No tabs in post PLEASE!!! (was Re: partial list sort)

[Nicola Musatti]

Daniel T. wrote:

> Nicola Musatti <Nicola.Musatti at ObjectWay.it> wrote:
[...]
>>You don't need a "handicapped system" to be hinderd by tabs in email. 
>>It's enough to have a reader that prepends '> ' to quoted text.
> 
> Maybe you need a reader that handles tabs correctly...

For whose definition of 'correctness'?

>>And *everyone* that posts on Usenet wants maximum coverage.
> 
> That is not true. Those who are asking for help or advice may very well 
> be wanting maximum coverage. Those who are despensing the advice may not 
> really care.

Interestingly enough the request to avoid tabs comes from one of the 
greatest "advice dispensers" in this newsgroup...

I consider making a reasonable effort to be readable by *all* the 
recipients of one's messages a matter of manners. This includes making 
sure that formatting is preserved.

I agree that for those who seek help it's also a matter of common sense.

[...]
> It's not like tabs were some new fangled thing that no one ever heard of 
> before. They've been around since the rest of the ASCII character set 
> has.

And they've caused no end of trouble ever since.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti