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Wilfredo S=E1nchez wrote:
> =

> Bill:
> > >From rfc 1855:
> >
> >     - Don't run off the end of a line and simply let the terminal wra=
p;
> >       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 o=
f
> these newlines in mid-line for no good reason.  Assuming everyone has a=
n
> 80-wide display is bogus, or at least anachronistic.

What's your reader doing wrapping lines? It should cut them at the
margin and let you scroll horizontally.

-- =

Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
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dcs@freebsd.org
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		<jkh> _DES: The Book of Bruce has only one sentence in it, and it says
"the actual directives of my cult are left as an exercise for the
reader. Good luck."
		<EE> jkh: does it really include the 'good luck' part?
		<jkh> EE: OK, I made that part up.
		<jkh> EE: I figured it should sound a bit more cheery than how Bruce
initially dictated it to me.



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