Subj : wrap
To   : Carlos Navarro
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Wed Apr 03 2024 17:38:18

Hello Carlos,

On Wed, Apr 03 2024 14:02:00 +0000, you wrote:

 NB>> If I'm understanding you correctly, WRAP_WIDTH should remain 72 only
 NB>> when 'def_flowed=off', and when 'def_flowed=on' it should be disabled
 NB>> completely? If that's the case, I agree.

 CN> In format=flowed, long lines are wrapped but they have a trailing space.
 CN> The client, if it supports this format, joins the lines, showing them as
 CN> a paragraph.

I understand this. However, what Tommi and I are discussing is that jamnntpd/smapinntpd is not doing this properly. I'm not sure 'WRAP_WIDTH 72' is very constant, as I see wrapping all over the place between 72-79 characters (which sometimes even wraps a word to the next line and doesn't include a quote character before it). So either the 'WRAP_WIDTH 72' and 'LINE_WIDTH 79' settings are messing with each other, or they're not implemented properly.

So, in my questions to Tommi, I'm more or less asking if anyone has actually figured out what WRAP_WIDTH is actually doing. It is only checked for once in the code, and so is LINE_WIDTH. Neither of them are checked for in the format=flowed section. It almost seems like the format=flowed section was an afterthought, and was added in after what it was already doing. *shrug*

Regards,
Nick

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