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fr8o
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:39 am   

zmud text colums/tabs
 
when I opened zmud this morning I got a message that my settings file was corrupted!!! so I had to go back through and am attempting to my installation back into a useable status, I have admitted that my triggers etc are gone :( I have solved most of my problems except that when I look at txt in the game it does not seem to do colums correctly I see text like:
Code:

            __________________________________________________
            |                                                  |
            |Email: mud@islandsofmyth.org                      |
            |      Currently there are 17 players playing.     |__
            |__________________________________________________|  |
              |                                                   |
              |          [name]  - Enter the game as [name]       |
              |          [guest] - Visit the game.                |
              |          [d]     - Disconnect.                    |
              |          [s]     - Status of the game.            |
              |          [w]     - Who is currently playing.      |
              |          [c]     - Create a new character.        |
              |___________________________________________________|

when all of the pipes should line up nicely, I am not sure what the problem is and would appreciate any advice that can be given.

Edit: TonDiening added code /code flags to get a better view of the question
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TonDiening
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Joined: 26 Jul 2001
Posts: 1958
Location: Canada

PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:08 pm   
 
This is probably due to the fact that your font is a variable one versus a fixed width font.

Change your font to something like Fixedsys as an example and it should all line up.

As an example:
Variable like:
__________________________________________________
| |
|Email: mud@islandsofmyth.org |
| Currently there are 17 players playing. |__
|__________________________________________________| |
| |
| [name] - Enter the game as [name] |
| [guest] - Visit the game. |
| [d] - Disconnect. |
| [s] - Status of the game. |
| [w] - Who is currently playing. |
| [c] - Create a new character. |
|___________________________________________________|
Fixed width like:
Code:

            __________________________________________________
            |                                                  |
            |Email: mud@islandsofmyth.org                      |
            |      Currently there are 17 players playing.     |__
            |__________________________________________________|  |
              |                                                   |
              |          [name]  - Enter the game as [name]       |
              |          [guest] - Visit the game.                |
              |          [d]     - Disconnect.                    |
              |          [s]     - Status of the game.            |
              |          [w]     - Who is currently playing.      |
              |          [c]     - Create a new character.        |
              |___________________________________________________|


Same information with different kinds of fonts.
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gamma_ray
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Joined: 17 Apr 2005
Posts: 496

PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:12 pm   
 
Go to View > Preferences > Fonts and make sure that all of the fonts are a monospaced font (i.e. Courier, which is, I believe, the default).
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