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

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-02-02 05:39:09 +0000, AEF said:

> On Jan 31, 5:53 pm, David Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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!

That's usually implemented via the TTY default characteristics system 
parameter bitmasks (TTY_DEFCHAR, TTY_DEFCHAR2, TTY_DEFCHAR3), or 
through the expedient of SET TERMINAL /PERMANENT in the startup, or a 
SET TERMINAL in the SYLOGIN or LOGIN procedures.

If the VT is losing its local settings, there's a problem with the VT.

But seriously, who uses a VT these days?

>> Or, if you insist, it will wrap long lines if you tell it to do so.
> 
> EDT is excellent for doing that!

Use whatever works for you; whether that's EDT, EVE, LSEDIT, nano, vim, 
emacs, TextEdit, TextWrangler, Word, Notepad, or whatever.  But most 
any text editor, web browser or news client that's really worth using 
has line-wrapping and text flowing capabilities.  That's been part of 
the general job description for a very long time.

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