Converter Question for Greenage or grb

[dandy_don]

Is there a way to have a box below the input box for viewing the converted hand as it would appear on the forum? I would like to review some hand histories without necessarily posting them to 2+2, like the last hours hands sometimes. What about being able to print the output?

[Andy B]

If nothing else, you can use the forum to preview the output and then simply not post it.

I have the impression that some folks aren't aware that you can preview your posts. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[bigredlemon]

I do that more often than you can imagine [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[greenage]

Personally, I do what Andy B suggested. I start a new post or a reply to any old post and preview it. When I’m finished, I click the browsers’ “Back” button or click one of the links to get out of it.

Using this technique, you can also print the formatted hand:

While previewing the post, highlight just the hand itself. Right-click and then click “Print”. When the Print dialog box appears, click “Selection” under “Page Range”. This will print “only” the formatted hand.

The only way I can think of to provide a formatted hand in the converter is to do it as HTML. That’s easy enough, but I’d have to have these gif files [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] in my directory and that would probably violate someone’s copyright, so I won’t go there.

[dandy_don]

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If nothing else, you can use the forum to preview the output and then simply not post it.

I have the impression that some folks aren't aware that you can preview your posts.

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I did this the other day, but I almost hit the post button. That's what got me to thinking about an alternate output method.