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Skriven 2008-05-05 23:19:02 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Mark Lewis
Ärende: Re: Editors
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 -=> On 05-05-08  15:20,  Mark Lewis <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Editors <=-

 DS>    That is how Qedit handles moving to a new line.  Pretty much a  
 DS> standard editor thing.   Having very long lines is another standard
 DS>    -- IMO not a very good one.

 ML> because you don't use software that wraps for display purposes like
 ML> all "long  line" handling ones must do... i much prefer the "long 

   It does wrap for display purposes.   The line of the first paragraph
   of your message was about 70 characters long, and the remaining lines
   were about 60 characters long.

 ML> line" style because then it doesn't look crappy when i'm
 ML> viewing in a screen mode that has more than 80 columns... 

   Since I read and write messages in a DOS window of 80 columns, that
   is what I always use.

 ML> in fact, with today's software, one's number of columns can
 ML> easily grow and shrink as one resizes the terminal window 
 ML> they are using ;)

  If you are using a terminal window to read messages, that is true.  My
  primary reading is done in a DOS NTVDM.

 ML> another factor to note is that more than 80 columns means 
 ML> that you also have fewer lines for the same message... that 
 ML> means that you can get more information onto the same 
 ML> screen field ;)

  And with these old eyes, have trouble reading such a tiny font:-}}

  To each his own.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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