell in the beginning of the Message to view
it in a fixed-width-font.
 
> 2. Some e-mail programs are set to a different number of characters
> before a line break. Is there any "safe" number to use going across so
> that each line, as sent, will most likely hold up when it is received
> and not create an extra line? (which could wreck everything)

Usually around 70 lines should be on the safe side.

Tilman
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Thanks for the advice, Tilman.

Bryan


"Tilman Ahr" <rio...@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> "bam" <ba...@digital.net> writes:
>
> > 1. Is there any way to assure that when one e-mails using a fixed width
> > font that the recipient will receive in the same manner?
>
> With *real* e-mail: No. If you want to send ASCII-art to Clueless
> Wan^WId^WLu^WUsers using OE or similar "Mailreaders" you might try to
> make it an HTML-mail and put the ASCII-art in <pre>-Tags.
>
> But that would be fighting something bad with something worse...
>
> What I would do, really is tell in the beginning of the Message to view
> it in a fixed-width-font.
>
> > 2. Some e-mail programs are set to a different number of characters
> > before a line break. Is there any "safe" number to use going across so
> > that each line, as sent, will most likely hold up when it is received
> > and not create an extra line? (which could wreck everything)
>
> Usually around 70 lines should be on the safe side.
>
> Tilman
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Tilman Ahr <rio...@gmx.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> "bam" <ba...@digital.net> writes:
>
> > 1. Is there any way to assure that when one e-mails using a fixed width
> > font that the recipient will receive in the same manner?
>
> With *real* e-mail: No. If you want to send ASCII-art to Clueless
> Wan^WId^WLu^WUsers using OE or similar "Mailreaders" you might try to
> make it an HTML-mail and put the ASCII-art in <pre>-Tags.
>
> But that would be fighting something bad with something worse...
>
> What I would do, really is tell in the beginning of the Message to view
> it in a fixed-width-font.
>

Another thing you might try is to send the message in HTML and make sure the
pic is in a fixed width font, I don't know if it really works though...

Arjen

Arjen Pilon wrote:

> Another thing you might try is to send the message in HTML and make sure the
> pic is in a fixed width font, I don't know if it really works though...
> 

Yep,thats great advice.It works every time on ANY ones computer,cause
every one has the same fixed width fonts...Ya know what else is cool,
blinking TEXT.YOU COULD send it in html and make i blink...ooh,i just
thought...Not only flashing,but you COULD MAKE THE BACKGROUND blue and
the ascii stuff red AND make it blink.ooh..WOW..YOu could doo all kinds
of stuff in html..OOOH,i just thought of another one,you could put a frame
around it that looks 3d and all.That would just Rock out.Oh ya DOnt forget
to post it here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.


Obascii:     he                  of               er
           k   r               de   t            w  d    h?   
         oo     e            ki      h         h   s    u
        L               some          i      t   ,     h
     h           i   de                n   i    c   l
    O              ma                   g w      oo   

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Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> schreef in berichtnieuws
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>
> Yep,thats great advice.It works every time on ANY ones computer,cause
> every one has the same fixed width fonts...Ya know what else is cool,
> blinking TEXT.YOU COULD send it in html and make i blink...ooh,i just
> thought...Not only flashing,but you COULD MAKE THE BACKGROUND blue and
> the ascii stuff red AND make it blink.ooh..WOW..YOu could doo all kinds
> of stuff in html..OOOH,i just thought of another one,you could put a frame
> around it that looks 3d and all.That would just Rock out.Oh ya DOnt forget
> to post it here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
>
>
> Obascii:     he                  of               er
>            k   r               de   t            w  d    h?
>          oo     e            ki      h         h   s    u
>         L               some          i      t   ,     h
>      h           i   de                n   i    c   l
>     O              ma                   g w      oo
>

AAAARRRGGGHH!!!

Red ASCII-art blinking on a blue background with a 3d frame around it?

I doubt if you'll make friend with that! :)

Arjen

Arjen Pilon wrote:

> Red ASCII-art blinking on a blue background with a 3d frame around it?
> 
> I doubt if you'll make friend with that! :)
> 
> Arjen

Your right.

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> AAAARRRGGGHH!!!
>
> Red ASCII-art blinking on a blue background with a 3d frame around it?
>
> I doubt if you'll make friend with that! :)
>
> Arjen

That was the point he was trying to make.
Because you also don't make friends by posting in HTML .. you make enemies.

And besides that many people hate htmlposting , some people like myself can't see
htmlpostings because my ISP's newserver filters HTMLposting out. ( Which is good , because
I too hate htmlpostings )