[Info-vax] Real Usenet clients, was: Re: backups and compaction or nocompaction might be better

[AEF]

On Jan 31, 5:53 pm, David Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> > On 2013-01-31 18:25:53 +0000, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply said:
> >> yes i hav sir but normally i write in the oldskool style because it is
> >> easier to read and gives U the impression that i have some minimal
> >> standard of education but of course if it is 2hard4u then dont bother as
> >> im sure some fancy cloud computing stuff can decode ur linez
>
> Even a VT terminal will wrap long lines, unless you tell it not to do so.

I wish it could be set to do so when booting! The stupid VT would
always go back to nowrap for booting and there was always at least one
long line that would be truncated before I could get it into wrap
mode. Maybe I found a way to fix it. I don't remember -- it's been so
long.

>
> Or, if you insist, it will wrap long lines if you tell it to do so.

EDT is excellent for doing that!

>
> Actually, it's the terminal driver that respects the declared length of
> lines ...
>
> I use Thunderbird.  It has options, including at what column to wrap
> test during composition.  It's a better tool.  I can be stubborn, but at
> times it doesn't serve me well.
>
> So, from VT terminals, to a fairly recent newsreader, there are set-up
> options.  Use them to fit your needs.  If you don't, who's fault is that?

Depends on your needs.

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