On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > I'm having the same trouble when I use gmail in FRC. Couldn't figure out > how to fix so I'd take pointers on that too if anyone has 'em. For here, > it's often worth looking at how things look in the archives instead of > an email client, I think the archives match more common display options.
Gmail labs has a "Show in fixed-width font" feature that is very useful for reading reports. It's a bit more convenient than the built-in "Show original" feature. For creating reports, preformat it in an external editor, and always use plain-text editing. Also, one quirk I've run into with gmail is that when reading a message, if a line begins with at least two spaces (I think just one is okay), it automatically removes a space from the beginning. It does this in both the regular display and the "Show in fixed-width font" display, even when the Content-type doesn't specify format=flowed. The "Show original" display, of course, is fine. To accommodate that, since so many players use gmail, I've lately been trying to avoid beginning lines with spaces when writing reports. You can see this in the Scorekeepor reports I've been publishing. I haven't gotten around to fixing up the Herald's report yet, but it's probably not a big deal since it's not very tabular anyway. -root
