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Forum Name: Early math
Topic ID: 10
Message ID: 18
#18, RE: monospace
Posted by RicBrad on Dec-11-02 at 09:58 AM
In response to message #17

>-4...-3...-2...-1....0....1....2....3....4....5
>....................................X (start here)
>...............................X (move 1 space left ...)
>..........................X (move 2 spaces left ...)
>.....................X (move 3 spaces left ...)
>................X (move 4 spaces left ...)
>...........X (move 5 spaces left ... and you're done!)

>And I've just noticed that I'm typing this in a monospace
>font, but it will be posted in a proportional font. If you
>have trouble reading my diagram above, copy it into a word
>processor and format it into a monospace font such as
>Courier.

You can use <pre> tags (with square brackets instead of angled) if you like.

Rich