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|    Dan Cross to Grant Weasner    |
|    Re: text reformating    |
|    21 May 25 00:53:25    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48       MSGID: 3:770/100 26c91850       REPLY: 269.fidonet_linux@1:138/397 2c9021b0       TZUTC: 1200       On 19 May 2025 at 01:24a, Grant Weasner pondered and said...                GW> I want to convert all of my text files in many directories into a gopher        GW> fiendly format.        GW>         GW> Gopher friendly:        GW> 1) 64 columns wide.        GW> 2) any indents will remain, but if a line goes beyond 64 cols, the        GW> remaining characters will go to the line below but indent to the same        GW> column as the prior line.        GW>         GW> This seems pretty difficult and I'm wondering how others would approch        GW> this task.              `fmt` or `par`.              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)        * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (3:770/100)       SEEN-BY: 18/200 50/22 103/705 105/81 106/201 124/5016 128/187 129/14       SEEN-BY: 129/305 153/757 7715 154/10 30 110 203/0 218/700 840 220/70       SEEN-BY: 221/0 6 226/17 30 227/114 229/110 111 114 206 275 300 317       SEEN-BY: 229/400 426 428 470 550 616 664 700 705 240/1120 5832 263/1       SEEN-BY: 266/512 267/800 280/464 5003 291/111 292/854 8125 301/1 310/31       SEEN-BY: 320/219 322/757 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/120 460/58       SEEN-BY: 460/256 1124 5858 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 100 330 340       SEEN-BY: 772/210 220 230 902/26 5020/400 545 5054/30 5075/35       PATH: 770/100 1 280/464 460/58 229/426           |
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