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   Gleb Hlebov to Anton Shepelev   
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   27 Nov 23 11:06:39   
   
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   BBSID: RBB   
   CHRS: CP437 2   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 1530   
   HELLO: WORLD!   
   On Sun, 26 Nov 2023 14:21:40, Anton Shepelev <0@6.221.2> wrote:   
      
   > GH> It was just a matter of habit for me, because actually   
   > GH> news readers are similarly easy to use. I deliberately   
   > GH> chose a text-mode one, for some reason I avoid using GUI   
   > GH> readers/editors for corresponding in fidonet. :-)   
   > Great choice for FidoNet, where GUI is an anachronism, but   
   > why are you not hard-wrapping your text at 72 charachters   
   > per line or thereabout?   
      
   I don't know if there's even a strict rule or guideline that prescribes   
   to do so. Or is there something in FTSC conventions addressing this?   
   Because I recently asked about this "issue" in ru.golded and a few   
   people told me it wouldn't be a good idea to hard-wrap lines to a fixed   
   value, and there's no such option in GoldED's config either. I know   
   that Vim can do it (as I type this text) and this is what I thought   
   GoldED was capable of doing as well. However, it can only auto-wrap   
   text in view mode. If you can set up your news reader to do the same it   
   would solve the issue with extra-long lines.   
      
   > GH> BTW is it okay to use "hang around" without seeming a   
   > GH> bit too "informal", or should I have said "stay"? :-)   
   > Surely /to hang around/ is informal unless the speaker be a   
   > bat or a sloth (the three-toed variety).   
      
   Oh, you be too smart. :-) Snakes can also hang upside down, and some   
   monkeys, and possums too.   
      
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