[rescue] Styled Text [was: Solaris 9, First thoughts ]

[s at avoidant.org]

Brian Hechinger wrote:

> bitched at on a.s.r once. 


What's a.s.r.?

 
> multi-paragraph river. 


If I knew what it looked like,
maybe I could recreate it. If
you describe it, I'll have a
go. But try as I might, I'm
unable to visualize a text
river. Was it perhaps all
wavy, flowing from right
to left across the page
Mississippi-style? Was
there some meandering
back up the page? It
would be easy to do
if I could imagine
it, but I haven't
a clue. Trust me
on this one, if
you can, OK? I
have an idea,
and if I can
pull it off
it'll look
good, and
scan OK.
When I
think
this
one
is
a
go
and
I am
ready
to let
you see
it, I'll
send. Not
yet, I can
still align
the top with
the bottom. I
think it'll be
easier to do it
this way than to
end on a singular
dot like I planned
last night. Also, I
have a drained glass
of Guinness that I've
told myself I won't be
refilling until this is
done, so I have a little
bit of an incentive. If I
had Dave's joint desk here
though, this would be a bit
too easy. As it is, it's not
much of a challenge any more,
so I think I'll call it quits.



> i saved your work and took out the word wraps.  it was glorious.  you have a
> gift you know. :)


A dubious one at best. If you can think of a way to make money at it,
I'll happily pay you a commission.


---sambo