To: Ovation software list <davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 22:11:34 +0100
In article <Marcel-1.53-0507202821-0b0ZSTv@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Anthony Hilton <ajh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In <URL:news:local.opro> on Wed 07 May, P C Newble wrote:
> > In article <4820DA8F.9080007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter
> > Prewett <pprewett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Create a decimal tab with = in the box next to that option
> > (instead of the usual decimal point).
> I like that idea, so tried it. It doesn't quite work here in
> OPro 2.77 (17 Feb 2008) on RISC OS. I find the alignment to be
> the first non-numeric character, or perhaps it is the space.
> Removing the leading 1 from each line and the following list
> does align the =
> ton = 1.02 tonne
> foot = 0.305 metre
> yd = 0.91 metre
> mile = 1.61 km
> chain = 20.1 metre
> With the same tab stop set as above and various leading
> numerals the alignment is:
> 123 ton = 1.02 tonne
> 112345 foot = 0.305 metre
> 1 yd = 0.91 metre
> mile = 1.61 km
> chain = 20.1 metre
Very odd. I get exactly the same result. I use 'decimal tabs' a
lot, often using a hard space (ASCII 160) as the character to
align to, and I've never had a problem like this.
It looks as if it's aligning to the first space instead, except
that if I change the decimal tab character for that tab from
equals to space everything moves slightly.
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