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List:       pine-info
Subject:    Re: Keeping messages below 75 columns, please.
From:       ellis () nova ! gmi ! edu (R !  Stewart Ellis)
Date:       1996-11-30 21:56:55
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Michael <shotgun@best.com> writes:

 >Hi John,

 >On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, John aka DearOldDad wrote:

[...]

 >: > And while I'm on the soap box, people need to use proportional fonts
 >: > too. 
 >: 
 >: Why?  Do ya wanna SHOUT?

The whole exchange above is confusing.  What do proportional fonts have to
do with shouting?

 >: 

 >It is my understanding that a proportional font merely means that the
 >letter "i" is the same width as the letter "w". So that 75 "i"'s would end
 >up on the same column as 75 "w"'s

The above is serious, right?  Proportional means that "i" is approximately
1/4 as wide as "w".  The ones that are the same width for all chars are
called "fixed-width".  Get it?

 >This is useful if someone wants to point out something...
 >                                   ^^^^^
 >...so the carrots should be under the word "point".
 > 
 >However, after further review, perhaps I should of said fixed-pitch font
 >instead?

Maybe, but you have me so confused I am not sure

 >: > Press CTRL + L-AMIGA + R-AMIGA to continue...
 >: 
 >: What's a AMIGA ... That's like one of them supernintendos??
 >: 

Again, is the person serious?  Are there such newbies that they do not know
what an Amiga is?

 >Where to begin? It is a computer that can run the PC OS, Mac OS, Unix OS,
 >etc and of course its own great OS.

 >It is a computer that had multitasking 10 years before the Microsloth's
 >Windows95.

 >I could go on, but....

 >Thanks for the reply,


 >Michael (shotgun@best.com)

 >Press CTRL + L-AMIGA + R-AMIGA to continue...


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