Re: Re[2]: [Dev-C++] Using the Resource Editor

[Bob W. <bo...@ph...>]

  I don't know what kind of email you recieve, but most email I recieve =
do *not* contain formatting.
Most of mine comes formatted. This particular news group or forum is an =
exception.=20
  If course advertisers (read: spammers) use HTML. They are trying to =
get your attention by using pretty moving graphics and other "cool =
stuff". But we're not advertising here, we're sending simple messages to =
a mailing list!
Sorry, but you can not have it both ways. You orginally said that html =
was only for web pages. I responded that advertisers and newsletters =
show that is not true. Your statement above contradicts your original, =
and, if you use Aristotle's criteria regarding arguments that contradict =
themselves invalidate the original argument, your objection to html in =
email is shown to be empty and/or void.=20
  Ever heard of BubbleBoy?
No. Tell me about it.
  Why does one need HTML in order to make code look like the first one? =
You do that in plain text too using press Enter and Tab/Space, what does =
HTML have to do with this? And the first example doesn't contain any =
formatting at all, it just idents every line. It does not look so =
different from plain text to me, except that the fonts are horribly =
small because of the HTML.
  Ehm... where's the formatting? I don't see it. So why use HTML when =
there's no formatting?
  There is an excuse: and the excuse is that your "tool to enhance =
better communication" can make things only worse on anything other than =
Outlook Express or Windows. And here's another excuse: you're not using =
the tools to enhance communication. Where's the formatting in this =
email? The only formatting I see is the bold text quoting Zodiaq. I fail =
to see how that's any different from using plain ">" characters, because =
any modern and decent email client highlights lines that begin with ">" =
so that you can immediately see that it's a quote.
If you can not see the difference, I cannot help you, but I will give =
you a cryptic clue. The clue is "G=FCttenberg."
  But all the developers of Dev-C++ spend more time in Linux than on =
Windows. You're only making things harder for us.
I return to my original statements. First, it is your environment that =
is the problem. Second, if Dev-C++ is designed for windows, the entire =
response, archival environment should be html email friendly.=20
  Like I said before: you're not using much formatting in this email, =
thus you aren't "enhancing" *anything*.

  Formatting has it's purpose, but in *simple email messages*, with =
almost no formatting, HTML is simply useless. You can achieve the same =
formatting by using plain text. Do you want to quote something? Prepend =
">" to a line and the email client will highlight it for you. Do you =
want bold text? Do it like *this* and the text between the asteriks =
characters will become bold. How's that any different from using HTML to =
format text?
I would be willing to bet that I was sending and receiving emails before =
99% of the people who are using Dev-C++ did. Even if you have been =
sending and receiving emails for 50 years, the ">" character acts as an =
interrupter in the reading process. You may be use to reading emails =
with the ">" as a prominent feature, but pyschological, physiological, =
and marketing studies have shown that any unintelligble character =
inhibits the readability of any document. Obviously the more frequently =
someone deals with textual material that is corrupted with such =
characters, the less he/she is affected by it, but the effect never =
disappears.=20

Ioannis said that it is a "religious war." I will not go that far, but I =
do submit that it is an elitist carry over from the days when it was not =
possible to have any sort of formatting in emails other than sentences, =
paragraphs, and spaces, and it would not have been desireable in any =
case because of the 300 baud modem restriction. All of that said, the =
last thing I wish to cause is a frustration induced heart attack in =
either the Dev-C++ or mingw communities. Therefore, even though the =
progressive solution is for all of the text-only-fanatics to leave their =
1960's foxholes, I will make this the last intentionally html formatted =
email response in this limited environment. However, since my preference =
is for formatted emails, I will appologize in advance if I forget to =
turn on the formatting when I originate a thread.=20

Regards,

Bob Wilson