Subj : promotion, nostalgia, the future
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Feb 04 2021 09:10:00

Hello Charles!

** On Wednesday 03.02.21 - 21:54, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> The posts are slightly offset from the left margin, thus
 AA>> rendering the tail end of a line to wrap prematurely when
 AA>> viewing in the Vertical.
 AA>>
 AA>> Other echos that do the same thing are FIDONEWS and
 AA>> FIDOGAZETTE when publishing the newsletters.
 AA>>
 AA>> Even the BBS_ADS and ECHO_ADS often use a wider display
 AA>> for their info.

 CP> Unless there are CRs at each line end, where the line wraps
 CP> shouldn't make a difference whether you're looking at 40,
 CP> 80, or 132 column widths for appearances sake. It should
 CP> only affect the number of lines on the viewers side.

But that is precisely the case in the newsletter posts and any  
tabular content.  However, the user should be able to flip their  
phone to H and get the intended presentation.

 CP> In that case, it should be the same for a phone or tablet. the wrap
 CP> should adjust to the screen width and not really matter
 CP> which way it is orientated.

But apparently, there are two ways to post messages with fido  
editors.  One of them affords "free-flow", auto-adjusts while  
typing it in and retains the free-flow after posting.  But some  
editors appear to free-flow (like OpenXP), but when the message  
is posted there are CRs at the end of those lines.

 CP> My situation here us different, in that I am running a PC
 CP> program in a terminal window, so the program is reading as
 CP> though I have an 80 column screen when in fact I only have
 CP> 70 columns, and no way to side scroll.

I think that cut-off would drive me crazy.

 CP> But, it's only a minor inconvienience for me, as my reading
 CP> isn't too distracted by it usually, context normally fills
 CP> in the blanks as it were.

Or.. you could always copy the content and paste it into a  
temporary .doc file and see the whole thing?

 CP> I do realize that some people do prefer the wide screen
 CP> format though.

Yes.. once the entire message with its fullwidth glory is  
presented in H mode, the user can flip to V and do a reply that  
way.

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