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   Anton Shepelev to Alan Ianson   
   Jokes of the season   
   09 Jan 22 20:58:18   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/6.0 61db3042   
   REPLY: 1:153/757@fidonet 619f4d0a   
   PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 1.3 20211225   
   EID: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32).   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2021-12-02   
   Alan Ianson:   
      
   AI> This editor I am using now (GoldED) will save paragraphs   
   AI> as one long line.   
      
   I see a lot of posts written via GoldED and formatted  to  a   
   limited  line  width, usually the standard 72 charactes.  It   
   must be configurable in the settings.   
      
   AI> I prefer when editors use one long line for a paragraph.   
   AI> Then readers can wrap those lines as appropriate for the   
   AI> terminal size  being  used  by  the  reader  instead  of   
   AI> wrapping  as  the  writer  sees  it  since they could be   
   AI> different.   
      
   This is hightly non-standard, for readers are  not  required   
   to warp long lines.  In Usenet, Fidonet, and e-mail, this is   
   the responsiblity of  the  sender.   Here  is  the  relevant   
   excerpt from GNKSA, but you shall find statements to similar   
   effect in RFC and other standards and guidelines:   
      
      14)  Try  to   respect   the   80-character   line-length   
      conventions   
      
      Any  line  breaks  shown to the user while she is editing   
      her article SHOULD still be present when the  article  is   
      actually posted to the Net.  The software SHOULD NOT show   
      the user four 75-character lines while actually posting a   
      single 300-character line.  Nor should it show the user a   
      series of  100-character  lines  while  actually  posting   
      alternating lines of 80 and 20 characters each.   
      
      It's also a good idea to warn the user if the article she   
      is about to post contains non-header lines longer than 80   
      characters.  The software SHOULD NOT prevent the posting,   
      but SHOULD ask whether the user wants to re-edit or  post   
      anyway.   
      
   A  standard-conforing  way  to have a flexible line width is   
   Format=Flawed :   
      
      https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2646#section-4.1   
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