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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 10:21:26 -0400
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- From: Bill Silvert <bill@BIOME.BIO.NS.CA>
- Subject: Formatting
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- [Silvert 921117]
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- >[From Dag Forssell (921116.1415)]
- >
- >Gary's re-posting appears to allow 74 columns plus a hard return. I had
- >used up to 77 plus hard return, leaving a margin of only two to the
- >screen width of 80. Obviously, I shall re-format and re-post, unless this
- >was an accident, caused by margin settings in Gary's word processor.
- >
- >Before I do, I thought I would ask an open question of both Gary and
- >those knowledgeable on the net if there is a standard number of
- >characters that are desirable or maximum for the line length.
-
- The standard width (which is the default for fmt and other utilities) is
- 72 characters. This leaves room for additional characters like the ones
- used above to indicate material being replied to.
-
- Lines that wrap are virtually unreadable, especially when preceeded by >.
- Try this for example:
-
- >Before I do, I thought I would ask an open question of
- both Gary and
- >those knowledgeable on the net if there is a standard
- number of
- >characters that are desirable or maximum for the line
- length.
-
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- Bill Silvert at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography
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