Subj : test
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Sun Dec 03 2023 01:17:46

Alexander Koryagin:

AK> I  meant  that when all paragraphs are sent as
AK> long lines they don't need formatting  at  all
AK> and look good at any device.

No,  they  need  wrapping  in the client software,
which becomes quite complicated with  the  various
quotation  prefixes.  This is why the task of for-
matting  is  properly  given  to  the  text   edi-
tor -- the   program  specialising  in  formatting
text, whereas the client should  display  articles
as-is.  My Groff may be using hyphenation and spe-
cial word-breaking rules to produce  an  aestheti-
cally pleasing text not meant to be rewrapped.

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