(np but of the essence) plain(text)song
Bled Welder
bledwelder at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 27 08:19:12 CST 2012
Ah, well that's interesting, I'd not thought in terms of archives. More along the lines of a post may reside in a reader's mind for a few moments, then disappears and that's it. A pity though that even brief flashes of cognition should be distorted by avoidable cruftations. Wasted posts!
In the spirit of Archives, I'll send a following new post here for the sake of prosperity, in case the Pynchon Notes has not yet made the connection, which I doubt:
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:00:03 -0500
> Subject: Re: (np but of the essence) plain(text)song
> From: michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
> I copied your post from the archive and this (see below) is how it's
> saved... -- the first part is great but at the bottom there's this
> huge mass of markup language...
>
> it's a lot better than some, which have nothing but the crufted portion!
>
> In Open Office writer, if you "save as..." a box opens up with two
> "choice boxes", one for filename and one for file type.
> the default file type is .odf but if you click on the arrow next to
> that choice box, and choose "text - .txt" that will save it in plain
> text.
>
> John Krafft, a luminary of the list, and one of the producers of
> Pynchon Notes, http://www.ham.muohio.edu/~krafftjm/pynchon.html relies
> on the digest because of accessibility issues, and every so often
> mentions the difficulty non-plain-text posts cause him.
>
>
>
>
> From: Bled Welder <bledwelder@[omitted]>
> To: <michael.lee.bailey@[omitted]>, <pynchon-l@[omitted]>
> Subject: RE: (np but of the essence) plain(text)song
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:54:11 -0600
>
> --_53bf0ad9-2da8-4c09-ba44-4f95c2a037e5_
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
>
> Thanks for this information. I'll attempt to adapt in an appropriate fashi=
> on. The last thing I want to do is write or respond on here in some disten=
> ded elliptical hyperfancytextual format that wait now look at this here I g=
> o shooting way off to the end of the page okay now I'm back and by now to t=
> he middle of the page and now then out to the far side of this line again f=
> ull stop.
> On my last post and a couple recent others I first wrote it offline on Open=
> Office Writer because that's where my keyboard happened to be then pasted =
> it over here in time=2C perhaps that's what caused an autotoggle problem.
> Or is that what I'm in now=2C is this an autotoggle? This unwanted shootin=
> g out to the perimeters
> before
> a proper
> going to the next line? I'm not fond of it. But I am willing to learn to =
> love it--
>
> > Date: Mon=2C 27 Feb 2012 03:59:19 -0500
> > Subject: (np but of the essence) plain(text)song
> > From: michael.lee.bailey@[omitted]
> > To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
> >=20
> > just noticed when I responded to someone who had rich text=2C my Gmail
> > autotoggled me to rich text against my wishes
> >=20
> > darn Gmail!
> >=20
> > had to manually reset it...
> >=20
> > perhaps this is the source of others who occasionally lapse - anyone
> > responding to me might have autotoggled=2C eg...
> >=20
> > Ms Gaze and Mr Welder especially - and other new folk - please note=2C
> > plain text is the preferred format because our archive is only plain
> > text capable
> >=20
> > the archive and digest are only readable to the extent people honor that!
> =
>
> --_53bf0ad9-2da8-4c09-ba44-4f95c2a037e5_
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <style><!--
> .hmmessage P
> {
> margin:0px=3B
> padding:0px
> }
> body.hmmessage
> {
> font-size: 10pt=3B
> font-family:Tahoma
> }
> --></style></head>
> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>
> Thanks for this information.  =3BI'll attempt to adapt in an appropriat=
> e fashion.  =3BThe last thing I want to do is write or respond on here =
> in some distended elliptical hyperfancytextual format that wait now look at=
> this here I go shooting way off to the end of the page okay now I'm back a=
> nd by now to the middle of the page and now then out to the far side of thi=
> s line again full stop.<div><br></div><div>On my last post and a couple rec=
> ent others I first wrote it offline on Open Office Writer because that's wh=
> ere my keyboard happened to be then pasted it over here in time=2C perhaps =
> that's what caused an autotoggle problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Or is th=
> at what I'm in now=2C is this an autotoggle?  =3BThis unwanted shooting=
> out to the perimeters</div><div><br></div><div>before</div><div><br></div>=
> <div>a proper</div><div><br></div><div>going to the next line?  =3BI'm =
> not fond of it.  =3BBut I am willing to learn to love it--</div><div><b=
> r></div><div><div><br><div><div id=3D"SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>>=3B Dat=
> e: Mon=2C 27 Feb 2012 03:59:19 -0500<br>>=3B Subject: (np but of the esse=
> nce) plain(text)song<br>>=3B From: michael.lee.bailey@[omitted]<br>>=3B=
> To: pynchon-l@[omitted]<br>>=3B <br>>=3B just noticed when I responded=
> to someone who had rich text=2C my Gmail<br>>=3B autotoggled me to rich =
> text against my wishes<br>>=3B <br>>=3B darn Gmail!<br>>=3B <br>>=
> =3B had to manually reset it...<br>>=3B <br>>=3B perhaps this is the so=
> urce of others who occasionally lapse - anyone<br>>=3B responding to me m=
> ight have autotoggled=2C eg...<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Ms Gaze and Mr Welder e=
> specially - and other new folk - please note=2C<br>>=3B plain text is the=
> preferred format because our archive is only plain<br>>=3B text capable<=
> br>>=3B <br>>=3B the archive and digest are only readable to the extent=
> people honor that!<br></div></div></div> </div></body>
> </html>=
>
> --_53bf0ad9-2da8-4c09-ba44-4f95c2a037e5_--
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for this information. I'll attempt to adapt in an appropriate
> > fashion. The last thing I want to do is write or respond on here in some
> > distended elliptical hyperfancytextual format that wait now look at this
> > here I go shooting way off to the end of the page okay now I'm back and by
> > now to the middle of the page and now then out to the far side of this line
> > again full stop.
> >
> > On my last post and a couple recent others I first wrote it offline on Open
> > Office Writer because that's where my keyboard happened to be then pasted it
> > over here in time, perhaps that's what caused an autotoggle problem.
> >
> > Or is that what I'm in now, is this an autotoggle? This unwanted shooting
> > out to the perimeters
> >
> > before
> >
> > a proper
> >
> > going to the next line? I'm not fond of it. But I am willing to learn to
> > love it--
> >
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:59:19 -0500
> >> Subject: (np but of the essence) plain(text)song
> >> From: michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
> >> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >
> >>
> >> just noticed when I responded to someone who had rich text, my Gmail
> >> autotoggled me to rich text against my wishes
> >>
> >> darn Gmail!
> >>
> >> had to manually reset it...
> >>
> >> perhaps this is the source of others who occasionally lapse - anyone
> >> responding to me might have autotoggled, eg...
> >>
> >> Ms Gaze and Mr Welder especially - and other new folk - please note,
> >> plain text is the preferred format because our archive is only plain
> >> text capable
> >>
> >> the archive and digest are only readable to the extent people honor that!
>
>
>
> --
> "Strength you will acquire naturally, if you do plenty of work; and
> dexterity you will acquire unconsciously with practice; but style you
> can only acquire by constant attention, and then only if you have a
> clear idea of what to aim at." - A. F. Jenkin
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