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|    Alexander Koryagin to Gleb Hlebov    |
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|    28 Nov 23 16:07:20    |
      MSGID: 2:221/6.0 6565f418       REPLY: 2:5023/24.4222 65659837       PID: SmapiNNTPd/Linux/IPv6 3.0 20231126       NOTE: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101       Thunderbird/31.7.0.       CHRS: LATIN-1 2       TZUTC: 0200              Hi, Gleb Hlebov - Alexander Koryagin!       I read your message from 28.11.2023 08:35               GS>>> few peopletold me it        GS>>> woulddn't be a good idea        GS>>> to hard-wrap lines to        GS>>> afixed value, andd        GS>>> there's no such option in        GS>>> GoldED's config eiter.        AK>> It is really not a good        AK>> idea. There are a lot of        AK>> people with small narrow        AK>> displays and long lines        AK>> allow them read paragraphs        AK>> correctly. Paragraphs with        AK>> hard-wraps look badly in        AK>> that case.        GK> Exactly how small and narrow?        GK> Are there so many users that        GK> can not set their terminal        GK> window width at least at 80        GK> columns? Do you know any of        GK> ??them personally? Maybe someone        GK> who uses a Commodore or a ZX        GK> Spectrum?        GK> This is how our msgs would        GK> appear formatted to fit a        GK> Speccy screen. :-)              I meant that when all paragraphs are sent as long lines they don't need       formatting at all and look good at any device.              Bye, Gleb!       Alexander Koryagin       english_tutor 2023              ---         * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 10/0 1 15/0 90/1 102/401 103/1 705 105/81 106/201 123/131       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/7715 154/10 214/22 218/0 1 215 601 700 720 840       SEEN-BY: 218/850 860 870 880 930 221/1 6 226/30 227/114 229/110 112       SEEN-BY: 229/113 206 307 317 426 428 470 664 700 240/1120 266/512       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 301/1 113 320/219 322/757 335/364 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 342/200 396/45 460/58 712/848 5020/400 1042 5075/35       PATH: 221/6 301/1 218/700 229/426           |
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