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|    Anton Shepelev to Alan Ianson    |
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|    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       ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 15/0 30/0 90/1 103/705 105/81 106/201 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/131 129/305 153/7715 154/10 218/700 221/1 6 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 229/110 424 426 664 700 240/1120 5832 249/206 317 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 301/0 1 101 113 317/3 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 920/1 4500/1 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 221/6 301/1 229/426           |
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