Re: [Evolution] What exactly does "preformatted" do?

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

"Preformatted" probably because it's useful when using it to paste code,
log files etc., IOW when word wrapping renders the pasted text more or
less unreadable.

Performatted:

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo "a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z" > 
/tmp/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.txt
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ dmesg | grep ACPI | tail
[    3.721309] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native 
driver
[    3.721311] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C40-0x0000000000001C4F conflicts with OpRegion 
0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721313] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native 
driver
[    3.721314] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 
0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721329] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 
0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721331] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native 
driver
[    3.721332] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 
0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721334] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 
0x0000000000001C00-0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721336] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native 
driver
[    4.120743] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)

Normal:

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ echo "a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t
u v w x y z" > /tmp/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.txt
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ dmesg | grep ACPI | tail
[    3.721309] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[    3.721311] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C40-
0x0000000000001C4F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721313] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[    3.721314] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-
0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721329] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C30-
0x0000000000001C3F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721331] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[    3.721332] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001C3F (\GPRL) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721334] ACPI Warning: SystemIO range 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001C2F conflicts with OpRegion 0x0000000000001C00-
0x0000000000001FFF (\GPR) (20180810/utaddress-204)
[    3.721336] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you
should use it instead of the native driver
[    4.120743] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes  rom:
no  post: no)