Editing Administrivia
By Jody Kravitz
From time to time I make editing adjustments to submissions that are received here before sending them out. I try to produce articles in a consistent formatting style that will print correctly on an 80 column printer with fixed width characters (such as a teletype). There are too many different mail viewing programs out there to assume anything more complicated. The 80 column fixed-pitch font theory of editing doesn't look optimum on some mail viewers (for instance viewing 80 column mail via AOL on a small-screen Mac Classic looks AWFUL). However it seems to be the best compromise at this time.
Most of the time I run the Unix spell checker. Although I try to be careful, I'm sure that once in a while I add, rather than take away a spelling error.
To those submitting articles: My apologies if I altered the intent of something by reformatting your article or adjusting the spellings of words.
To those reading articles: If an article looks funny on your screen or has some peculiar spellings, please don't assume that the sender is illiterate. I may have caused the problem!
Thanks to everyone for all the great articles.
Jody
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(Message sent Sat 16 Dec 1995, 02:19:03 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.) |
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