This appears to occur in plain text only.
I'm pretty sure when email comes through as HTML this does
not occur.  It's a waste to email something in HTML because
it uses more space but my observations show the option-space
issue does not show up.  However, I think the line continuation
mark disappears.



W. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Purves [mailto:listrp@...] 
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 4:12 AM
To: futurebasic@...
Subject: Re: [FB] FB4 Help menu HMGETHELPMENUHANDLE -- Help!


Deep wrote:

> I think it is something the list mailer does for some reason when  
> posting messages outwards to list subscribers, or perhaps the eMail  
> software you use, no quite sure where it happens but enough of us  
> have seen it to realise it is not deliberate - I definitely do not  
> deliberately type option-space instead of space!

>> Am I lazy? OK, maybe I am (I prefer efficient), but I can't imagine  
>> why anyone would ever type option-space (in a short string) rather  
>> than just space. Is it something email apps substitute?
>>
>>>  What made you think to look for option-space?

>>> Not speaking for Robert here but option-space has to be the second  
>>> most likely error for posted code ( behind user error ) on this  
>>> list over the years. It comes up over and over. There is even a  
>>> utility program to automatically remove option-spaces.


Mail.app gratuitously turns multiple spaces into option-spaces:

dim as ScrapRef   @ theScrap
dim as long         byteCount
dim as OSStatus     ignore, err : err = _paramErr

The best workaround is for posters to replace all multiple spaces by a  
single space before pasting into Mail:

dim as ScrapRef @ theScrap
dim as long byteCount
dim as OSStatus ignore, err : err = _paramErr

Robert P.

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