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From: Henry Segerman <sjoh0780@sable.ox.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: [TaLk] Classic ascii pics
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 08:48:34 +0000 (UTC)
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miK <mic@dataweb.bounce_spam.nl> wrote:
: IInstead of removing ASCII-pics that aren't displayed as should on that
: BBC-website, you (not just Henry, but "you" as a group) could try to
: explain to these folks (webmasters etc.) how to display ASCII-art
: properly on a webpage. (guess: the <PRE> tags aren't working, because
: --thru CSS-- all chars are forced proportional)

I'm not really sure whats going on there. On the edited entries I've
contributed to that have ascii art in them, the pre tags are working, eg:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A510986
So explaining to them how it works isn't necessary. Its a little annoying
for me that I can't edit stuff now since it wont view properly for me.
But at the moment, impending exams means that I won't be editing much on
there anyway. When I get more time, I'll be sure to find out what's going
on and get it sorted out.

PS, anyone remember Andrew Belsey? Just been talking with him by email...

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