From: kj@no.spam   
      
   Marco van de Voort wrote :   
   > On 2006-04-12, Klaus Jorgensen  wrote:   
   >> 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');   
   >   
   > No, but the "iiii" and "mmm" section have different lengths, and   
   >   
   >   writeln('i',space(30),'xxx iiiiiiii');   
   >   writeln('w',space(30),'xxx mmmmmmmm');   
   >   
   > typically goes wrong.   
      
      
   I know, but I didn't put anything in front of the space(30) parameter   
   ?!?!?   
      
      
      
   /klaus   
      
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