Re: [Evolution] Problem with things that are formatted using spaces not lining up in preview pane.

[Daniel Cote <cote risky nscf org>]

I've got evolution set to use courier font and it still doesn't work.

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 11:00, guenther wrote:
> > > > I found a problem with any text that was formatted using spaces
> > > > while it looks fine in the composer when you see it in the preview pane
> > > > or double click to see it in a separate window things no longer line up.
> > > > This I didn't see in 1.2.2 or 1.2.4.
> > >
> > > Seems you are actually using a non-proportional font. You have to use a
> > > proportional font to see whitespace lined up text as it was intended.
> > >
> > > Tools / Settings / Mail Preferences / General
> > >  [ ] use the same fonts as other applications
> > >  Terminal Font: <proportional font>
> > >
> > > Or set the Gnome wide Terminal font.
> >
> > Guenther - you're getting this the wrong way around. A monospace font is
> > a non-proportional font, and a proportional font is not monospaced. The
> > Terminal Font should be set to a monospaced, i.e. NON-proportional,
> > font.
>
> Dang :-/
>
> Thanks D.D. (Darren ?) -- Yes, of course that is, what I meant.
>
> Daniel, please swap all occurrences of proportional and non-proportional
> in my previous post.
>
> ...guenther
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