From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67106 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: variable-pitch font in article buffer Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:18:11 +0900 Message-ID: <873amt1c64.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <86abh1uyjz.fsf@lifelogs.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1214950756 31631 80.91.229.12 (1 Jul 2008 22:19:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Ted Zlatanov Original-X-From: ding-owner+M15570@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Jul 02 00:20:02 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KDoCZ-0008Hr-JV for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:19:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KDoB5-0007Gw-He; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:18:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KDoB3-0007Gi-UD for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:18:21 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KDoAx-0003Ki-W5 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:18:21 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1KDoBH-0002XW-00 for ; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:18:35 +0200 Original-Received: from 218.231.97.106.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.97.106] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KDoAt-0004gN-Vp; Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:18:12 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 42A932F3A; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:18:11 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <86abh1uyjz.fsf@lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:41:52 -0500") Original-Lines: 22 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:67106 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov writes: > MB> However some articles really need a fixed-pitch font, thus the > MB> easy-to-hit summary-buffer binding to toggle variable-pitch mode in the > MB> article buffer. > > This might make sense as a group/topic property that's also triggered by > article contents, etc. How do you use it, always manually? I just toggle it "manually" (my hook turns it on by default). Variable-pitch seems to work well (and is generally more readable) for about 99% of articles; I rarely turn it off even in technical groups where people post patches and code etc. [Even ascii art tables are a bit of a wash these days since half the time the author apparent sent it using a MUA using a variable-width font, and aligned things accordingly!!] -Miles -- Congratulation, n. The civility of envy.