Subj : Non-Monospaced Fonts in the Editor
To   : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Martin Foster
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 13:15:00

Hello Tim!

### Tuesday 15.02.22 at 11:36, Tim Schattkowsky wrote to All:

 AT>> I got Winpoint running, but have a couple of questions. First off,when
 AT>> entering message text, ech character I type has a space after it, no
 AT>> matter which font I select/ I can't see an option that would be causing
 AT>> this.

 TS> This happens when the editor is using a non-monospaced font. Fonts that
 TS> work are (among others) in particular "Lucida Console" and "Courier New".
 TS> Still, WP should default to "Lucida Console" ...

I've been using "Courier New",12 in WinPoint for a very long time and it  
looks quite nice.

 AT>> Second, even after using Google Translate to read the menus on the
 AT>> echomailscreen, I don't see how to request an echo.

 TS> Besides the classic way (writing to AreaFix), you may use the inbuilt
 TS> Echo Area Manager. However, that one is (almost the last place in the
 TS> application that is) still german in your version. Still, I already
 TS> localized that one, so in the next release the area manager is available
 TS> in english as well and also has some minor improvements.

I note that you said "(almost the last place in the application that is").  
It would be nice if the "New Uplink Wizard" were localised too :)

Regards,
Martin

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