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   Message 489 of 1,004   
   Martin Foster to Tim Schattkowsky   
   Non-Monospaced Fonts in the Editor   
   16 Feb 22 13:15:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:310/31.3@fidonet f97b2920   
   REPLY: 2:240/1120.29 34637306   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32) (i386)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: 0000   
   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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