Re: Sad...

[Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr>]

On Saturday 10 March 2007 22:42, Ben Humpert wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:32:25 +0100> From: j.hart@orange.nl> > Ben
> > Humpert wrote:> >> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:44:46 +0200> From:
> > andreimpopescu@gmail.com> > Ben Humpert <ben_humpert@msn.com> wrote:> > >
> > > > I'd love to use the Etch installer...if I could ever get it.> > I> >
> > > > used the etch installer last night and it worked flawlessly. Why> > >
> > > can't you > get it?> > > kinda hard to find :) the webmaster of
> > debian.org should add three> > tiny links: a) get stable (sarge) here, b)
> > get testing (etch) here,> > c) get unstable (sid) here. each link directs
> > to the first page of> > "get debian" for each version ... very simple but
> > perhaps to> > difficult for them...dunno> > Testing and unstable
> > shouldn't be easy to find because they are not> meant for everyone to
> > use. If you are advanced enough to use them you> will find them ;)> >
> > Well, then the debian guys should fix this decades old sarge installer -
> > OR - merge it with the etch installer; it just takes some hours to do
> > this. sata is already established enough to support it. its a shame to
> > direct users to testing only to get sata support and to tell that it
> > should be "hidden" from beginners.> >> Regards,> Andrei> P.S. Does msn
> > have a config option to not remove line breaks? (In> Outlook it's called:
> > "Remove extra line breaks in text messages"). It> makes your replies very
> > difficult to read.> > Its not MSN/Outlook which kills the whole layout,
> > its your client which cant interpret the mailings correctly. if i check
> > my outbox the mail looks like it should (with line-breaks) and you guys
> > are the first with this problem, i guess its debilian ... errr debian,
> > sorry :)> > The other replies you have already received state why Sarge
> > does what it> does with SATA.> > As for your mail, it's being sent as
> > HTML, which is why you see it> differently than other people (many of
> > whom only read plain text e-mail).> > When viewing your mail with
> > IceDove/Thunderbird, one can choose to view> either one. If I look at the
> > Original HTML, it looks fine, however,> looking at the "as plain text"
> > view, it all runs together.> > The same attitude that you're taking with
> > the e-mail is the same> attitude that many webmasters take. If the
> > clients are using the right> software, everything will look fine. That is
> > not the right attitude to> take because you never know what software
> > people are using, especially> on a mailing list.>
>
> Like i said, your client can't handle it correctly. It should notice "oh,
> its HTML, lets rewrite it into plain text". You dont have to use the right
> software, just use intelligent software. Perhaps you insert a line break if
> you arrive the end of the window, i dont do this cause of im using a
> computer and not a typewriter! This is a "one line mant handle plain text? 
No, you wouldn't!

I would, will, make a filer on your email adress to not see your mail  with 
non-breaking line any longer.
Thierry
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