Subj : Re: the solution would be to eliminate all humans.
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nick Boel
Date : Fri Dec 06 2024 20:17:03

Hello Maurice,

On Fri, Dec 06 2024 18:45:27 -0600, you wrote ..

> It was 'fold -s -w 69'.  The first is nano with "set trimblanks" and 
> "set fill 69".

I knew what the first one was, but there was two possibilities for the second.

> Neither, they are true to what they're called up to do.  Offhand I 
> suspect that fold is more DOSsie and it is usually one character shy 
> of how others define the length of a string.  For example FTN 
> standards list the subject field at 72 characters when it is really 
> 71.  The 72nd character is \0, which is ye' olde string delimiter and 
> in the case of MSGs it is a field delimiter.  Offhand I'd go with 
> fold's specifiers and have .nanorc "set fill 68" which is one less 
> than fold but produces the same end result as 'fold -s -w 69'.

Ok, I suppose if nothing is wrong, then we carry on like it never happened!

Ikiwa haijavunjwa, usiirekebishe! :)

Regards,
Nick

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