X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f20061a8aac7baf3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-16 02:01:09 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Harry Mason Subject: Re: reading and saving ASCII art in this NG? References: Message-ID: User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) NNTP-Posting-Host: servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Date: 16 Jan 2003 09:48:19 GMT X-Trace: 16 Jan 2003 09:48:19 GMT, servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Lines: 12 Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!server3.netnews.ja.net!south.jnrs.ja.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!news-spool.soton.ac.uk!news.ecs.soton.ac.uk!servalan.ecs.soton.ac.uk Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21475 Zachary Uram wrote: > When I look at the posts here the ASCII art is all messed up and some > lines appeared shifted back or over or continued on a different line. > > How can I read the messages here and save them correctly? I am using > Free Agent newsreader. You're probably using a variable width font. Set your font to "Courier" or "Lucida Console". -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)