From: crlee@ns.sympatico.ca 
  
 Gord Beaman wrote: 
 > 
 > Carter  wrote: 
 > 
 > >   Netscape 4.9, which I use, tends to break long lines 
 > >unevenly leaving some lines at full screen and some at only a couple of 
 > >words in length.  It appears to depend on the format of the incoming 
 > >text. 
 > > 
 > >Carter 
 > 
 > No Carter, what's going on here is that you have YOUR incoming 
 > line length  set at some 'onscreen' figure so that the line-feeds 
 > that are buried in the incoming text are giving a line feed and 
 > YOUR OWN line feeds are also. I assure you that if you don't set 
 > your incoming line lengths that your screen will look much 
 > neater. 
  
 I assure you that I can set my incoming line feeds in Netscape 4.9 to 
 'window width' or not at all.  If I set it to window width it will wrap 
 the incoming line to window width and if the line is longer it will put 
 the rest of it on another line.  If I don't set it to window width it 
 will not wrap the lines at all but invoke the scroll bar.  Any line of 
 text that the sender sets at less than window width, say 72 characters, 
 will appear on my screen the way it was sent whether or not I have my 
 incoming set to window width. 
 > 
 > To see what's going on let's say that an incoming block of text 
 > is line fed at 60 and your own INCOMING line length is set at 70. 
 > The first line of incoming text will wrap at 60 then YOUR line 
 > feed will wrap the next line at 10 which will make the third line 
 > only 50 characters long. This will continue and you'll end up 
 > with a very uneven block of text on your screen. 
 > 
 > If you had removed your own linefeeds then almost the whole block 
 > would be wrapped at 60 characters...much much neater.   :) 
 > 
 > Mind you, the next poster may have his lines set to 80 which will 
 > make his lines longer but they'll all still be even. Give it a 
 > try, I'm betting that you'll like it. 
  
 Yes I know Gord.  In Netscape 4.9 all text is neat except text that is 
 sent set at more than window width.  The problem you had with Nomad's 
 messages the other day was not a problem in Netscape.  His messages were 
 being received with even line lengths just under window width.  I'm 
 betting his line length was set at slightly less than window with. 
 After he changed it to, I believe, 65 characters his messages appear in 
 netscape taking up only slightly more than half the screen, as yours 
 do.  I don't have a big problem with that. 
  
 Thanks anyway. 
  
 Carter 
  
 PS:  My line length is set at Netscape's default which is 72 characters. 
  
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