journey on":13lskpfa said:
Uh, Da Nag, you said "Nerd tip - using the "code" markup, allows you to space things out using a fixed-width font."
Could you explain a little more than that, for us slow ones?
Sure...it's a simple concept, although it's a bit of a kludge in practice. Might be more effort than some folks wish to undertake.
If you have something you want formatted with specific line spacing using a fixed-width font, surround the text with "code" brackets - example below. You can also highlight the text you want formatted with your mouse, then click the "Code' button in the edit window - does the same thing.
Code:
[code]
RPM MPH Knots GPH MPG NMPG Range NM Range
1000 5.2 4.6 .26 20.00 17.69 1080 955
1500 6.8 6.0 .6 11.33 10.00 612 540
2000 8.2 7.3 1.4 5.86 5.21 316 281
2500 10.8 9.6 2.6 4.15 3.69 224 199
3000 15.4 13.6 3.8 4.05 3.58 219 193
3500 19.9 17.6 4.5 4.42 3.91 239 211
4000 25.9 22.9 5.7 4.54 4.02 245 217
4500 29.3 25.9 7.0 4.19 3.70 226 200
5000 33.0 29.2 8.3 3.98 3.52 215 190
5500 37.0 32.7 10.4 3.56 3.14 192 170
5650 38.0 33.6 11.0 3.45 3.05 186 165
[/code]
Now...it's not quite that simple. First - you'll want to create the text elsewhere, not in the edit window where you write your post. Reason being - the edit window here, does not use a fixed-width font. So, things will look lined up in your edit window, but when you hit preview you'll quickly see things are way out of whack.
Instead, use a text editor on your computer, and configure it to use a fixed-width font. Courier is a good example of one on Windows (use Notepad or similar), Mac users often use Monaco. Regardless, after getting everything nicely spaced and formatted in your text editor (use spaces - not tabs), simply cut/paste the contents into the edit window here when making a post. It might not work out exactly as-is - you'll probably need to add a few spaces here and there in the edit window, to get your text to line up as you wish. Still, you can edit, click preview, edit, click preview....until things look right.