From: kj@no.spam   
      
   Marco van de Voort wrote :   
   > On 2006-04-12, Klaus Jorgensen  wrote:   
   >>> on the same line, then the length of the first variable affects the   
   >>> layout of the second variable.   
   >>   
   >> If you want to control your printer without using escape sequences, you   
   >> could write a function to return a given number of spaces - e.g.   
   >> space(30).   
   >   
   > If it is a printer that uses a proportional font that won't work.   
      
      
   I'm no expert in proportional fonts, but are you telling me that   
   printing a string that is prefixed with a given number of space   
   characters, does not always start at the same position?   
      
   Will the printer print the xxx's on a different position if printed as   
   follows:   
   writeln(space(30),'xxx iiiiiiii');   
   writeln(space(30),'xxx mmmmmmmm');   
      
   Just curious - IIRC, I used proportional fonts on a laser-printer many   
   years back without any problems.   
      
      
   /klaus   
      
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