Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Ali Martin
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:43:01 +, Marck D. Pearlstone wrote: [] > (posted previously by Alexander V. Kisilev) > For if you _absolutely_ need variable- width font ..., you > can go and manually edit your registry, in particular, these > sections of it: >

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Ali Martin
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 22:33:57 +0800, Thomas Fernandez wrote: MDP>> HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\RIT\The Bat!\Editor\Font MDP>> HKEY_USERS\.Default\Software\RIT\The Bat!\Rich Text > Before I mess up my registry: I understand the first one is the font > the editor uses; what's th

Re[4]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Thomas Fernandez, On Donnerstag, 23. Dezember 1999 at 3:34:29 you wrote: TF> Right. When I started working at my first employer's office, and TF> one of the big clients of that company insisted they buy a fax TF> machine, they said exactly this: "we have been using telex TF> mac

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hallo Marck, On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:43:01 + GMT (23.12.1999, 17:43 +0800 GMT), Marck D. Pearlstone wrote: MDP> (posted previously by Alexander V. Kisilev) MDP> For if you _absolutely_ need variable- width font ..., you MDP> can go and manually edit your registry,

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Ali Martin
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 09:43:01 +, Marck D. Pearlstone wrote: [] > If you manually edit there the name of the font to be used, The Bat! > will obey... But be advised, that if, for example, you write there > "Arial", you'll hardly manage to read anything:-) TB! offers only monospaced fonts t

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-23 Thread Marck D. Pearlstone
Hi Thomas, On 23 December 1999 at 10:36:39 GMT +0800 (which was 02:36 where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points: OS>> I already stated I would. But the problem I see is not me staying OS>> with fixed-width fonts, but many others not doing so. TF> I agree with you, and I agr

Re[3]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Oliver, on Thursday, December 23, 1999, 2:58:43 AM GMT+0800, Oliver Sturm wrote: TF>> As we will not have the power to change C-Win, we will have to TF>> adapt. I don't know whether it would bloat the programme. If not, TF>> just don't use variable width if you don't want to. ;-) OS> I

Re[3]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi Oliver, on Thursday, December 23, 1999, 8:39:57 AM GMT+0800, Oliver Sturm wrote: OS> I'm against the concept of denying features, too. But a feature is OS> only a feature in the right place. To say it the hard way: You don't OS> need variable width fonts to work with a system t

Re[2]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Ali Martin, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 23:39:55 you wrote: AM> I'm particularly against the concept of denying features because AM> ignorant users may abuse them, or excessively facilitating the user AM> the the point where the very facilitants become a hindrance to others. AM> This i

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Ali Martin
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 21:30:26 +0100, Oliver Sturm wrote: [] > My experience is simply that users don't care to be informed. That's > why so many of them use Microsoft software, that doesn't comply to any > standards at all. > So, what I say is just the following: If a user has (in my eye

Re[4]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Wolfgang Kynast, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 22:15:56 you wrote: WK> Hi Oliver, WK> ... >> I already stated I would. But the problem I see is not me staying with >> fixed-width fonts, but many others not doing so. WK> You do not know *which* variable font they used - so you will WK> n

Re[2]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Ali Martin, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 20:15:49 you wrote: AM> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:40:25 +0100, Oliver Sturm wrote: AM> What does wrapping at an appropriate character number have to do AM> with fonts that would render the message unreadable? AM> There are clients that do not d

Re[3]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Wolfgang Kynast
Hi Oliver, ... > I already stated I would. But the problem I see is not me staying with > fixed-width fonts, but many others not doing so. You do not know *which* variable font they used - so you will never be able to see the message exactly as it looked for them. Regards, Wolfgang Co-moderato

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Ali Martin
On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:40:25 +0100, Oliver Sturm wrote: [] > That might be some solution to the ever-present problem. But I still > have to see a single email message that looks better in variable-width > font. I have only ever seen that when two people communicating use > exactly the

Re[2]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Thomas Fernandez, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 17:09:18 you wrote: TF> As we will not have the power to change C-Win, we will have to TF> adapt. I don't know whether it would bloat the programme. If not, TF> just don't use variable width if you don't want to. ;-) I already stated I

