Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:29:03 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wilfredo_S=E1nchez?= <wsanchez@apple.com> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Subject: Email format (was: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make arch.c buf.c compat.c cond.c dir.c for.c hash.c job.c main.c make.c parse.c str.c suff.c targ.c util.c var.c) Message-ID: <20000712122903.B30262@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200007120145.SAA19968@scv1.apple.com> References: <200007120145.SAA19968@scv1.apple.com>
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On Tuesday, 11 July 2000 at 18:45:46 -0700, Wilfredo Sanchez wrote: > Bill: >>> From rfc 1855: >> >> - Don't run off the end of a line and simply let the terminal wrap; >> use a Carriage Return (CR) at the end of the line. Also, don't >> assume your screen size is the same as everyone else's. A good >> rule of thumb is to write out no more than 70 characters... > > Sorry, don't buy it. I write a paragraph. How it's presented to you > should be the job of your reader, not the sender. My reader deals just > fine with long lines. In fact, if you wrap to 70, and I have a window > only 50 wide, your wrapping is quite annoying, because I then get all of > these newlines in mid-line for no good reason. Assuming everyone has an > 80-wide display is bogus, or at least anachronistic. This doesn't have anything to do with memories of punched cards, if that's what you're saying. It relates to the restrictions of the human eye. Note that book layouts pretty much adhere to the 70 character recommendation. Newspapers divide the text into columns because the full width would be unpleasant to read. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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