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From: Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite)
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Date: Sun, 29 May 94 20:50:30 +1200
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Felix Lee has pointed out that my recent reposts ( particularly 
Chevalier material ) are causing problems with line wrapping - 
suggesting that the line lengths are excessive.

I have checked a faulty section of "The Lion and the Mosquito" and 
discovered that the linewrap in the message I uploaded was at column 
79. I would not have expected this to give linewrap problems in the 
posted message :-(

As a test I have reduced the linewrap to column 77. If this still 
causes trouble I will be puzzled !

In my own postings I use a Right Margin setting of 68 to allow for 
quote marks etc. Actually 68 RM is the Wordstar default setting for 
Wordstar document files.

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This section line wraps at column 79 ( my original posting which 
gave trouble ):

        @|\@@        "Why should I? demanded the mosquito. "You're king of
the
       -  @@@@       jungle, not of the air! I'll fly wherever I want and
land
      /7   @@@@      wherever I please."  And so saying, he tickled the
lion's
     /    @@@@@@                  ear. In the hope of crushing the insect,
the
     \-' @@@@@@@@`-______________    lion boxed his own ears, but the
mosquito
      -@@@@@@@@@             /   \       slipped away from the now dazed
lion.
        @/@@@@              /     \
 _______/    /_       _____|       |__________-
/,__________/  `-.___/,_____________----------_)

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In this section I have reduced linewrap to 77:

        @|\@@      "Why should I? demanded the mosquito. "You're king of the
       -  @@@@     jungle, not of the air! I'll fly wherever I want and land
      /7   @@@@    wherever I please."  And so saying, he tickled the lion's
     /    @@@@@@                ear. In the hope of crushing the insect, the
     \-' @@@@@@@@`-______________  lion boxed his own ears, but the mosquito
      -@@@@@@@@@             /   \     slipped away from the now dazed lion.
        @/@@@@              /     \
 _______/    /_       _____|       |__________-
/,__________/  `-.___/,_____________----------_)

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If anyone has the technical knowledge and advice on how to avoid 
these linewrap problems on Internet - please speak up !

Bye,