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Subject: Re: [ANN] ASCII back-end for new export engine
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:15:23 -0700
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To: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
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On 2012-01-28, Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com> wrote:
> - This is an item with some text.

Sets off much less.

>> No, I mean that this is a useful way to send things to people who use
>> proportional fonts.
>
> But in the simplest cases, tables will look ugly with proportional
> fonts, no matter if you use tabs or not. It isn't worth the struggle.

Simplest case is perhaps short numbers which always works perfectly with tabs.

Even with ugliness, tabs make it easier to understand the table IMO.

I won't press the issues, but did not want those to be misunderstood.