Re: Dog ASCII Pics for Signature
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:01:53 +0100, Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> spewed forth the following: >In article<ib5...@4ax.com>, Philip Newton ><pne...@newton.digitalspace.net> writes: >>On Fri, 07 Sep 2001 21:18:36 GMT, RedDog <as...@andget.com> wrote: >> >>> btw, what's a standard line length? 72 chars? >> >>If you're worrying about "standards" in signatures, a signature >>shouldn't exceed 4 lines and should be preceded by a line containing >>only dash-dash-space. > > These constraints have different significance: > > > over 72 characters per line and the reader's software will > likely insert a line break so he can't SEE the proper drawing. > > Dash dash space is used with software that cuts signatures off > quoted articles in replies; a minor inconvenience if omitted. > > The four line limit is arbitrary and doesn't matter at all. k thanks ------------------------------------------------- ------ ---- -- - - - ____|\ `-/ \ Tristan 'RedDog' Hudson (\_/) \ "Everything's true... except that part about my penis. /_ _ | It's bigger than coins." \#_/\ | -- Hector, America's Sweethearts jg \--`
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