On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 07:14 +0100, Alpár Jüttner wrote: > > > > Lots of people suggest this, but I've never heard a satisfactory advice > > > > on what to use instead. Could you tell me how to send someone say a > > > > simple table if not in HTML? In a .doc or .xls file? HTML is at least > > > > standardized, cross-platform and directly supported by contemporary mail > > > > clients and web-mail services. > > > > > > use one of the text based browsers to convert it.. (lynx, links, elinks, > > etc ). > > I was waiting for this "clever" advice. Did you noticed that majority of > e-mail clients - including Evolution - use proportional fonts by > default? > This makes ASCII figures completely unreadable for most users, so using > them is much more annoying than a HTML mail. > > Yes, Evolution can be configured to use monospaced font, but it is a > nonsense to force people switching to these fonts because of the > occasional ASCII arts.
I've never seen Evo use proportional fonts except for HTML mail, but of course I may have set it up that way many years ago. I simply don't remember. > Also, I have no idea how to have gmail to use monospaced fonts. Google Labs has an option for this, which I use. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
