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   Message 32,797 of 33,243   
   Accession to Mike Powell   
   SlyEdit   
   26 Nov 25 17:59:38   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.21a-Linux master/ec8f7009f Nov 15 2025 GCC 12.2.0   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9 2024-03-02   
   BBSID: PHARCYDE   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   FORMAT: flowed   
   Hey Mike!   
      
   On Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:11:06 -0500, you wrote:   
      
    > I am using NANO now for myself as it seems to do what I want.  The users   
    > will be stuck with the internal editor.   
      
   Not sure how you run nano, but feel free to try uncommenting these options in   
   .nanorc and let me know what you think (while leaving the rest commented):   
      
   set atblanks     - wraps while preserving word boundaries   
   set constantshow - shows cursor position   
   set softwrap     - utilize your entire screen width when writing   
                      somewhat of a format=flowed option.   
      
   Seems to make BBS/FTN messaging look nice on my end, anyway. You could even go   
   so far as do some syntax highlighting to make quoted text, tear/origin lines   
   different colors from the regular text.   
      
   While I think vi(m) is a great editor for programming, I think nano is /much/   
   better suited for this hobby specifically, as far as writing and replying to   
   text messages goes. Then again, I prefer nano over vi(m) any time, so that's   
   probably a pretty biased opinion. ;)   
      
   Regards,   
   Nick   
      
   ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.   
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