Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 05:40:25 -0400 From: Otter <otter@otter.cc> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Line Wrapping (Was: Re: Setting up a Webserver) Message-ID: <38EEFE89.BD3CCE20@otter.cc> References: <38EEF473.7F79CC66@otter.cc> <00040814282400.05163@chip.homenet>
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Chip wrote: > > On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, Otter wrote: > > Frederik Meerwaldt wrote: > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > >> > > > > >> Please wrap lines at 70 characters. > > > > > > > > > > Why not 80? A normal Terminal (I'm currently on a VT220) has got 80 > > > > > Chars/Line I think. But that's OT now. > > > > > > > > 70 allows a few levels of ">" quote characters without lines being too > > > > long for an 80 character terminal. But wrapping at 80 is still better > > > > than not wrapping at all. > > > > > > But why wrap the lines? All programs do that automatically, I think. > > > I'm using pine for my mails, and it does this automatically. > > > > > > But please correct me, if I'm wrong. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Freddy > > > > Freddy, > > You're wrong. I'm using Netscape mail. If the sender doesn't set the > > lines to wrap then it goes off the screen and i have to follow the > > text out there... if I'm interested in reading it. For those with text > > mail apps, it's even more of a pain in the ass. With text, you have to > > chase each line out there. It's not folks being picky. Consider it as > > a gesture of them pointing you in the direction of what's understood > > as common courtesy. > > Regards, > > Otter > > p.s. in case you're wondering, mine's set to 70 > > Why not turn on line wrapping in Netscape? It's in Edit/Preferences/ > Mail&Newsgroups/Messages. Allows you to specify the column to > wrap the lines. Not that I use Netscape mail, I use KMail and it also > does line wrapping at whatever column you specify. > it's personal preference. some of the stuff i work with looks wrong if i don't have it set like that. i get paid to work. if everyone wraps them at 70-80, i won't have to worry about the non-work related email (such as this). -Otter > -- > Chip > www.wiegand.org > Alternative Operating Systems > > ***** Look past your Windoze and experience > something New! ***** > > Visit my web site - Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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