Re: OT: Umra posting statistics for May 2008

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:13:02 +0000 (UTC), Nick Leverton
<nick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <6ak7diF37amhdU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Nick <1-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Exactly the same here (including the 3 favoured umrats) in Thunderbird,
using the generic monospace font which has no name. Trying another, or
one with a smaller size, doesn't help - there is just a wider RH margin.
I think the wrapping has already occurred before we see it.

Someone really keen could telnet into the server and pull a copy to check.

No need for keenness - I run a local news server, and the longer lines
are indeed already wrapped in the spool.

Perhaps, rather than adding tabs (which can go all over the place if
your data are different widths to begin with), it might be more suitable
to line up the columns with a fixed-width print ?

Tell me about it! I've tidied up Word documents that had me gasping in
horror when I clicked on the "show formatting" button. I took a pride
in never having a redundant character or space. But in Agent there
doesn't seem to be any way of, for example, moving a tab so that all
of the items in the next column line up neatly. Nor can I control,
AFAIKS, what it will look like when it gets to you.

I don't know what
language Jo's script is written in but something like C or Perl's
printf length modifier, e.g. formats of %3d for the message counts,
%4.2f for the percentages, and I would guess something like %-55s for
the address strings. Happy to cast an eye over the script if it would
help - and apols if I am teaching my (rather dishy) granny about eggs!

I don't offend that easily, though shameless flattery is of course
always welcome :-) I'm just using Agent, as delivered.

Next month's thrilling installment will probably feature lopped
posters. I've already taken the secateurs to Sebastian this month (not
that you'd notice)

--
Jo
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