Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 17:17:21 08/17/03
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On August 17, 2003 at 19:20:23, William Penn wrote: >On August 17, 2003 at 18:51:16, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>[snip] >> >>>[P.S. Is anyone else having a problem with this composition box on CCC? The last >>>couple of times it is hiding part of my text as I type. Something's wrong with >>>the word wrap. I've used the same computer for the last week with several prior >>>posts, and didn't notice it, so it seems to have started in the last 1-2 days.] >> >>No problem here. > >When I type this line below: > >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party. Now is the t > >as soon as I hit the next character (an "i") the line shifts to the left and >hides the capital "N" at the beginning of the line. So it's not off by very >much, appaarently just 1 character, but that makes things difficult to read when >the entire left margin is shifted left and becomes "invisible". > >I have Courier New selected in my browser (IE6) as my plain text >non-proportional font to be displayed on Web pages that do not specify a text >font. Apparently that's the case here at CCC although I haven't tried to look at >the code. Either that, or they specify a font which I do not have on my >computer, thus it reverts to my default (Courier New). If they'll widen the >Message composition box a couple of characters, while keeping word wrap the >same, that should fix it. >WP Now I see what you mean. I remember encountering this "feature" before, but have not thought too much of it. I can see how it can be a little disconcerting. It would be better if this did not happen, but I guess changing it is more trouble than it is worth.
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