Posted by Blinky the Shark on 04/12/06 02:04

Martin Jay wrote:

> In message <pan.2006.04.11.08.11.32.257009@thurston.blinkynet.net>, Blinky
> the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> writes
>>Poly-poly man wrote:
>>
>>> Excuse the ascii-art :)
>>
>>Did you do that with a proportional font, so that it takes the same font
>>that you're viewing when you compose to see it the way you intended it?
>>If so, use a fixed font next time so the drawing isn't font-dependent.
>>Remember, ASCII art doesn't come from the world of word processing.
>>Here's what I see of that attempt, with fixed pitch:
>>
>>http://blinkynet.net/stuff/comp/mess.jpg
>
> Hmmm, it displays here okay here using a fixed pitch font.
>
> It looks to me as though Pan (your reader) may be trying to reflow the
> message because its header contains:
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Oh. Okay.


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