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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 26 Mar 1997.
Re: Linewrap Survey

Re: Linewrap Survey

Sandy Morton (sw...@atl.hp.com) wrote:
>PeteCasso wrote:
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW7072
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70W73
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WW74
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWW7
>> 5
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWWW
>> 76
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWWW
>> W77
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWWW
>> 5W78
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWWW
>> 5WW79
>> WWWW5WWW10WWWW5WWW20WWWW5WWW30WWWW5WWW40WWWW5WWW50WWWW5WWW60WWWW5WWW70WWWW
>> 5WWW80
>> ----------

>Actually, I find this incredibly amusing.  :^)  I use netscape to view
>News,
>and it will produce one of those horrendous horizontal bars (which I
>might
>add, I despise - although the concept of a panoramic ascii is
>interesting)
>to display the message in whatever format it is sent (including, no
>carriage
>returns).  However, Pete, it appears that aol is throwing line feeds
>into
>your outgoing posts following the 74th character - so, what you sent to
>try
>to mark the columns has been pre-wrapped.

>Oh well.  *I* thought it was funny.  :^)

>Sandy

Touche !  It _is_ absolutely hilarious because your own lines are 
wrapping at 71/72 columns.  

>>>>>>> I use the old Wordstar default of 68 columns to allow for 
>>>>> cascading in a very active 
>>>> discussion thread.

The TIN newsreader also wraps lines at 76 columns which can be a 
real pain with Ascii art pictures because it makes them double-line
spaced like Eli Ganam's Very Own Cat.


                                /\_/\

                           ____/ o o \

                         /~____  =�= /
                                            Eli Ganam.
                        (______)__m_m)


The double spacing can also be caused by trailing blanks exceeding 
the line-wrap column setting.

Doesn't time pass quickly when you're having fun.  :-)

Bye,

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From: cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
Subject: Re: Linewrap Survey
Date: 1997/03/26
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