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hallo Oliver, On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:40:25 +0100 GMT (22.12.1999, 23:40 +0800 GMT), Oliver Sturm wrote: >>> That's what I'll support, too. I'm not against the idea of using >>> variable width fonts (although that's where any email formatting is >>> killed instantly. Ever sent a for

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 7:40:25 AM, Oliver wrote: > When using variable-width fonts in The Bat! becomes possible, half the > messages on this list will be unreadable, IMHO. The other half, of course, will be coming from me. As we all know, they are practically unreadable as it is. At

Re[2]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Alexander V. Kiselev, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 15:14:05 you wrote: >> That's what I'll support, too. I'm not against the idea of using >> variable width fonts (although that's where any email formatting is >> killed instantly. Ever sent a formatted, maybe tabular, ma

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Alexander V. Kiselev
Hi there! On 22 Dec 99, at 12:41, Oliver Sturm wrote about "Re[6]: Fonts Available with Editor ": > That's what I'll support, too. I'm not against the idea of using > variable width fonts (although that's where any email formatting is > kille

Re[6]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Thomas Fernandez, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 7:10:43 you wrote: TF> My opinion is, allow variable width fonts - and those who don't want TF> to use them, shouldn't. That's what I'll support, too. I'm not against the idea of using variable width fonts (although that's where a

Re[5]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-22 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Nick Andriash, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 2:51:41 you wrote: NA>>> That indeed is a shame... having to put up with such limited NA>>> fonts. Oh well... will probably hold off buying the Program until NA>>> a later version that allows for variable width fonts. OS>> Yeah, that's

Re[5]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hi tracer, on Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 12:52:10 PM GMT+0800, tracer wrote: Oliver>> Yeah, that's important. Don't go buy anything without a lot of wizbang Oliver>> fonts. t> Its not a lot of fonts one need , but certain languages/usages have a t> problem by being limited to fixed width font

Re[4]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread tracer
Hello Oliver Sturm, On Wed, 22 Dec 1999 01:54:01 +0100 GMT your local time, which was Wednesday, December 22, 1999, 7:54:01 AM (GMT+0700) my local time, Oliver Sturm wrote: Oliver> Hi Nick Andriash, Oliver> On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 0:58:55 you wrote: NA>> That indeed is a shame...

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Dieter Hummel
Hello, On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 at 17:51:41 [GMT -0800] Nick Andriash wrote: > fonts issue. This is a nice Program, and I truly enjoying using it, > but I'm waiting for a later release nonetheless. ...then it may happen that you'll probably wait until the end of your earthly life - you'll easil

Re[4]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Oliver, Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 4:54:01 PM, you wrote: OS> Hi Nick Andriash, OS> On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 0:58:55 you wrote: NA>> That indeed is a shame... having to put up with such limited NA>> fonts. Oh well... will probably hold off buying the Program until NA>> a

Re[3]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Oliver Sturm
Hi Nick Andriash, On Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 1999 at 0:58:55 you wrote: NA> That indeed is a shame... having to put up with such limited NA> fonts. Oh well... will probably hold off buying the Program until NA> a later version that allows for variable width fonts. Yeah, that's important.

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Ali Martin
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:21:52 -0800, N.J. (Nick) Andriash wrote: [] > What font folder does Gravity use to establish that list of fonts? > Perhaps one could easily add to that list by just installing a new > font from the Windows/Font folder? Gravity supports variable width fonts, hence the l

Re[2]: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Nick Andriash
Hello Juergen, Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 2:41:58 PM, you wrote: JF> Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 22:21, N.J. (Nick) Andriash wrote: >> I see that the available fonts used to create new messages is rather >> limited, and was wondering if there was some way we could add more >> to the List? JF

Re: Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread Juergen Frisch
Tuesday, December 21, 1999, 22:21, N.J. (Nick) Andriash wrote: > I see that the available fonts used to create new messages is rather > limited, and was wondering if there was some way we could add more > to the List? Hello N.J., You will find the answer in The Bat! User's FAQ: http://w

Fonts Available with Editor ??

1999-12-21 Thread N.J. (Nick) Andriash
I see that the available fonts used to create new messages is rather limited, and was wondering if there was some way we could add more to the List? I only see 7 different fonts available, and of those, only 6 can be used. What font folder does Gravity use to establish that list of fonts? Perhaps