Subj : OpenXP, SemPoint
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Mar 18 2019 19:06:50

Hello Martin,

 MF> 17.03.19 8:56:00, Kurt Weiske wrote to Martin Foster:

 KW>> ..it seemed weird reading mail in a GUI and using Notepad to
 KW>> edit replies...

 MF> It still does seem weird reading mail in a GUI and it probably always
 MF> will, simply because I was brought up on DOS. Can't beat plain ASCII text


As a pre-Windows days programmer working in mono-spacing editors all day, 
suddenly using a proportional-spacing editor and the option to change a font 
style, felt weird, indeed.

But NOW, proportional spacing (courtesy of gui interfaces) seems best for 
conversational content.




.../|ug

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