Subj : openxp chrs
To   : August Abolins
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 19:20:48

Hello August,

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:56:00 -0400, you wrote:

 AA> Hello Nicholas Boel!

 NB>> I'm using a format=flowed supported newsreader right now.
 NB>> All of my text goes to the right edge of the window, and
 NB>> when I resize the window the text rewraps.

 NB>> This doesn't happen in OpenXP as of yet. Same exact
 NB>> message, no CR/LFs at all. It always wraps before 80
 NB>> columns. The only time it goes further is if there is no
 NB>> spaces in the line (for example, a long link).


 AA> Ah.. correct.. there is no free-flow option in OpenXP's editor.
 AA> There just seems to be a hard max and min range to choose from.

Yet somehow you're bypassing that min and max if you are able to see a full screen width >80 characters?

 AA> Personally, I like shorter width lines.  This one is going out
 AA> set to a max of 63 chars.  Meanwhile *some* kind of limit is
 AA> necessary for quoted text otherwise there wouldn't be much room
 AA> for adding the QQ>> QQ> etc pre-text.

Yes, agreed. Some kind of limit is necessary for *quoted* text, but I don't think it is necessary for unquoted text when that text usually gets reflowed when quoted anyways. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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