> > > Lots of people suggest this, but I've never heard a satisfactory advice > > > on what to use instead. Could you tell me how to send someone say a > > > simple table if not in HTML? In a .doc or .xls file? HTML is at least > > > standardized, cross-platform and directly supported by contemporary mail > > > clients and web-mail services. > > > > use one of the text based browsers to convert it.. (lynx, links, elinks, > etc ).
I was waiting for this "clever" advice. Did you noticed that majority of e-mail clients - including Evolution - use proportional fonts by default? This makes ASCII figures completely unreadable for most users, so using them is much more annoying than a HTML mail. Yes, Evolution can be configured to use monospaced font, but it is a nonsense to force people switching to these fonts because of the occasional ASCII arts. Also, I have no idea how to have gmail to use monospaced fonts. Regards, Alpar > you can use them as noted previously, or > > $ elinks --dump http://www.december.com/html/demo/table.html > or > $ cat test.html | elinks --dump > > $ echo "$html_source" | elinks --dump > > etc.. > > > > $ elinks --dump tbl.html > > With a normal border: > > > > +--------------+ > > | First | Row | > > |--------+-----| > > | Second | Row | > > +--------------+ > > > > With a thick border: > > > > +--------------+ > > | First | Row | > > |--------+-----| > > | Second | Row | > > +--------------+ > > > > With a very thick border: > > > > +--------------+ > > | First | Row | > > |--------+-----| > > | Second | Row | > > +--------------+ > > > > > > $ cat tbl.html > > <html> > > <body> > > > > <h4>With a normal border:</h4> > > <table border="1"> > > <tr> > > <td>First</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Second</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > <h4>With a thick border:</h4> > > <table border="8"> > > <tr> > > <td>First</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Second</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > <h4>With a very thick border:</h4> > > <table border="15"> > > <tr> > > <td>First</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > <tr> > > <td>Second</td> > > <td>Row</td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > </body> > > </html> > > > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
