Re: Advice on style for contributions to rec.games.bridge

Jürgen R. wrote:
> 
>>Note that if its columns don't line up then your news program
>> needs setting to fixed font!
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Brd: 1           S KT83    Pairs     |  W       N       E       S
....
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Not sufficient. I am looking at this in 'Windows Mail' (Vista mailer),
> fixed font, and
> the layout is not aligned. The problem seems to be the interpretation of
> the spaces:
> The more spaces the farther the vertical bar is to the left.
> It used to be true, and may still be, that some sending programs compact
> successive
> spaces, e.g. 4 spaces become 1 tab, which then leads to inconsistencies.

Well, it's clearly not the "sending" program, as I saw the original and
your
response with everything neatly aligned.  If Windows Mail can't manage to
treat fixed fonts properly, it's Windows Mail's problem.